Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations she has received on proscribing Hezbollah; and if she will make a statement.

Hizballah's External Security Organisation was proscribed in March 2001 and in 2008 the proscription was extended to Hizballah's military apparatus including the Jihad Council. I have received representations from Parliamentarians, civil society organisations and members of the public amongst others on whether to extend the proscription of Hizballah to cover the whole organisation.