{"value":{"id":1753359,"askingMemberId":4984,"askingMember":null,"house":"Lords","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-01-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","uin":"HL3827","questionText":"To ask His Majesty's Government who attends the meetings of the Defending Democracy Taskforce.","answeringBodyId":1,"answeringBodyName":"Home Office","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":533,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-01-21T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The Taskforce is made up of Government departments, ministers, operational leaders, and senior officials and brings together HMG's work on defending democracy to ensure we take a whole-of-Government response to the threats we face.</p><p>Ministerial members are:</p><p>· Minister of Security - The Home Office</p><p>· Parliamentary Secretary - The Cabinet Office</p><p>· Minister for the Future Digital Economy and Online Safety - Department for Science Innovation &amp; Technology</p><p>· Minister for Skills - Department for Education</p><p>· Minister for Media and Data - Department for Culture Media and Sport</p><p>· Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories - Foreign, Commonwealth &amp; Development Office</p><p>Minister for Homelessness and Democracy - Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Defending Democracy Taskforce","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1753359","method":"GET"}]}