Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 34860 on MHCLG: Greenpeace, and of 11 March 2025 to Question HL5100 on Community Relations, whether her Department’s decision not to engage with (a) Greenpeace, (b) XR and (c) Just Stop Oil is due to (i) her Department’s engagement principles or (b) other reasons.

Decisions concerning who we engage with are carefully considered by government departments on a case by case basis. The government will only engage with organisations when it is in the public interest.