Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the security of embassies and high commissions in the UK are maintained.

The security and dignity of diplomatic missions in the UK, and their staff, is of utmost concern and His Majesty’s Government fully recognises our obligations under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. The right to gather lawfully and demonstrate a point of view is a basic democratic right. But rights to lawful protest do not extend to violent or threatening behaviour.

Our protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. However, it is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on diplomatic security arrangements. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals and locations concerned.