Policy paper

Response to the report on the terrorism acts in 2020

The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2020.

From:
Home Office and The Rt Hon Suella Braverman KC MP
Published
31 January 2023
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government

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Response to the 2020 annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (accessible version)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3889-0, E02855738, CP 788

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Response to the 2020 annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (print version)

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This is the government’s response to The Terrorism Acts in 2020, a report by Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL).

The Independent Reviewer is responsible for monitoring the operation of UK counter-terrorism legislation to assess its fairness, effectiveness, and proportionality.

The government response addresses the following topics that were covered in the report:

  • threat picture
  • statistics
  • terrorist groups
  • stopping the travelling public
  • terrorism trials and sentencing
  • special civil powers
  • Northern Ireland
  • Scotland

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Published 31 January 2023

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