Written questions by Andrew.

On what dates the Cannabis Interchange Group has met since 1 January 2020; who attended each meeting; and whether she plans to publish the agendas, minutes and papers of those meetings.

Awaiting answer.

What the total cost has been to the public purse of housing asylum seekers in hotels located in the West Northamptonshire Council area since July 2024; and if she will provide a breakdown by hotel.

The Home Office publishes all available information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and accounts at: Home Office annual report and accounts: 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. There are no plans to publish a breakdown of expenditure by premises or location.

When her Department plans to publish a breakdown of spending on hotel accommodation for asylum seekers by local authority area.

The Home Office publishes all available information on asylum expenditure in the Home Office Annual Report and accounts at: Home Office annual report and accounts: 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. There are no plans to publish a breakdown of expenditure by premises or location.

Whether her Department plans to (a) merge and (b) align the (i) Section 1 (firearms) and (ii) Section 2 (shotgun) licensing systems in the Firearms Act 1968.

We will be undertaking a public consultation later this year on the greater alignment of the controls on shotguns with other firearms.The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February this year, included a commitment to having a consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns, in the interests of public safety.We will carefully consider the views put forward to the consultation after it is completed, before deciding what further action to take.

What discussions she has had with the organisers of Glastonbury Festival on the inclusion of Kneecap in the 2025 line-up.

The Government’s responsibility is to provide the police with the necessary resources, powers and clarity over priorities to allow them to do what is required to protect public safety.Subsequent decisions on the investigation and prosecution of criminal offences are a matter for the operationally independent police and Crown Prosecution Service.Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT) makes it an offence to invite support for a proscribed organisation; recklessly express an opinion or belief that is supportive of a proscribed organisation; arrange, manage or assist in arranging or managing a meeting in the knowledge that the meeting is to support or further the activities of a proscribed organisation. Section 13 of TACT also makes it a criminal offence to wear clothing or carry articles in public which arouse reasonable suspicion that an individual is a member or supporter of a proscribed organisation, and publish an image of an item of clothing or other article, such as a flag or logo.