§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will(a) list those organisations which he regards as terrorist and (b) make a statement on the strategies he proposes to deploy to counter their threat. [7425]
§ Mr. BlunkettSchedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000, which came into force on 19 February 2001, lists those organisations which are proscribed through being concerned in terrorism. The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2001, which came into force on 29 March, added 21 organisations to the 14 already in Schedule 2. Copies of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2001 are available in the Library.
The Terrorism Act 2000 provides a new legal framework, responding to the continuing need for specific powers to combat the current and future threat from all kinds of terrorism. I announced on 3 October further details of the package of anti-terrorism measures which are under consideration as part of the Government's legislative response to terrorism. The bills that the Government will put before Parliament will focus on practical measures which will deter and disrupt the activities of terrorists in the United Kingdom, and build on our current tough framework of anti-terrorism legislation.