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Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

I want to pause at this important point in the hon. Gentleman's speech. The representatives of the Iranian Opposition in exile repeatedly pleaded with the British Government, saying, ““What on earth do you want us to do to demonstrate our good faith—that we have abandoned the military struggle?”” The British Government did not want to respond; they did not want to tell them how they could prove that. One of the charges against the Government's stewardship of this matter is that they were determined, for political reasons, not to de-proscribe. They were not prepared to allow this organisation to demonstrate to them—not having to go through the courts—that it had demilitarised.