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<p>We are living in a period where the UK and our international partners face sustained
hostile activity from certain states, and the Government takes this threat to the
country very seriously.</p><p><br>The Home Office has taken a number of steps to counter
hostile state activity. For example, the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act,
which gained Royal Assent on 12 February 2019, provides a new power to stop, question,
search and detain an individual at a port or border area to determine whether they
are, or have been, involved in hostile state activity.</p><p><br>In addition, the
Home Office is currently leading a review of existing Coun-ter-Hostile State Activity
legislation in the UK, to establish whether further legislation is required to strengthen
our response to all forms of hostile state activity.</p>
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