Counter-terrorism

(asked on 5th July 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish terms of reference for the Commission for Countering Extremism; and whether those terms will include foreign state funding of UK-based extremist groups.


Answered by
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Sarah Newton
This question was answered on 12th July 2017

The Government is considering options for establishing the Commission and will set out its plans in due course.

We are determined to cut off the funding which fuels the evils of extremism in the UK. That is why in 2015 we commissioned a review on the funding of Islamist extremist activity, including any overseas sources. The review reported to the Home Secretary and Prime Minister in 2016 and it has improved the Government’s understanding of the nature, scale and sources of funding for Islamist extremism in the UK.

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