Policy paper

The Home Office's response to terrorist attacks: response to sixth report of the Home Affairs Committee

The government response to the sixth report from the Home Affairs Committee (session 2009 to 2010, HC 117).

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Home Office
Published
8 February 2010
This was published under the 2005 to 2010 Labour government

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The Home Office's response to terrorist attacks: government response to sixth report of the Home Affairs Committee

Ref: ISBN 9780101778824, Cm. 7788

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The House of Commons Home Affairs Committee (HAC) published the report of its inquiry into the Home Office’s Response to Terrorist Attacks on 2 February 2010.

The inquiry considered aspects of the Government’s counter-terrorism work, focussing in particular on the:

  • immediate response of the Home Office to a terrorist attack, including the effectiveness of the Civil Contingencies Committee (COBR) co-ordinating an immediate Government response
  • potential use of intercept as evidence and the value of control orders
  • misuse and misapplication of anti-terrorism powers
  • Anti-terrorism measures at the European level

This Command Paper sets out the Government response to the conclusions and recommendations in the Committee’s report.

Published 8 February 2010