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Defence: Demonstrations

Commons · Question 76463 · Tabled 10 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 18 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Peter Fortune

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help prevent protests from disrupting the activities of defence firms.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Jones, 18 Sep 2025

The management of protest activity is an operational matter for the police, who are independent of government.While the Government is committed to protecting the public and businesses from serious disruption, ministers cannot intervene in individual cases...