Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to ensure that the enforcement of safe access zones is proportionate to other (a) protests and (b) gatherings.

The Government has recently published and consulted on draft guidance on the enforcement of abortion safe access zones.

The Home Office is now considering the responses before we publish a final version.

The Home Secretary is committed to ensuring that women in England and Wales feel safe and protected whilst exercising their legal right to access abortion services and I am confident that this guidance will support the effective introduction of Safe Access Zones.