Written questions

House of Lords: Security

Lords · Question HL9988 · Tabled 1 Sep 2025 · The Senior Deputy Speaker · Official record

Answered 15 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Lord Hayward

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker, further to his letter placed in the Library of the House on 7 July concerning staffing the Peers’ Entrance, which operations he used as comparators in stating that “It is normal within an operation the size of the Parliam

Answer

Answered by Lord Gardiner of Kimble, 15 Sep 2025

My letter, dated 7 July 2025, reflected the information presented to me based on the professional judgement and experience of Parliament’s security advisors of the importance of maintaining a flexible security posture. This flexibility has allowed for the...