Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential effectiveness of the regional approach adopted by Australia and Indonesia on tackling terrorist financing announced in August 2016.

The UK Government welcomes the Nusa Dua statement and considers the approach being taken by Australia, Indonesia and their regional partners to be a positive one.

The UK was a founding member of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) which sets the global standards to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. The UK continues to cooperate closely with our international partners to ensure that the FATF standards are implemented effectively and engages bilaterally and in other fora with partners on operational issues.