Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the 23 July 2014 ruling of the US District Court for the District of Columbia of "clear and convincing evidence" of the government of North Korea’s support for Hezbollah; and whether support for Hezbollah may fall under the proscriptions of the Terrorism Act 2000.

We are aware of the ruling made by the US District Court for the District of Columbia in 2014.

There is a substantial body of evidence that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) supplies arms to customers worldwide. Its sale of arms and related material to countries already in the grip of conflict exploits and increases regional instability. UN Security Council Resolution 2270, adopted on 2 March 2016, contains a range of robust measures to tackle the DPRK’s proliferation networks.

The UK proscribed Hizballah’s External Security Organisation in 2001, extending this in 2008 to include Hizballah’s Military Wing, namely the Jihad Council and all units reporting to it. However, the group is not proscribed in its entirety. The provisions of the Terrorism Act regarding support for proscribed organisations only apply to activity which has taken place in the UK.