Response to the report on the terrorism acts in 2020

The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2020.

Response to the 2020 annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation

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This is the government’s response to The Terrorism Acts in 2020, a report by Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL).

The Independent Reviewer is responsible for monitoring the operation of UK counter-terrorism legislation to assess its fairness, effectiveness, and proportionality.

The government response addresses the following topics that were covered in the report:

• threat picture
• statistics
• terrorist groups
• stopping the travelling public
• terrorism trials and sentencing
• special civil powers
• Northern Ireland
• Scotland