MPs launch investigation into UK’s counter-terrorism strategy Committee will work to predict what kind of threat terrorism will pose over the next 10 years

(National-UAE) An inquiry into the UK’s efforts to tackle terrorism on a global scale has been launched by the House of Commons’ foreign affairs committee.

Led by Conservative MP Alicia Kearns, the panel will examine key aspects of terrorism including the motivations of offenders, tactics employed, locations used and ambitions harboured by groups and individuals.

The 11-member board will also consider how the terrorist threat from various groups and individuals is likely to evolve in the next decade.

Actions the UK has taken to deter, contain, combat and prevent terrorism overseas will also be looked at as part of the team’s scrutiny of the country’s counter-terrorism policy.

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