Home Office written question – answered at on 17 January 2024.
Gregory Campbell
Shadow DUP Spokesperson (International Development), Shadow DUP Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions the Defending Democracy Taskforce met in the last 12 months.
Thomas Tugendhat
Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)
The Defending Democracy Taskforce is an enduring government function which seeks to protect the democratic integrity of the UK by reducing the threat of foreign interference.
The Taskforce is engaging across government and with Parliament, the UK’s intelligence community, the devolved governments, local authorities, the private sector, and civil society on the full range of threats facing our democratic institutions.
Over the last 12 months, the Taskforce has met eleven times.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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