Civil Liberties

(asked on 22nd April 2025) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Public Order Act 2024 to safeguard liberty of conscience and freedom of assembly.


Answered by
Diana Johnson Portrait
Diana Johnson
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 30th April 2025

The right to peacefully protest is a fundamental part of our democratic society.

We have committed to carry out post-legislative scrutiny of the Public Order Act 2023 beginning in May 2025.

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