Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an implementation timetable for the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 has been agreed; and whether she plans to implement the Act within 24 months of Royal Assent.

Answered by Dan Jarvis - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (Jointly with the Cabinet Office)

The Government has committed to a minimum implementation period of 24 months from Royal Assent, which was granted on 3 April 2025. This period is intended to give those responsible for premises and events sufficient time to understand their new obligations and prepare for when the Act comes into force, and to allow the Security Industry Authority (SIA) to establish its new regulatory function. The Government will confirm the commencement date in due course.

Whilst there is no legal requirement to comply with the legislation until it comes into force, those that fall within scope of the Act may wish to begin considering the requirements before commencement.

The Home Office are working closely and in partnership with the SIA to meet this commitment and have published the section 27 statutory guidance in April this year. This guidance will assist those responsible for premises and events in scope to understand the requirements set out in the legislation and how they may be met in practice.

The SIA will produce statutory guidance under section 12 of the Act this autumn. This guidance is primarily about the SIA’s approach to regulation.

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking in international fora to uphold the right of the people of the Falkland Islands to self-determination and to support their expressed wish for the Islands to remain a British Overseas Territory.

Answered by Uma Kumaran - Assistant Whip

I refer the Honourable member to the answer provided in the House of Lords on 29 September in response to Question HL3618, which - for ease of reference - is reproduced below:

The UK Government continues proactively to defend and promote the Falkland Islanders' right of self-determination in all international fora. This included in advance of both the Organisation of American States General Assembly and the UN Committee on Decolonisation annual discussion of the Falkland Islands, in June. As my Right Honourable friend the Prime Minister said in the House of Commons on 9 September, we will always respect the rights of the Falkland Islanders to choose to be British. Self-determination is a principle grounded in international law and this government will resolutely uphold it at every opportunity on the international stage.