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Abu Hamza

I am happy to answer the question again. Abu Hamza is an individual who is designated under UN law as a terrorist suspect. Therefore, under UN law, under EU law and under UK law, the transfer of resources to him—his receiving revenues—would be an illegal act. There is no evidence, as the hon. Gentleman now acknowledges for the first time, that such a transfer of resources to Abu Hamza occurred. It is true, as I have always accepted, that a property was transferred for nil value to his son, not to Abu Hamza, the designated individual who received no resource. The son is not a designated individual and it is not a criminal offence for him to receive an asset or property. The hon. Gentleman makes allegations about so-called events that occurred in Yemen. Whether designation occurs is a matter of advice to us from the police and the security services, and at no point has any advice come to us that the son should be designated. Unless the designation is made, the law does not apply. We act not on the basis of hearsay and misrepresentation but on proper evidence from the police and the security services. In this case, it has not arrived—and it certainly has not arrived in this debate. Perhaps when I receive the letter from the hon. Gentleman I will see some evidence, but, as I have yet to receive any correspondence from him six weeks on, I begin to doubt whether I will receive such evidence.