UK Parliament’s 2014 Report on the State of Global Terrorism

May 11, 2014

Counter-terrorism: Seventeenth Report of Session 2013–14

House Affairs Committee

UK House of Commons

The complete report can be accessed here. The table of contents of the report follows:

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Threat Assessment

The United Kingdom

Global

Syria

Afghanistan and Pakistan

Horn of Africa

Yemen

North Africa

Nigeria

3. Foreign Fighters

UK nationals fighting in Syria

Numbers and the threat posed

Response

4. Capacity Building

UK capacity building

Counter Terrorism and Extremism Liaison Officers (CTELOs) Network in action

Funding for capacity building

The European Union

International capacity building efforts

5. The UK’s response to the terrorist threat

Countering terrorist activity

Schedule 7

Withdrawal of passports

Citizenship stripping

Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures

Countering extremist narratives

Countering terrorist financing

Charities

The proposal to move counter terrorism to the National Crime Agency

Partnership in the fight against terrorism

6. Oversight of the security and intelligence agencies

Parliamentary oversight

Judicial and expert oversight

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

The Data Retention Directive and Section 94 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.

Counter terrorism

Annex A: Case chronology of Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed

Annex B: Comparison of the UK and US oversight systems of the security and intelligence agencies

Legislative oversight

Expert oversight

Judicial oversight

UK system of oversight

History

Parliamentary accountability

Failures of parliamentary accountability

Other systems of accountability

US system of oversight

History

Congressional accountability

Failures of Congressional accountability

Other systems of accountability

Comparison

Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

Published written evidence