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1661060

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to proscribe the (a) Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and (b) al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	199710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2023 answer text <p>Whilst the Government keeps the list of proscribed organisations under careful review, we do not routinely comment on intelligence and security matters, including whether or not an organisation is under consideration for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 16/10/2023 16:56:20 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1302155

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department is making on agreeing a youth mobility scheme with the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	167834
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>We remain open to expanding our Youth Mobility Scheme to more nations, based on agreeing suitable reciprocal arrangements.</p><p>We have not commenced formal discussions with any EU member states or with the EU collectively but remain open to doing so.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster question first answered 17/03/2021 16:49:04 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1198431

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: English Channel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to prevent unlawful migration via small boats crossing the Channel.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	51696
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>Keeping our border secure is the Government’s highest priority and we are committed to doing everything we can to stop these dangerous Channel crossings which are putting vulnerable lives at risk.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office liaises directly with the French Interior Ministry on addressing the issue of illegal migration, engaging at an official, diplomatic level and supported at an operational level through regular UK-French Migration Committees.</p><p>Through joint-working with France, the UK has funded the continued deployment of French law enforcement along the coast of northern France, who are patrolling constantly in order to detect attempted crossings by migrants. Funding has been allocated, among other projects, for further security improvements at ports in northern France and on the ground, which includes drones, specialist vehicles and detection equipment to stop small boats leaving European shores.</p><p>Intelligence flows are also key to dismantling the organised crime groups behind crossings. We have restructured and repurposed our approach to support to better inform and direct how and where law enforcement is deployed.</p> answering member constituency Croydon South answering member printed Chris Philp question first answered 09/06/2020 12:55:57 answering member 4503 label Biography information for Chris Philp
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

942487

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 13 of Chapter Two of the White Paper, The future relationship between the UK and the EU, Cm. 9593, published on 12 July 2018, what measures are to be covered by sub-paragraphs (a) to (c) of that paragraph.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	164324
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/08/2018 answer text <p>The EU, together with the UK and Member States, has developed a range of capabilities that provide for effective cross-border law enforcement and judicial cooperation, all with the aim of bringing more criminals to justice.</p><p>We are committed to ongoing cooperation with the EU on security and law enforcement. That is why the UK is seeking a comprehensive security relationship which preserves mutually important operational capabilities whilst allowing the UK and EU to continue to work together to combat fast evolving security threats.</p><p>As the UK leaves the EU, the UK will continue to have operational processes which closely align with EU tools and data sharing systems which are uniquely compatible with the EU. This means it is possible for operational cooperation to continue, albeit on the basis of a different legal relationship.</p><p>We have highlighted in the White Paper (Chapter 2, Section 2.3) published on 12 July 2018 as well as in our previous publications, such as the technical note on security, law enforcement and criminal justice published on 24 May 2018, the Framework for the UK-EU Security Partnership published on 9 May 2018, and the security, law enforcement and criminal justice future partnership paper published on the 18 September 2017 a number of the tools and capabilities that we consider important.</p> answering member constituency Romsey and Southampton North answering member printed Caroline Nokes question first answered 30/08/2018 14:20:07 answering member 4048 label Biography information for Caroline Nokes
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1254343

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the forthcoming trial against an Iranian diplomat in Belgium on terrorism charges, what discussions she has had with police services on threats against Iranian dissidents and political activists in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	119181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK takes a zero-tolerance approach to violence and threats. We will continue to work closely with our international allies to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p><p>It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on the security arrangements for protected individuals. To do so could compromise the integrity of those arrangements and affect the security of the individuals concerned.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 01/12/2020 15:42:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1287082

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Terrorism: Iran
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the recent conviction in Belgium of the Iranian diplomat, Assadollah Assadi, for terrorism offences, if she will take steps with her European counterparts to facilitate cooperation between law enforcement bodies in different countries to investigate whether other Iranian diplomats and embassies are involved in terrorism.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	154848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>The safety and security of our citizens is the Government’s top priority. We will continue to work closely with our international partners to protect the UK and our interests from any Iran-based threats.</p><p> </p><p>The UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement includes a deal on law enforcement and criminal justice cooperation which delivers a comprehensive package of capabilities that will ensure we can work with counterparts across Europe to tackle serious crime and terrorism – protecting the public and bringing criminals to justice.</p><p> </p><p>We remain committed to working together with European partners to counter the threats we all face, within Europe and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>Specific investigations and prosecutions are a matter for the independent law enforcement agencies and prosecutors concerned. We do not comment on specific cases.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/02/2021 13:22:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1467654

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synagogues: Security
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department's funding for the security of synagogues has risen in line with inflation in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	13069
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Funding for the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant was £14 million in each of the last three years, and £13.4 million in the two years prior to that.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 09/06/2022 10:58:17 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1461150

	registered interest
	date	10/05/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Synagogues: Barnet
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will include a grant for Whetstone Synagogue in Friern Barnet Lane in her funding for security for places of worship.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	88
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/05/2022 answer text <p>Protective security measures for synagogues are available through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, which is managed on behalf of the Home Office by the Community Security Trust.</p><p>We cannot comment on whether specific places of worship receive grant funding.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 16/05/2022 13:39:58 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1086521

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Street Preachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance he has provided to the police on street preachers; and what lessons have been learned from the arrest and subsequent release of Oluwole Ilesanmi in Enfield.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	230673
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not prevent individuals from following their religious beliefs or cultural traditions provided they do so within the law. The diversity of modern Britain is one of our strengths and many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices.</p><p>The right to freedom of expression is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to share their views with others.</p><p>Decisions on arrests are an operational matter for the police working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 230674 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:39:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1086522

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Street Preachers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the arrest and release of Oluwole Ilesanmi in Enfield, what steps he is taking to ensure that church groups can preach on the street.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	230674
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not prevent individuals from following their religious beliefs or cultural traditions provided they do so within the law. The diversity of modern Britain is one of our strengths and many British people of different faiths follow religious codes and practices.</p><p>The right to freedom of expression is a vital part of a democratic society. It is a long-standing tradition in this country that people are free to share their views with others.</p><p>Decisions on arrests are an operational matter for the police working within the provisions of the legal framework set by Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd grouped question UIN 230673 question first answered 14/03/2019 16:39:08 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers