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HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe take all those threats incredibly seriously. We hosted the five country ministerial meetings with our American, Canadian, Australian and Kiwi allies just last week. We work…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is right to raise this. New and emerging artificial intelligence technology has the potential to amplify threats to democracy, including through hyper-realistic…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsAny attack on the police is utterly shameful. The right to peaceful protest is a cornerstone of our democracy—it is a freedom that we protect fiercely—but Palestine Action’s…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend and the APPG for their work. The Government are absolutely committed to tackling high street money laundering to deliver safer streets and economic…15 Sept 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for the question, because the targeted intimidation and harassment of elected representatives is completely unacceptable. The defending democracy…15 Sept 2025HANSARDScientific Procedures: Use of AnimalsI can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. The Government authorise the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in order to support…15 Sept 2025HANSARDScientific Procedures: Use of AnimalsI am grateful to the hon. Member. Herbie’s law is a proposed legislative framework to phase out animal experiments, specifically in medical research, in the UK by 2035. The…15 Sept 2025HANSARDScientific Procedures: Use of AnimalsThe Department takes its responsibilities under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act extremely seriously. Approvals for the use of animals in science are given only when no…15 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Port Examination Codes of Practice) Regulations 2025I thank the hon. Members for Reigate and for Sutton and Cheam for the constructive and reasonable comments that they have made. Let me seek to respond to them as best I can.…10 Sept 2025HANSARDDraft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Port Examination Codes of Practice) Regulations 2025I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Port Examination Codes of Practice)…10 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe right hon. Gentleman is an experienced Member of this House and has served as a Minister in the Home Office, so I am sorry to have to put my response to him in this way, but…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI refer the hon. Gentleman to the remarks that have been published recently by the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation.08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsMy hon. Friend raises a very important point, as did the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee. She will absolutely understand the importance that this Government attach to the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I can give him an absolute assurance that we work very closely with the police to ensure that they have the resources they need and…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question; I hope that she heard the response I gave a moment ago—that it would not be appropriate to get into a review process at this…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI hope very much that there is consensus across the House about the desperate situation in Gaza and the middle east. I hope the hon. Gentleman will understand that the Government…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsFirst, the Home Secretary is meeting our Five Eyes allies who are here for the five-country ministerial. That is incredibly important work in securing our alliances with our…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI entirely understand why the hon. Lady may wish to raise concerns in the way she has. She made an important point about evidence, and I give her an assurance that we have put…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe hon. Gentleman will have heard the response I gave earlier to questions on that specific point. I would gently say to him that 17 police officers were assaulted over the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsFirst, let me say to the hon. Gentleman that neither the Government nor I are seeking to make the comparison he offers. What we do believe is that people should follow the law. It…08 Sept 2025