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Response to the report on the terrorism acts in 2022

The government response to the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation’s report on the operation of the terrorism acts in 2022.

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Response to the 2022 annual report on the operation of the terrorism acts by the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation

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This is the government’s response to The Terrorism Acts in 2022, a report by Jonathan Hall KC, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation (IRTL).

The Independent Reviewer is responsible for monitoring the operation of UK counter-terrorism legislation to assess its fairness, effectiveness, and proportionality.

The government response addresses the following topics that were covered in the report:

  • threat picture
  • statistics
  • investigating terrorism
  • stopping the travelling public
  • terrorism trials and sentencing
  • online radicalisation

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Published 28 November 2024

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