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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2022-12-21more like thismore than 2022-12-21
answering body
Home Office more like this
answering dept id 1 more like this
answering dept short name Home Office more like this
answering dept sort name Home Office remove filter
hansard heading Refugees: China more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide reassurance to the Uyghur, Tibetan, Hong Kong and other Chinese refugee communities in the UK about their security, following the 16 October attack on protesters outside the Chinese consulate. more like this
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Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle remove filter
uin HL4475 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-01-09more like thismore than 2023-01-09
answer text <p>As the Minister for Security stated to the House of Commons on 1 November, the Home Office works closely with Departments across Whitehall and with devolved Administrations to ensure that our national security is protected and that, in particular, those who have chosen to settle here are free to engage in our democratic society without fear of the regimes that they have tried to leave behind.</p><p>Through our excellent police forces and the agencies that work with them, we take a proactive approach to protecting individuals and communities from all manner of threats. Where we identify individuals who may be at heightened risk, we are front-footed in deploying protective security guidance and other measures where necessary.</p><p>The upcoming National Security Bill will strengthen our legal powers to deal with transnational repression. Coercion, harassment or intimidation linked to a foreign power that interfere with the freedoms of individuals will be criminalised under the new foreign interference offence in the Bill.</p><p>Home Office Ministers have asked officials to step up the work to ensure that our approach to transnational repression is robust, and the Security Minister has asked our Department to review our approach to transnational repression as a matter of urgency. The Security Minister will provide an update on that work to the House in due course.</p>
answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-01-09T17:56:12.097Zmore like thismore than 2023-01-09T17:56:12.097Z
answering member
4888
label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom more like this
tabling member
4719
label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle more like this