Question follow-through · 98302
Protest: Animal Experiments
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the draft Statutory Instrument, The Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 o
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 8 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 28 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the draft Statutory Instrument, The Public Order Act 2023 (Interference With Use or Operation of Key National Infrastructure) Regulations 2025 o
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Jan 2026
Answer published
Peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy, and we will always defend that right. But, where disruption from protest risks undermining our sovereign capability to prepare and respond to a pandemic, we must take action to protect key infrastructure...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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