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Metropolitan Police: Police Raids

Asked by Nadia WhittomeLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 25 April 2025UIN 46888

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the Metropolitan Police on the policing at the Quaker meeting house in Westminster on 27 March 2025.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The Metropolitan Police are operationally independent of the government. It is for the police to make decisions about how to respond to specific incidents based on their professional judgement and the circumstances at hand.

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