To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals to create offences of (a) grooming and (b) radicalisation of children and vulnerable people by terrorists and extremist organisations. (188303)

There are no current plans for additional legislation to create specific offences of ‘grooming’ and ‘radicalising’ children and vulnerable people. The Terrorism Act 2006 introduced offences regarding the encouragement of terrorism which we believe are sufficient in this regard. Government continue to monitor the effectiveness of current terrorism legislation, and we are committed to working with communities and young people to build resilience to the threat from violent extremists who seek to undermine our shared values.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from the Scottish Executive on the judicial processes to apply to those to be charged with terrorist offences where those offences are planned in England but carried out in Scotland. (190852)

[holding answer 3 March 2008]: The Counter-Terrorism Bill introduced on 24 January 2008 includes a proposal to enable specific terrorist offences committed in any part of the UK to be dealt with in any part of the UK. This provision updates the law and enables police forces and prosecuting authorities to handle terrorist cases in the most effective way. The Scottish Executive was fully consulted on this proposal before the Counter-Terrorism Bill was introduced.