Committees

Domestic Threat of Drones inquiry

Inquiry

The Defence Committee launches an inquiry examining the risk of terrorists and other extremists maliciously using drones within the UK, and what the Government should be doing to address this threat.

In recent years ever-more advanced drones have become readily available to the civilian market, and concern has increased around the world about their potential use by terrorists. The disruption caused at Gatwick and Heathrow airports last December and January highlighted the impact the misuse of drones could have, while there is growing worry that the battlefield experience gained from the use of drones in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere, for both reconnaissance and attacking targets, could be used domestically. The Defence Committee has decided to explore the nature of the threat from drones, the availability of countermeasures and the UK’s preparedness for responding to this threat.

Work news

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Committee take evidence on domestic threat of drones
Evidence session on the domestic threat of drones
24 October 2019
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Level of the threat that drones pose to the UK examined
Defence Committee continues inquiry examining the risk of terrorists and other extremists maliciously using drones within the UK
30 August 2019
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MPs investigate drones regulation and registration
The Defence Committee takes evidence from aviation experts
7 June 2019
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Committee examine risk of extremists maliciously using drones within UK
Defence Committee launch inquiry into Domestic Threat of Drones
3 April 2019
Total results 4 (page 1 of 1)

Contact us

  • Email: defcom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 3113/6168 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 2996 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Defence Committee, House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA