| Heading: |
House of Lords: Security |
| Question ID: |
1813788 |
| UIN: |
HL8518 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-17 |
| Asking Member ID: |
497 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Blencathra
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Blencathra
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker which officials initiated, approved and signed-off on the new security barrier on the West Front of the House of Lords and which members of the House were consulted on the design. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4161 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Gardiner of Kimble
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The need for an improved security perimeter along the West Front of the Palace of Westminster was identified by the independent review of Parliament’s security, undertaken by Sir John Murphy following the Westminster Bridge terror attack and murder of PC ... |
| Original answer text: |
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| Comparable answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
204 |
| Answering body name: |
The Senior Deputy Speaker |
| Tweeted: |
true |