HC Deb 28 January 2002 vol 379 cc11-2W
Harry Cohen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will provide a list of organisations whose assets have been frozen under powers taken following 11 September with the reason for the action in each case; and if he will make a statement. [29445]

Ruth Kelly

[holding answer 24 January 2002]: The Government are committed to the fight against terrorism and since the events of 11 September 2001 have led by example in issuing asset freeze lists against individuals and organisations. United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373, issued on 28 September 2001, calls on states to freeze the funds and financial assets of persons or entities involved in terrorism.

The resolution is implemented in the UK by an Order in Council (SI 3365/2001) and where there are "reasonable grounds to suspect" that an organisation is involved in the financing of terrorism the Government will not hesitate to meet their international obligations by freezing their assets.

Listed are the 34 organisations subject to an assets freeze under the UN order:

  1. 1. Abu Nidal Organisation (ANO)
  2. 2. Afghan Support Committee (ASC)
  3. 3. Aum Shinrikyo
  4. 4. Babbar Khalsa
  5. 5. Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA)
  6. 6. Continuity Irish Republican Army (CIRA)
  7. 7. Gama'a al-Islamiyya (Islamic Group)
  8. 8. Hamas-Izz al-Din al-Quassem
  9. 9. Hizballah External Security Organisation
  10. 10. Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development
  11. 11. International Sikh Youth Federation
  12. 12. Kahane Chai (Kach)
  13. 13. Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). Chairman Abdullah Ocalan
  14. 14. Lashkar e Tayyaba
  15. 15. Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE)
  16. 16. Loyalist Volunteer Force (LVF)
  17. 17. Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO)
  18. 18. National Liberation Army (ELN)
  19. 19. Orange Volunteers (OV)
  20. 20. Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)
  21. 21. Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)
  22. 22. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)
  23. 23. Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command
  24. 24. Real IRA
  25. 25. Red Hand Defenders (RHD)
  26. 26. Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS)
  27. 27. Revoluntionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC)
  28. 28. Revoluntionary Nuclei (formerly ELA)
  29. 29. Revolutionary Organisation 17 November
  30. 30. Revolutionary People's Liberation Army/Front/Party (DHKP/C)
  31. 31. Shining Path
  32. 32. Ulster Defence Association/Ulster Freedom Fighters (UDA/UFF)
  33. 33. Ummah Tameer E-Nau (UTN)
  34. 34. United Self-Defense Forces/Group of Colombia (AUC).

Harry Cohen

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the freezing of assets of an organisation whose administration address is a house in Leyton. [29446]

Ruth Kelly

[holding answer 24 January 2002]: A charitable organisation in Leyton has had its assets frozen by the Charity Commission under the Charities Act 1993.