Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 72573

Crimes of Violence

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to page 25 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, if she will take legislative steps to introduce a new offence for (a) acts preparatory to extreme violence and (b) indi

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones

As mentioned in the National Security Strategy 2025, the Government accepts and strongly supports the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s (IRTL) recommendation to consider creating a new offence to capture individuals intending to kill multipl...

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