Question follow-through · 5269

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to continue the Defending Democracy Taskforce.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 11 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 7 Oct 2024 · 26 calendar days after tabling

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11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to continue the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
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7 Oct 2024
Answer corrected
The Defending Democracy Taskforce coordinates a whole of government response to threats of foreign interference in our democracy. The Taskforce was established in 2022 and continue its work to safeguard our democracy and strengthen its resilience to the t...

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