Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 19 April 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 April 2023. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Friday, 28 April 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.
Public Statues: Parliament Square
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with the police on the steps it has taken following the disruption caused around the Sir Winston Churchill statue in Parliament Square in November 2022.
- Answer
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The Home Secretary holds regular meetings with the Metropolitan Police Service to discuss a range of matters including protest activity and the police’s response to a range of events.
The management of public protests which includes the disruption in Parliament Square in November 2022, is as an operational matter for the police.
Ministers are unable to intervene in individual cases or in operational decisions made by the police. To do so would undermine the principle that the police are operationally independent of Government.
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- Written question
- Reference
- 181507
- Session
- 2022-23
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- Parliament Square Public statues Civil disorder
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- 2023-04-28 11:05:26 +0100
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