Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill Debate

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Department: Department for International Development
Lord Paddick Portrait Lord Paddick
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My understanding is that it is an offence to travel to an area to engage as a foreign fighter. I cannot remember what exactly the legislation is, but reference has been made to it by other noble Lords this evening.

Lord Elystan-Morgan Portrait Lord Elystan-Morgan (CB)
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Is not the Foreign Enlistment Act 1870 still extant? I think it is.

Lord Faulks Portrait Lord Faulks
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I am not sure about that, and I am grateful to the noble Lord for assisting. There is, of course, a Treason Act of 1351, but that is not often relied on—or not at all relied upon. The noble Lord may be right, but I was genuinely inquiring what legislation the noble Lord was referring to.