Question follow-through · 96249
Protest
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the right to protest without fear of criminal sanction.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Crime and Policing Bill on the right to protest without fear of criminal sanction.
4 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
This government is committed to upholding the right to peaceful protest as well as balancing the need to protect the life of a community in the development of public order legislation. The right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy, and pe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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