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1130955

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah: Greater London
	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 media report of 9 June 2019 that Hezbollah stockpiled explosive materials in North West London in 2015, whether that stockpiling was included in the decision to proscribe Hezbollah in February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	262425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>We do not comment on intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/06/2019 13:49:02 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1134864

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Fraud: Criminal Investigation
	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 Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services report entitled Fraud: Time to Choose: An inspection of the police response to fraud, published in April 2019, what steps he has taken in response to the recommendations in that report on improving the police response to fraud.
	tabling member constituency	Ogmore
	tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
	uin	269769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 answer text <p>The former Home Secretary commissioned this report because we wanted a much clearer view of how fraud was being investigated and what improvements were needed.</p><p>We welcome the report and we are now working to ensure the report’s recommendations are implemented effectively, including supporting the City of London Police to develop a national fraud policing strategy which sets out the roles and responsibilities of each organisation involved in tackling fraud and how the police response to fraud at the national, regional and local level will be improved.</p><p>We are also working closely with Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) to understand how they plan to respond to the report’s recommendations that fall to them to implement.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 03/07/2019 15:42:27 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

1129362

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the review of the Prevent strategy will be undertaken by an independent reviewer.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	259227
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>On 22 January 2019, the Government announced that there would be an Independent Review of the Prevent programme. The purpose of the Independent Review, as set out in legislation, is to review the Government Strategy for supporting people vulnerable to being drawn into terrorism. Work is underway to appoint the independent Reviewer, define the Terms of Reference, and to recruit a secretariat to support this work.</p><p>To ensure this Review is open, transparent and objective, it will be conducted by a Reviewer who is independent from Government. The team which will support the work of the Review will sit outside the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism, which has lead responsibility for Prevent.</p><p>Prevent covers a broad remit and this will be reflected in the Terms of Reference. The House will be informed of the arrangements for the Independent Review of the Prevent Strategy, including the Terms of Reference, by 12 August 2019, as required by the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (six months from Royal Assent).</p><p>This review is an opportunity to further increase the transparency of the Prevent programme and engage with stakeholders. As I said in the House on 22 January 2019, I am happy to take suggestions on the Independent Review from Members of the House.</p><p>Once the Reviewer has been appointed, that person will have the discretion to decide how to engage stakeholders in the Review and how to draw on expert opinion on the wide range of issues involved in the delivery of Prevent.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace grouped question UIN 259225 259226 259228 259229 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:38:46 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1128820

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Islamic Resistance Support Organization
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Islamic Resistance Support Organisation operates in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	258942
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Office does not keep a central register of all the organisations that operate in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 18/06/2019 16:12:11 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

1131774

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Syria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has plans to ban travel to Rojava in Syria.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
	tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
	uin	263877
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2019 answer text <p>The Home Secretary announced on 20 May that he intended to consider the case for designating any part of Syria, with a focus on Idlib and North-East Syria, under section 58C of the Terrorism Act 2000 as amended by the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. That review is ongoing and any decision to exercise this power will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 21/06/2019 12:25:55 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1126927

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Radicalism: Propaganda
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Treason Act 1945 to provide a tenable basis for the prosecution of British citizens who participate in and spread propaganda of Islamist extremism.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Commission for Countering Extremism was set up last year to support the Government to understand the scale of extremism and the wider harms associated with it, beyond radicalisation into terrorism. The Commission’s work includes looking into whether there is a need for a statutory definition of extremism and new powers to tackle it.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/05/2019 11:37:15 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1126935

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Intelligence Services: International Cooperation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he is taking steps to strengthen the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	254763
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2019 answer text <p>The Five Eyes alliance is of critical importance to the UK in tackling the most pressing security threats we face. We continue to work together with our Five Eyes partners on our shared global security interests and to harness the power of this international alliance, including through intelligence-sharing.</p><p>The UK will continue to invest in the relationship and take a leading role, including by hosting the Five Countries Ministerial conference this summer. There is no suggestion in the Withdrawal Agreement or the Political Declaration on our future relationship that our exit from the EU will have ramifications on the UK’s security arrangements with the Five Eyes.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 24/05/2019 11:26:43 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1132468

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Higher Education: Radicalism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to redraft the Higher Education Prevent Duty Guidance following the Court of Appeal’s verdict that paragraph 11 is unlawful; and if he will consult with organisations from the higher education sector on that redraft.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	265441
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2019 answer text <p>The Court of Appeal’s judgment that one paragraph in the Prevent Duty Guidance for Higher Education Institutions in England and Wales is unlawful (which applies correspondingly to the same or similar paragraphs in the Prevent Duty Guidance documents for higher education in Scotland, and for further education institutions in England and Wales, and in Scotland) does not affect the rest of the guidance documents, which should continue to be read as before.</p><p>The Government continues to consider its position regarding its next steps in relation to this judgment. Any redraft of the guidance documents will be made in consultation with the higher education sector, and in the meantime higher and further education institutions affected by the Prevent duty should refer to the court’s judgment, in particular paragraphs 158 to 177.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 08/07/2019 14:38:23 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1132466

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Counter-terrorism
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to publish the timetable for the independent review of the Prevent programme.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	265440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>Work is underway to appoint the Independent Reviewer of the Prevent Strategy, define the Terms of Reference for the Review, and to recruit a secretariat to support this work. The House will be informed of the arrangements for the Review, including the Reviewer and the Terms of Reference, by 12 August 2019, as required by the Counter Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019. The final report, recommendations and the Government response are due by August 2020.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 20/06/2019 16:03:29 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

1130956

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Hezbollah: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when (a) the Home Secretary (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department were informed of the reported stockpiling of explosive materials by individuals with suspected of links to Hezbollah, in North West London; and what steps his Department took to (i) inform and (ii) protect communities in North West London as a result of that stockpiling.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	262426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2019 answer text <p>It is the policy of successive governments not to comment on Police operational or intelligence matters.</p> answering member constituency Wyre and Preston North answering member printed Mr Ben Wallace question first answered 14/06/2019 13:45:25 answering member 1539 label Biography information for Mr Ben Wallace
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq