Question follow-through · 16096

National Security

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made with the (a) Defending Democracy Taskforce and (b) Welsh Government on protecting all levels of democracy from harm.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
27 Nov 2024
Answer
3 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent progress her Department has made with the (a) Defending Democracy Taskforce and (b) Welsh Government on protecting all levels of democracy from harm.

  2. 27 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 3 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    It is vital that elected representatives and their staff can discharge their duties without threat of intimidation or assault. We have seen wholly unacceptable behaviour, especially during the general election.The Defending Democracy Taskforce is looking ...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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