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HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his thoughtful and sensible question. There is a formal legal process to be followed. As I said in response to an earlier question, the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsMy hon. Friend has a long-standing interest in and concern about these matters. I give her an absolute assurance that the law is being applied fairly. I say to her—I know that she…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThis Government and the new Home Secretary will do everything that is necessary and proportionate to keep the public safe. These are difficult judgments that require very careful…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to the shadow Home Secretary for his remarks and the tone of them. On his final point, yes, let me take the opportunity, on behalf of His Majesty’s Government, to…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe right hon. Gentleman has been a Member of this House for a very, very long time, so he will know that this legislation was not rushed through Parliament. It came through…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to the hon. Lady for her question; I hope that she heard the response I gave a moment ago—that it would not be appropriate to get into a review process at this…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI hope the hon. Gentleman understands that given that there are ongoing legal proceedings, it would be completely inappropriate for me to comment on any legal rulings or judgments…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments, and I completely agree. I think there is an absolute point of consensus in this place—and, I hope, much further afield—about the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI completely agree with all my hon. Friend’s points. He knows and I know, and I am sure the House knows, that had the Government taken a different decision, I would be standing…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe Chair of the Select Committee makes an important point. Yes, I can give her the assurances that she seeks. The right hon. Lady is right that recent activity has provided…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am always very grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, who speaks with a real wisdom about these matters, and I can give him those assurances. We have been in contact with the…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI say to the hon. Gentleman—hopefully in a constructive way—that the only distinction I am seeking to make is between those who break the law and those who do not. We saw a very…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThe right hon. Gentleman is an experienced Member of this House and has served as a Minister in the Home Office, so I am sorry to have to put my response to him in this way, but…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsAs always, I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his question, and I acknowledge his assessment of the decision as being finely balanced. As I know he will understand,…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Omar al-Bayoumi: Arrest and ExtraditionI hope that the right hon. Gentleman will understand that on this occasion, I want to look forward, rather than back. The United Kingdom Government hugely value the relationship…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI understand why my hon. Friend has asked me that question. I hope that he will understand that he is asking me about matters for which I do not have ministerial responsibility.…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Omar al-Bayoumi: Arrest and ExtraditionI am grateful to the hon. Member, as I always am, not least because he speaks with great authority on matters relating to terrorism. I have had the privilege of discussing it with…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsI am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his engagement over the course of the summer. I can give him an absolute assurance: yes, of course we believe in the absolute importance of…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Omar al-Bayoumi: Arrest and ExtraditionOn the right hon. Member’s final point, I refer him to the response I gave to his right hon. Friend the Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) a moment ago, but I agree…08 Sept 2025HANSARD Palestine Action: Proscription and ProtestsThere is a process in place when the Home Secretary makes decisions on proscription. As part of that process, she will, of course, consider legal advice, as well as advice from…08 Sept 2025