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Terrorism

Asked by Neil CoyleLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 July 2025UIN 66183

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ask the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to publish guidance on what constitutes terrorism in the event of an attack by a hostile state.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

To declare an attack as a terrorist incident is an operationally independent decision for the Police, taken in line with the definition of terrorism as set out in Section 1 of the Terrorism Act 2000.

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