Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the recent decision by the government of the United Arab Emirates to designate as terrorists organisations including United Kingdom-based charities.

The list provided by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) included a broad range of different groups, numbering 85 in total. Some of the groups listed by the UAE are also proscribed in the UK. The list of groups proscribed in the UK is attached and is also available on the gov.uk website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/proscribed-terror-groups-or-organisations--2.

Three of the groups listed by the UAE are based in the UK: Islamic Relief UK, the Cordoba Foundation and the Muslim Association of Britain. These groups are not proscribed in the UK. We are seeking further clarity from the Emiratis on their rationale for some of these designations, and any practical implications.