Government to ban Hizb ut-Tahrir?

The Sunday Telegraph has published details of the Queen’s Speech. The list of bills to be introduced before the summer recess includes:

Terrorist Asset Freezing Bill. (Treasury)

There is already provision for freezing terrorists’ assets in law – however, a new Bill could be the vehicle for expanding the definition of an organisation classed as terrorist, possibly to include Hizb-ut-Tahir, the revolutionary Islamist party, which David Cameron has said he will ban.