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Demonstrations

Commons · Question 47421 · Tabled 23 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 28 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Manuela Perteghella

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Public Order Act 2023 on (a) freedom of assembly and (b) peaceful protest.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 28 Apr 2025

We have committed to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025. This process will review how the legislation has operated since it came into force.