Report
The Committee's Report on Roots of violent radicalisation was published on 6 February 2012 as the Nineteenth Report of Session 2010-12, HC 1446.
Additional written evidence has been published.
Government Response
The Government published its response on 6 June 2012.
Terms of Reference
The Committee issued the following terms of reference on 25 May 2011:
- To determine the major drivers of, and risk factors for recruitment to, terrorist movements linked to (a) Islamic fundamentalism (b) Irish dissident republicanism and (c) domestic extremism;
- To examine the relative importance of prisons and criminal networks, religious premises, universities and the internet as fora for violent radicalisation;
- To examine the operation and impact of the current process for proscribing terrorist groups;
- To consider the appropriateness of current preventative approaches to violent radicalisation, in light of these findings, including the roles of different organisations at national and local level; and
- To make recommendations to inform implementation of the Government’s forthcoming revised Prevent strategy.