Written Question·Home Office·UIN 96250
Demonstrations: Young People
Tabled: 2 December 2025
Answered: 9 December 2025
Question
Marsha De Cordova
Labour — Battersea
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the number of young people arrested at protests.
Answer
Sarah JonesThis government is committed to upholding the right to peaceful protest as well as balancing the need to protect the life of a community in the development of public order legislation. The right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy, and pe...
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