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1723174

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on Hezbollah.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	1496
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2024 answer text <p>The situation on the defacto border between Lebanon and Israel is very concerning. A widening of the conflict is in nobody's interest and the Government condemns the strike in the Golan Heights that has tragically claimed at least 12 lives. We have been clear that Hizballah must cease their attacks. Our assessment remains that a strong, sovereign Lebanon with strong state institutions, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, is the best way to tackle Hizballah's influence in Lebanon. The Government continues to press these messages in engagement with counterparts and partners from both Israel and Lebanon, including with Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, during the Foreign Secretary's visit to Israel on 14 July and during the Foreign Secretary's call with Lebanon's Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, on 29 July.</p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Mr Hamish Falconer question first answered 01/08/2024 11:05:44 answering member 5148
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1719990

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2024
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the operational capability of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force.
	tabling member printed	Lord Mott
	uin	HL4868
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/05/2024 12:00:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4984 label Biography information for Lord Mott

1653809

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of reports that Hezbollah has established military outposts in the Shebaa Farms Mount Dov region.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow East
	tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
	uin	194724
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2023 answer text <p>We are actively monitoring reports of a tent being placed south of the Blue Line border by Hezbollah in the Shebaa Farms area. We have discussed this issue with both Lebanon and Israel. We encourage all parties to engage with the relevant UN authorities to find a diplomatic solution to removing the tent and avoid escalation. As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, we support the stability and security of Lebanon and Israel through our contribution to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The UK remains concerned by Hezbollah's activities within Lebanon which are in clear breach of UN Security Council Resolutions 1509 and 1701.</p> answering member constituency Macclesfield answering member printed David Rutley question first answered 26/07/2023 16:20:40 answering member 4033 label Biography information for David Rutley
	tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1523247

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for belonging or professing to belong to Hezbollah since it was fully proscribed.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	64410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. On 1 March 2019, the proscription was extended to cover the Hizballah group in its entirety.</p><p>Data on arrests, charges and convictions for the section 11 Terrorism Act 2000 offence of belonging or professing to belong to a proscribed organisation is grouped with other proscription offences (sections 12 and 13 of the Act) in the quarterly Home Office publication ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. Data is not published on the specific proscribed organisation that the arrest, charge or conviction relates to.</p><p>The most recent publication up to year ending June 2022, was published on 8 September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 25/10/2022 15:10:40 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1519881

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for inviting support for Hezbollah since that organisation was fully proscribed.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	59472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. On 1 March 2019, the proscription was extended to cover the Hizballah group in its entirety.</p><p>Data on arrests, charges and convictions for the section 12 Terrorism Act 2000 offence of inviting or expressing support for a proscribed organisation is grouped with other proscription offences (sections 11 and 13 of the Act) in the quarterly Home Office publication ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. Data is not published on the specific proscribed organisation that the arrest, charge or conviction relates to. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2022, was published on 8 September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022</a></p><p>The quarterly publications establish transparency by ensuring that data is publicly available on the use of police powers in a consistently categorised way. As with all crime statistics published by the Home Office, the data published in the Terrorism statistics are offence based, where police provide a count of the number of offences recorded. Data providers are not required to provide further detail on events leading to the arrest, as to do so would place a disproportionate burden on the organisations responsible.</p><p>This includes the National Counter-Terrorism Police Operations Centre, the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter-Terrorism Division, the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters. As with all Official Statistics, we continually review outputs taking account of user needs.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 09:15:44 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 24461 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1519882

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK have been prosecuted for expressing support for Hezbollah since that group was fully proscribed.
	tabling member constituency	Knowsley
	tabling member printed	Sir George Howarth
	uin	59351
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes proscription offences seriously. On 1 March 2019, the proscription was extended to cover the Hizballah group in its entirety.</p><p>Data on arrests, charges and convictions for the section 12 Terrorism Act 2000 offence of inviting or expressing support for a proscribed organisation is grouped with other proscription offences (sections 11 and 13 of the Act) in the quarterly Home Office publication ‘Operation of Police Powers under the Terrorism Act 2000’. Data is not published on the specific proscribed organisation that the arrest, charge or conviction relates to. The most recent publication up to year ending June 2022, was published on 8 September 2022: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/operation-of-police-powers-under-the-terrorism-act-2000-quarterly-update-to-june-2022</a></p><p>The quarterly publications establish transparency by ensuring that data is publicly available on the use of police powers in a consistently categorised way. As with all crime statistics published by the Home Office, the data published in the Terrorism statistics are offence based, where police provide a count of the number of offences recorded. Data providers are not required to provide further detail on events leading to the arrest, as to do so would place a disproportionate burden on the organisations responsible.</p><p>This includes the National Counter-Terrorism Police Operations Centre, the Crown Prosecution Service’s Counter-Terrorism Division, the Metropolitan Police Service and the National Counter-Terrorism Policing Headquarters. As with all Official Statistics, we continually review outputs taking account of user needs.</p> answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat question first answered 19/10/2022 09:16:31 answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat previous answer version 24460 answering member constituency Tonbridge and Malling answering member printed Tom Tugendhat answering member 4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat
	tabling member	481 label Biography information for Sir George Howarth

1367580

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2021
	answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept id	208
	answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the threat of Hezbollah-related organised crime to (a) the UK and (b) European allies.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	72582
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2021 answer text <p>We condemn Hizballah's criminal and terrorist activity. The UK proscribes Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organisation and has an asset freeze in place against the entire organisation. The UK works with partners around the world to coordinate action and combat organised crime groups operating across borders.</p> answering member constituency Braintree answering member printed James Cleverly question first answered 19/11/2021 10:09:53 answering member 4366 label Biography information for James Cleverly
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1345245

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to tackle the domestic operations of Hezbollah since its full proscription in February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	29746
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29747 29748 29749 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1345246

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of UK citizens who are members of Hezbollah.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
	uin	29747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.</p><p>Hizballah is a proscribed terrorist organisation in the UK and membership is therefore a criminal offence. Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic financial sanctions designation to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to comment or publish data on these matters.</p><p>The Government publishes quarterly national statistics on the use of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent relevant legislation in Great Britain. This includes information on arrests, charges and convictions for proscription offences.</p><p>The Home and Foreign Secretaries routinely discuss global counter-terrorism matters, both bilaterally and at Cabinet during meetings of the National Security Council.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 29746 29748 29749 29750 question first answered 13/07/2021 16:47:23 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1341326

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of fully proscribing Hezbollah in 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	23107
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government assesses proscription is a powerful tool within the counter-terrorism toolkit. In addition to the criminal offences associated with proscription, the tool can have a powerful impact on behaviour and disincentivise people from becoming members or supporters of a proscribed organisation, as well as supporting other forms of disruptive activity, including asset freezing and the take down of online content.</p><p>Since the extension of Hizballah’s proscription in 2019, the Government has also extended the UK’s domestic asset freeze to cover the group in its entirety.</p><p>Investigations into the activities of proscribed organisations, or individuals who may be members or supporters of proscribed organisations, are an operational matter for the police and intelligence agencies. It would not be appropriate to publish data on intelligence related matters.</p><p>The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters, including whether groups are, or are not, being considered for proscription.</p> answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster grouped question UIN 23108 23109 23110 question first answered 02/07/2021 08:11:25 answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster previous answer version 10892 answering member constituency Torbay answering member printed Kevin Foster answering member 4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne