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Cybersecurity

Asked by Joe RobertsonConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 13 March 2025UIN 35951

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had recent discussions with (a) technology companies, (b) legal experts and (c) privacy advocates on the potential implications for her policies of requiring companies to create backdoors into encrypted systems.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

Home Office Ministers and senior officials regularly meet with key stakeholders, including technology companies, legal experts and privacy advocates, on a range of policies and issues.

Details of Ministerial meetings are published on a quarterly basis on gov.uk.

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