Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the National Eviction Team, (b) the landowners, (c) HS2, (d) the High Court Enforcement Officer, (e) the Metropolitan Police and (f) the British Transport Police on policing of the protests at Euston Square Garden; what assessment she has made of whether the right to peaceful protest is being upheld at that site; what steps she is taking to ensure and monitor the safety of the protestors; and if she will make a statement.

We have a long tradition in this country of respect for legal protest. However, these protestors are putting themselves and those who might have to try to rescue them at risk. The response to the situation is being led by the police, who are operationally independent of Government.