Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to invite the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation to report on the increasing links between terrorist organisations and organised crime, including drug and people trafficking; and what assessment they have made of those links.

The remit of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation is set out at section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (as amended) and does not include any legislation or operational matters related to serious and organised crime. Successive Governments have, on occasion, asked the Independent Reviewer to conduct exceptional reviews outside of his statutory remit; the Government has no current plans to do so on this issue. The Government continues to monitor links between terrorism and organised crime, and works closely with the police, the National Crime Agency and the security and intelligence agencies to support and invest in greater operational collaboration in this area.