Written Question·Home Office·UIN 101529

Public Order: Internet

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 9 January 2026

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

Conservative — Huntingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the draft Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 covers online activity.

Answer

Sarah Jones
On Thursday 27 November 2025, the Home Office laid an affirmative Statutory Instrument in Parliament to amend Section 7 and Section 8 of the Public Order Act 2023 (“POA”). This will amend the list of key national infrastructure within Section 7 of the POA...
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