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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Massey

What is a proscribed organisation?

The Home Secretary may proscribe an organisation if they believe it is concerned in terrorism, and it is proportionate to do so (Nick Ansell/PA) - (PA Archive)

The Government is planning to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation.

On Thursday the House of Lords backed proscribing the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 without a vote.

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