Question follow-through · 2325

Abortion: Demonstrations

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that offers of practical help to women outside abortion clinics will be permitted when section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 is implemented.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
2 Sept 2024
Answer
5 Sept 2024 · 37 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that offers of practical help to women outside abortion clinics will be permitted when section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 is implemented.

  2. 2 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    Section 9 of the Public Order Act 2023 does not criminalise any specific activity within safe access zones. It introduces a new criminal offence for a person who is within a Safe Access Zone to do an act with the intent of, or reckless as to whether it ha...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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