Oral QuestionDepartment for International Trade

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 22 March 2018Answered: 29 March 2018

Asked by

Alberto Costa

ConservativeSouth Leicestershire

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for International Trade

Answer from Hansard

The Solicitor General

This Government will always make the country’s national security our No. 1 priority. That is why we take any attempted activity conducted by hostile states on British soil extremely seriously. The CPS’s special counter-terrorism division works closely with police at the investigation stage to build very strong cases from the outset. That approach delivers results: last year, 98% of those tried for terrorism-related offences in this country were convicted.