Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they define non-violent extremism.

The Counter-Extremism Strategy, published last year, sets out the Government’s commitment to addressing all of the harms caused by extremists.

In addition to terrorism, these harms can include advocating the segregation of communities; discrimination against women and girls and promotion of illegal practices like forced marriage; encouraging hatred of others; and the rejection of democracy and the rule of law. Extremists provide an ideological justification for these harms, which are fundamentally at odds with the values that underpin our society.