Speaker’s Conference to hear evidence from Home Office and Housing, Communities & Local Government ministers
31 March 2025
The Speaker’s Conference (2024) will on Wednesday 2nd April 2025 hear from government ministers and officials in its second public evidence session – held as part of the Conference’s work in considering the factors influencing the threat levels against candidates and MPs, and the effectiveness of the response to such threats.
Witnesses will include:
- Dan Jarvis MP: Minister for Security, Home Office
- Shaun Hipgrave: Director for Protect and Prepare, Home Office
- Rushanara Ali MP: Minister for Homelessness and Democracy, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Becca Crosier, Deputy Director for Elections Strategy, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
The evidence session will be broadcast on Parliament Live from 5pm on Wednesday 2nd April 2025.
About the Speaker’s Conference
The Speaker’s Conference was established to help ensure that elections to the UK Parliament are conducted freely and fairly, without threats or violence; that candidates are able to campaign safely, with appropriate protection and support; and that elected representatives can do their job securely.
Specifically, the Conference will consider factors influencing the threat levels against candidates and MPs and the effectiveness of the response to these threats. It will make recommendations about the arrangements necessary to secure free and fair elections and the appropriate protection of candidates at future UK-wide parliamentary elections and of elected representatives thereafter.
The House of Commons approved the motion to establish the Conference on 14 October 2024.