Debates between David Davis and Dan Jarvis during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between David Davis and Dan Jarvis
Monday 21st October 2024

(2 months, 1 week ago)

Commons Chamber
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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.

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Debate between David Davis and Dan Jarvis
Monday 29th July 2024

(4 months, 4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Davis Portrait Sir David Davis (Goole and Pocklington) (Con)
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T4. In December 2023 a plot was exposed in which members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps planned to assassinate two journalists working for Iran International on UK soil. Since January 2022 there have been about 15 such incidents in Britain. Is it not now time to ban the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps?

Dan Jarvis Portrait The Minister of State, Home Department (Dan Jarvis)
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The right hon. Gentleman, who has a long-standing interest in these matters, knows that we do not comment on whether an organisation is being considered for proscription. What is clear is that Iran’s malign activities, including the activities of the IRGC, are completely unacceptable. I can give him an assurance that we keep these matters under very close review.