Question follow-through · 101786
Oppression
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect British citizens from transnational repression from hostile states.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 2 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to protect British citizens from transnational repression from hostile states.
6 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
The first duty of this Government is to keep the country safe. Robust tools and system-wide safeguards are in place to robustly counter the threat of transnational repression (TNR). As set out in my statement to the House on 14 May, following the Defendin...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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