Question follow-through · 46685

Civil Liberties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Public Order Act 2024 to safeguard liberty of conscience and freedom of assembly.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
24 Apr 2025
Answer
30 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Public Order Act 2024 to safeguard liberty of conscience and freedom of assembly.

  2. 24 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 30 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The right to peacefully protest is a fundamental part of our democratic society.We have committed to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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