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HANSARDChildren in Custodial InstitutionsToday the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its latest strand report, which can be found at www.iicsa.org.uk. This report relates to its investigation into…28 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismAs I mentioned earlier, we keep under review not just which organisations need to be proscribed, but which organisations may need to be removed. Organisations have been removed in…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismA number of Members have spoken in support of the order, including my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb), my hon. Friends the Members for…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI welcome my right hon. Friend’s support, but I will reserve my judgment on the Opposition. I will wait to hear the shadow Minister’s thoughts. However, some Members might already…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismTo answer my hon. Friend’s last question first, we have already taken steps to freeze the assets of terrorist groups, and we will continue to ensure that that always remains the…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe short answer to the right hon. Gentleman’s question is no. For a number of years, the UK Government have had a long-standing policy of no contact with Hezbollah and, in a way,…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThat is a good question, and my hon. Friend knows that we will keep under constant review the different terrorist organisations and groups, particularly ones we have proscribed…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI very much agree with my hon. Friend, and that is why for example under the Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Act 2010 we have taken action against Hezbollah and other proscribed…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely correct that just proscribing a terrorist group is of course not enough; it is part of the toolbox or toolkit that we have to fight terrorism, and…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI will make some progress, but I will give way in a moment. The extent of Hezbollah’s entire involvement in terror has long been debated in this House. The UK Government first…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI could not agree more with my hon. Friend. Sadly, as I mentioned earlier, Hezbollah has identified as one of its biggest targets the state of Israel and its people. It has long…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismThe hon. Gentleman has mentioned our closest allies when it comes to matters of security and intelligence. He will know that there is a strong and regular dialogue and…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI very much agree with my hon. Friend. As he says, other countries have taken the action that we are proposing, and I shall mention a couple of them in a moment. However, I hope…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI thank my hon. Friend. Again, he has highlighted the fallacy about different wings in an organisation which has only one wing, and that is a wing of terrorism.26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI thank my hon. Friend for his words. What I can confirm is that if this order is passed by Parliament tonight, it will be a criminal offence for anyone, in public, to wear any…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI want to make some progress; I will give way in a moment. The proscription order before the House today is the 23rd under the Terrorism Act 2000. If agreed by the House and the…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMy hon. Friend makes an important point about the evidence, some of which I will come to in respect of the groups we are recommending for proscription today. It is quite clear…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI very much agree with the hon. Gentleman, whom I thank for his support for the order and his passionate words. He is absolutely right: if there are hon. Members—perhaps there…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismI shall come to my hon. Friend’s important point in a moment. It is fair to say that Hezbollah itself laughs at that distinction—it mocks it. It does not understand why some…26 Feb 2019HANSARD Prevention and Suppression of TerrorismMy right hon. Friend is absolutely right. The whole point of proscription, why it was set out in the Terrorism Act 2000—since then, successive Governments have come to this…26 Feb 2019