Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recommendations of the Intelligence and Security Committee's 2020 report on Russia, if her Department will bring forward legislative proposals on (a) a Foreign Agents Registration Act and (b) updates to the Official Secrets Act.

As set out in the Queen’s Speech, the Government will be introducing new legislation to provide the security services and law enforcement agencies with the tools they need to tackle the evolving threat of hostile activity by foreign states. As part of this work, we are considering a range of powers, including reviewing the Official Secrets Acts, and intend to introduce our own registration scheme.