Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the report entitled The Prevent duty and its chilling effect on human rights published by Amnesty International in November 2023.

Prevent plays a vital role in tackling radicalisation, seeking to intervene early where somebody is at risk of becoming a terrorist or supporting terrorism. Participation in Prevent does not result in a criminal record.

Sir William Shawcross carried out an Independent Review of Prevent, which was published on 8 February 2023. Government accepted all 34 recommendations.

We have now implemented 30 of the recommendations within one year of publication, and we are making rapid progress on delivering the remaining four.

Prevent is entirely compatible with human rights. It is a key part of the UK’s Counter Terrorism Strategy, and it is right that we continue to keep the public safe.