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Peers back ban on group but bid faces legal action
Western Mail
|July 04, 2025
A BAN on Palestine Action as a terror group is poised to become law after peers backed the UK Government move at Westminster, but it faces a legal bid to block it.
The House of Lords backed proscribing the group under the Terrorism Act 2000 without a vote.
A short time before, a so-called “regret motion” proposed by a Green Party peer criticising the measure was rejected by 144 votes to 16, majority 128.
The ministerial order, which has already been approved by MPs, will make it a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison to be a member of the direct action group or to support it.
However, it is unclear when the ban, which needs final sign-off by the Home Secretary, will come into force as the group is mounting a court challenge to try to temporarily block the move with a hearing scheduled today, pending further proceedings.
The government crackdown comes after two planes were vandalised at RAF Brize Norton on June 20, causing £7m worth of damage, in an action claimed by Palestine Action.
Four people have been charged by counter-terrorism police in connection with the incident and were remanded in custody following a court appearance.
This story is from the July 04, 2025 edition of Western Mail.
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