Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 106593

Terrorism

Tabled: 19 January 2026
Answered: 22 January 2026
Named Day

Question

Alicia Kearns

ConservativeRutland and Stamford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the report on the Southport attack by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a new offence of planning a mass

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
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 multiple people and planning for such attacks. As recognised...

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