Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the independent review by David Anderson QC entitled Attacks in London and Manchester, published in December 2017, what assessment her Department has made of ending the operational use of the terms domestic extremism and international counter-terrorism.

As the Home Secretary told the house in her oral statement following publication of David Anderson's report, the Government is confident that David Anderson, MI5 and the Police asked the right questions and drew the right conclusions in their reviews following the attacks in London and Manchester between March and June 2017. Work on implementation is in progress and the Home Office is working closely with MI5, JTAC and the Police to ensure the recommendations are delivered.

In line with the recommendations, JTAC and MI5 accept they have a role to play in tackling this growing threat and are expanding their involvement in work to combat domestic terrorism. The Home Office acknowledges the benefit of updating the terms 'domestic extremism' and 'international counter terrorism’. We will publish our updated CONTEST strategy in the coming weeks.