| Heading: |
House of Lords: Security |
| Question ID: |
1813789 |
| UIN: |
HL8519 |
| 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, before the approval of the security barrier installed along the West Front, what assessment was made of the ability of armed police officers guarding entrances along the West Front to have an unobscured view of Abingdon S |
| 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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| Answer text: |
The design of the Abingdon Street fence components was undertaken to carefully balance security requirements and heritage considerations, whilst maintaining necessary lines of sight for the security personnel working in this area, including at nearby entr... |
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| Answering body ID: |
204 |
| Answering body name: |
The Senior Deputy Speaker |
| Tweeted: |
true |