Anti-terrorism Legislation and Practice

A Foreign and Commonwealth Office research paper on counter-terrorism legislation and practice in selected countries is published today. Copies will be placed in the Library of the House and will be available in the Printed Paper Office. The paper will be available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website at www.fco.gov.uk and also on the Home Office website at www.homeoffice.gov.uk. Printed copies will also be available on request from both departments. The Government have, since the terrorist attacks in London in July, been assessing the practical and legislative steps needed to build on the counter-terrorism measures already in place in this country. The Government are consulting widely on the measures that are now proposed. The research paper is intended to inform that process, by providing background information on the approaches taken in a selection of other countries.