Question follow-through · 91338

Demonstrations: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issued sentencing guidelines for people convicted of supporting Hamas during university protests.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 17 Nov 2025
Target answer date: 19 Nov 2025
Answer: 24 Nov 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will issued sentencing guidelines for people convicted of supporting Hamas during university protests.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is absolutely clear that support for proscribed organisations is unacceptable. Section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (TACT) makes it an offence to invite support for; recklessly express support for; or arrange a meeting in support of a prosc...

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