Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their proposed counter-extremism legislation will apply to Northern Ireland and dissident republicans.
The Counter-Extremism Bill will introduce new powers to tackle all forms of extremism, including Banning Orders to outlaw extremist groups and Extremism Disruption Orders to restrict the harmful activity of extremist individuals.
We are considering the territorial extent of the proposed Bill, which will be introduced to Parliament in due course.