HC Deb 17 December 2001 vol 377 cc80-1W
28. Jeremy Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals have been held against banning orders under existing anti-terrorist legislation in the last six months. [21132]

Mr. Blunkett

Since the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations)(Amendment) Order 2001 came into force on 29 March, there have been five applications to the Home Secretary for deproscription.

Four of those applications have so far been refused:

  • Lashkar e Tayyaba (LT)
  • Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK)
  • International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF)
  • Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

One application is still under consideration: Revolutionary People's Liberation Party-Front (DHKP-C).

Three organisations have appealed to the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission (POAC):

  • Lashkar e Tayyaba (IT)
  • Mujaheddin e Khalq (MEK)
  • International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF).