Asked by: Patrick Spencer (Conservative - Central Suffolk and North Ipswich)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to improve cooperation between police forces in tackling offences in rural areas affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas and improving the safety of rural communities, including farms and agricultural businesses.
The Home Office has worked with Defra to support the National Police Chiefs’ Council Rural and Wildlife Crime Strategy 2025-28, which provides a framework through which policing and its partners can work together to tackle the crimes that predominantly affect rural communities, including organised criminality affecting farms and agricultural businesses.
To support the policing response, the Home Office is providing over £800,000 in 2026/27 to the National Rural Crime Unit and National Wildlife Crime Unit. These specialist units provide intelligence, analysis, coordination and operational support to police forces across the UK, helping forces share information, coordinate activity and tackle offenders operating across force boundaries. They also support the identification and disruption of organised criminal groups involved in rural crime and help share best practice across policing.
Asked by: Luke Evans (Conservative - Hinckley and Bosworth)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will conduct an assessment of recent trends in the numbers of immigration cases where the cousin marriage was noted to have been forced and determined as persecution.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Excessive exhaust noise is already assessed as part of the MOT. Testers must fail a vehicle where its exhaust noise is unreasonably above the level expected from a similar vehicle fitted with a standard silencer in average condition. The Department keeps the content of the MOT under review, but there are practical challenges in introducing an objective noise measurement test in MOT stations. To tackle excessive vehicle noise, the Department continues to work with enforcement partners and supports action under existing legislation against vehicles that do not comply with noise requirements.
Asked by: Katie Lam (Conservative - Weald of Kent)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 18195 on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, if he will list each organisation which is subject both to (a) a Home Office policy of non-engagement and (b) a Home Office policy of publicly confirming that the organisation is subject to a policy of non-engagement, other than (i) CAGE, (ii) MEND, (iii) the Muslim Council of Britain and (iv) the Muslim Association of Britain.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Home Office does not publish a comprehensive list of organisations that are subject to a policy of non-engagement.
The Government is committed to engaging with a broad range of leaders and organisations across many different communities and civil society groups. Engagement with communities can strengthen our democracy, our policymaking and our society.
Decisions on engagement are taken on a case-by-case basis, informed by appropriate due diligence. If asked, we will advise and share information to help others inform their decisions.
Asked by: Adam Dance (Liberal Democrat - Yeovil)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 28 August 2026 to Question 24272, whether a similar internal strategic review of awareness of (a) mental health and (b) neurodiversity will be conducted by the Countering Violent Extremism Hub.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
At the Five Country Ministerial in Sydney, August 2026, Five Eyes partners agreed to the Home Office proposal to establish a Countering Violent Extremism Hub in London. This was agreed as a practical way to strengthen our existing cooperation on shared countering violent extremism challenges.
The Hub is distinct from Prevent programmes and does not have a role in the design or delivery of Prevent safeguarding training. Consequently, there are no plans to review Prevent safeguarding training as part of the Hub's creation, including in relation to awareness of these characteristics.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of potential impact on local communities of the publication of an interactive map of targets across Britain by a website operating under the Palestine Action name; what guidance and support her Department is providing to local authorities in affected areas; and what steps her Department is taking with (a) the Home Office, (b) police and (c) councils to protect businesses, employees and residents from intimidation, criminal damage and violence.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Government is aware of online material identifying businesses and other locations as targets. The Home Office continues to work closely with tech companies to strengthen their systems to detect and remove terrorist content and take robust action to reduce the availability and accessibility of terrorist content online.
Following the proscription of Palestine Action in July 2025, alongside the Maniacs Murder Cult and the Russian Imperialist Movement, the Home Office wrote to technology platforms reminding them of their obligations to detect, moderate and remove content that would likely be unlawful under the UK's Terrorism Act 2000 & 2006.
The Government works closely with the police and other partners to ensure that communities can go about their daily lives without fear of harassment, intimidation or serious disruption, and to protect businesses and local communities from criminality. The police have a range of powers to maintain public safety and deal with criminal behaviour, and where criminality occurs, those responsible should expect to face the consequences.
Anyone with information about criminal activity should report it to the police. Arrest and charging decisions are a matter for the operationally independent police and Crown Prosecution Service.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the Coalition on Secure Technology report entitled CIMs Risk in UK Agriculture, published on 7 September 2026, and the potential impact of Chinese manufactured chips in agricultural machinery on national security.
Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)
The Government takes the protection of national security seriously and does not routinely comment on operational matters or specific threats.
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs works across Government to understand and manage risks and vulnerabilities affecting the UK agriculture sector arising from connected technologies, including components used in agricultural machinery, proportionate to the assessed threat. The Government keeps potential risks to critical sectors under continual review and takes action where necessary.
Asked by: Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative - Huntingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many individuals have been a) arrested and b) prosecuted under Operation Shiraz since the operation commenced.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Border Force works with law enforcement partners under Operation Shiraz to identify and disrupt the importation of child-like sexual abuse dolls and related items into the United Kingdom.
Information relating to arrests and prosecutions connected to Operation Shiraz is held for operational and intelligence purposes. The Home Office does not publish official statistics relating to arrests or prosecutions under the operation and does not hold verified data suitable for publication.
Protecting children from sexual abuse and exploitation remains a priority for this Government. Border Force plays an important role in preventing prohibited and harmful items from entering the United Kingdom and works closely with domestic and international partners to detect, seize and investigate suspected criminal activity.
Asked by: Michelle Scrogham (Labour - Barrow and Furness)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on the review of statutory vehicle recovery fees; and what the anticipated timetable is for any decisions arising from that work.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government recognises the vital role vehicle recovery operators play in supporting policing and road safety,
The Government consulted on proposed increases to vehicle disposal fees in May last year. We have considered responses to the proposed changes following the closure of the consultation and are in the process of analysing police data to ensure any revised fee complies with Managing Public Money Guidance. We are prioritising this work and we will engage further with the sector once this process has concluded.
We are aware of industry and policing concerns about the costs of recovery, storage and disposal of electric vehicles. Although consideration of the impacts from electric vehicles were outside of the scope of the previous consultation, we continue to consider next steps for working with police forces and industry to collect evidence on the costs of electric vehicles for potential future consultation.
Asked by: Lord Robertson of Port Ellen (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to withdraw the Home Office leaflet Do not photograph or film people in public, in light of the guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers, Guidance for Photographers, published on 26 August 2010.
Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)
The Government has no plan to withdraw the document.
Asked by: Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 126358 on Freedom of Expression, whether the independent review into public order and hate crime legislation has reported to her; and when that review will be published.
Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)
Lord Macdonald submitted his report to the Home Secretary on Friday 29 May.
The Government is now reviewing the report in detail and will publish the report alongside its formal response shortly.