Public Order: Internet
Commons · Question 101529 · Tabled 18 Dec 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
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
Answered by Sarah Jones, 9 Jan 2026
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...