Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with which civil society organisations the Defending Democracy Taskforce has held recent discussions.

The Defending Democracy Taskforce is an enduring government function which seeks to protect the democratic integrity of the UK by reducing the threat of foreign interference.

Meetings of the Taskforce are complemented by private engagement with partners outside central government and Parliament, including civil society, on subjects relevant to the work of the Taskforce. There are no current plans to publish information relating to the stakeholder engagement conducted by the Taskforce.