Extract from Urgent Question on Contest: UK Strategy for Countering Terrorism 2023 - Jul 19

Thursday, 20 July 2023 08:09

Holly Lynch (Halifax) (Lab):...In February, our agencies said that they had to disrupt 15 attempted kidnap and assassination attempts here in the UK. Remarkably, the report makes no reference to the resources, the approach or the powers necessary to respond to that form of terrorism. The Home Secretary knows that we have advocated for proscription powers on multiple occasions, so why do the Government continue to reject those proposals and why have they not finally proscribed...Request free trial