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...