Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme.

As per the Integrated Review Refresh (2023), the United Kingdom is developing "new levers to adapt to the changing threat environment", to increase the costs of aggression by hostile actors. The Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) is one such lever and will promote greater transparency and assurance around the activities of foreign powers or entities. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office officials will work with the Home Office and other government departments on its implementation, which I [Minister Docherty] follow with interest, as I will its operation once live next year.