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Ben Wallace Excerpts

Monday 3rd December 2018 Commons Chamber

[Antoinette Sandbach (Eddisbury) (Con)]

T5. What steps is the Minister taking to give security and law enforcement organisations the tools they need to counter terrorism?

[The Minister for Security and Economic Crime (Mr Ben Wallace)]

rose— [Hon. Members: “Hear, hear.”] Seen but not heard is the role of the Security Minister.

The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill, which is currently transiting through the House of Lords, includes new measures to ensure that our statute book reflects 21st-century threats. That is why we have increased sentencing. New offences around online harm and extraterritorial reach of some existing offences will ensure that our law and order and intelligence services have the tools they need.

[Anneliese Dodds (Oxford East) (Lab/Co-op)]

T3. Will the Home Department act in line with the Prime Minister’s commitment in a letter to me last month—namely, that EU settlement scheme applicants will not be required to show that they meet all the requirements of current free movement rules, and in particular will not have to show that they have been exercising EEA treaty rights?