Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the extent to which the Government has used counterterrorism powers in respect of Hezbollah since 31 January 2020.

The Government does not routinely comment on intelligence matters.

Hizballah has been proscribed in its entirety in the UK since 2019, making it a criminal offence to be a member or supporter of the organisation with a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison and/or an unlimited fine. The Government also extended the UK’s financial sanctions designation to cover Hizballah in its entirety in January 2020.

The investigation and prosecution of proscription offences is a matter for the police and Crown Prosecution Service. It would be inappropriate for the Government to comment further on such matters.