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HANSARDUK Anti-Corruption Strategy: Year 3 UpdateToday I am pleased to be publishing the third annual update to the UK anti-corruption strategy 2017 to 2022 which covers the year 2020. As part of the strategy, the Government are…16 Dec 2021HANSARDDraft Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Continuation) Order 2021I thank all members of the Committee for being here today. I also thank the Opposition speaker, the hon. Member for St Helens North, not only for his kind words, which I reflect…30 Nov 2021HANSARDDraft Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Continuation) Order 2021I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (Continuation) Order 2021. Good morning, Ms Rees. Thank you for…30 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe incident that my hon. Friend mentions is a timely reminder, and our sympathies are very much with the victims and their families and friends. I will come on, if I may, to the…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismWe are of course greatly concerned with what happens in-country and in-region. We want to see progress. We want to see the Palestinian Authority extending its governance. But this…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe Home Secretary and I strongly believe that the proscription of Hamas IDQ should be extended to cover the entire organisation. Subject to the agreement of this House and the…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismWe keep proscription—including not only whether organisations that are not proscribed should be but whether the proscription of those that are remains the correct and…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI think my hon. Friend will appreciate that I am not in a position, standing at the Dispatch Box, to give guarantees about unspecified activities in which he or others may or may…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Captain David MockettIt was with great sadness that we heard yesterday of a body being found in the search for 18-year-old Bobbi-Anne McLeod. Our thoughts and prayers, and those of the whole House,…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Captain David MockettOf course, I am not going to say no to my hon. Friend on that question. I do not know what the prospects might be, but, yes, of course I can do that, and specifically, when he and…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe hon. Lady makes a very important point. If she will forgive me, I am coming to that a little later in my remarks, and I will cover it then. Hamas formally established Hamas…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI beg to move, That the draft Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 2021, which was laid before this House on 19 November, be approved. This…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI will come to the reasoning for the proscription order in this case. As I was saying, we have a no-contact policy now with the entirety of the group, but we proscribe only the…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismWill the hon. Gentleman forgive me for a moment? I will give way, if that is all right, a wee bit later. We mirror the EU sanctions in our own domestic regime against Hamas, also…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and for the support that he indicates for the measure. Our position on Hamas is clear and it is public. Hamas must…24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI will take one more intervention and then, Madam Deputy Speaker, I suggest that I make some progress.24 Nov 2021HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe signalling and messaging are important, as are the practical effects of proscription. I will come briefly to the middle east peace process, and our continuing hopes for a…24 Nov 2021HANSARDOnline FraudOnline fraud can cause very serious harm to victims, both financial and emotional. We are determined to protect the public from these crimes and to go after those that commit…22 Nov 2021HANSARDOnline FraudI am grateful to my hon. Friend for highlighting the 7726 service, because referrals to that help to build up the intelligence on SMS fraudsters or scam texters and can help to…22 Nov 2021HANSARDTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (1 June 2021 to 31 August 2021)Section 19(1) of the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures (TPIM) Act 2011 (the Act) requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament as soon as reasonably…21 Oct 2021