Written questions by Baxter.

What steps her Department is taking to tackle Serious and Organised Crime linked to Russia.

The Home Office works across Government to tackle the Serious Organised Crime threat linked to Russia including Russia-linked illicit finance in the UK.This was recently demonstrated through the NCA’s Operation DESTABILISE which exposed and disrupted Russian money laundering networks supporting serious and organised crime.In addition to our domestic efforts, we work with like-minded international partners to build capacity in key law enforcement institutions and the judiciary to help tackle, and enhance resilience against, Russia-linked organised crime groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, What recent work has been undertaken by the Defending Democracy Taskforce.

The Taskforce has reflected on last year’s elections and is now taking forward a programme of work to ensure lessons are learned.This includes work to tackle the unacceptable instances of harassment and intimidation of our elected representatives that we saw during the General Election.This vital work is ongoing, and I will update the House in due course.