Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, Official Report, columns 11-12, whether her Department's planned proposals on tackling hate speech and extremism will affect Christian ministers' ability to preach biblical values in non-religious locations.

Nothing that the Government is doing or planning to do to tackle hate speech and extremism will affect Christian ministers’ ability to preach biblical values in non-religious locations. Our work will protect the freedom to exchange religious ideas - a fundamental part of our thriving democracy - against the extremists and hate preachers who shut down debate and condemn anyone who disagrees with them.