Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

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Monday 21st October 2024

(1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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Yvette Cooper Portrait Yvette Cooper
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My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I thank her for standing up for her community. We want to strengthen the law to give the police more powers to tackle the nightmare of dangerous off-road bikes.

David Davis Portrait Sir David Davis (Goole and Pocklington) (Con)
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When last year the now Home Secretary called on the then Conservative Government to use counter-terror legislation to proscribe organisations such as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, she will remember that I supported her publicly. Since then, Iran and the IRGC have got even more dangerous. Has she changed her mind, and if so, why?

Dan Jarvis Portrait The Minister for Security (Dan Jarvis)
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I have huge respect for the right hon. Gentleman, but I gently point out that he is asking the Government to do something that the previous Government did not do in 14 years. I can say to him that we are leading work on countering Iranian state threats, making use of the full breadth and expertise of our intelligence services and law enforcement agencies. We keep the list of proscribed organisations under very close review. I can assure him that work continues apace to identify further ways to tackle the threat.