Question follow-through · 125072

Press Freedom

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to strengthen protections for journalists and media organisations in the UK against threats from foreign states.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Apr 2026
Target answer date
14 Apr 2026
Answer
15 Apr 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to strengthen protections for journalists and media organisations in the UK against threats from foreign states.

  2. 14 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 15 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The Government's top priority is our national security, and we will use all the tools at our disposal to protect the UK, and its people, from state threats. Any attempt by a foreign state to intimidate, harass or harm individuals in the UK will not be to...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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