Westminster Terror Attack

:00:00. > :00:00.yesterday's attack and of course the loss of one of their own. That is

:00:00. > :00:18.the latest from New Scotland Yard. We can hear the chimes of Big Ben

:00:19. > :00:22.live from Westminster where an attack by a man thought to be

:00:23. > :00:23.inspired by so-called Islamic State brought chaos and terror to the

:00:24. > :00:29.heart of London yesterday. The man killed three people and left

:00:30. > :00:35.29 others needing hospital treatment before being shot dead outside

:00:36. > :00:37.the Houses of Parliament. Anti-terror police have not released

:00:38. > :00:39.the attacker's name, but confirm they've made seven

:00:40. > :00:46.arrests in raids around the UK. Hundreds of detectives have been

:00:47. > :00:48.working through the night, and during that time I can confirm

:00:49. > :00:51.we have searched six addresses London and other parts of

:00:52. > :01:05.the country are continuing. In the past hour, the second victim

:01:06. > :01:09.is named as mother Aysha Frade. She was reportedly on her way

:01:10. > :01:12.to pick up her children from school. has been named as the police officer

:01:13. > :01:20.who was killed. MPs held a minute's silence

:01:21. > :01:25.to remember the victims. The Government's emergency Cobra

:01:26. > :01:30.committee will meet later. The Prime Minister has left

:01:31. > :01:33.Downing Street and will address the House

:01:34. > :01:38.of Commons in around half an hour. Last night, she described the attack

:01:39. > :01:43.as "sick and depraved." We will all move forward together,

:01:44. > :01:48.never giving in to terror. And never allowing the voices

:01:49. > :02:05.of hate and evil to drive us apart. Inside Parliament, staff, MPs and

:02:06. > :02:10.peers return to work as normal in a calculated act of defiance, with

:02:11. > :02:11.tributes to be lead shortly by the Prime Minister for those murdered in

:02:12. > :02:39.yesterday's slaughter. Police have made their first arrests

:02:40. > :02:44.in connection with the attack in Westminster in which four people

:02:45. > :02:47.were killed, including the attacker. Raids were carried out in

:02:48. > :02:48.Birmingham. Seven people have been arrested.

:02:49. > :02:50.In the past half an hour, silences and prayers

:02:51. > :02:53.were held in Parliament and at New Scotland Yard to reflect

:02:54. > :03:00.Two people died when the attacker drove a car at pedestrians

:03:01. > :03:05.One of the victims has been named this morning as Aysha Frade.

:03:06. > :03:08.She's been described by her college principal

:03:09. > :03:17.PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death as he tried to stop the attacker

:03:18. > :03:23.The suspect was then shot dead by plain-clothes police officers.

:03:24. > :03:26.29 people are being treated in hospital, seven of them

:03:27. > :03:37.The moment of the attack on Westminster Bridge.

:03:38. > :03:41.On the right-hand side we see a car moving at speed along the pavement

:03:42. > :03:43.in front of a slow-moving line of traffic.

:03:44. > :03:49.A figure, we now know it is a woman, falls into the water.

:03:50. > :03:51.And then panic as members of the public realise

:03:52. > :04:01.A photograph shows the immediate aftermath.

:04:02. > :04:07.An armed police officer stands poised over the attacker.

:04:08. > :04:09.Under his foot is a knife and another knife is

:04:10. > :04:15.The police officer stabbed to death was Keith Palmer, 48,

:04:16. > :04:23.He was a member of the Parliamentary and Diplomatic Police Command.

:04:24. > :04:26.A major terror investigation is under way in the capital

:04:27. > :04:29.Overnight there was a raid on a flat in East Birmingham,

:04:30. > :04:34.the area closed off for more than two hours.

:04:35. > :04:37.Hundreds of detectives have worked through the night and we have

:04:38. > :04:42.searched six addresses and made seven arrests.

:04:43. > :04:44.The inquiries in Birmingham, London and other parts

:04:45. > :04:52.It is our belief that this attacker acted alone and was inspired

:04:53. > :05:07.They included mother of two Aysha Frade, a Spanish teacher who worked

:05:08. > :05:08.at a college a few hundred metres away.

:05:09. > :05:12.At least 29 others were wounded, seven are in critical condition.

:05:13. > :05:16.The Prime Minister said parliament would meet as normal today.

:05:17. > :05:21.She urged the people of London and its visitors to do the same.

:05:22. > :05:22.And we will all move forward together.

:05:23. > :05:33.And never allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart.

:05:34. > :05:35.Police have not named the attacker, but they believe

:05:36. > :05:42.They are treating it as a case of Islamist-related terrorism.

:05:43. > :05:45.My message to those who want to harm us and destroy our way of life

:05:46. > :05:48.is you will not succeed, you will not divide us,

:05:49. > :05:56.Overnight a show of solidarity from the French capital,

:05:57. > :06:01.Paris, a city that has also suffered from the scourge of terrorism.

:06:02. > :06:03.The lights of the Eiffel Tower were switched off.

:06:04. > :06:07.The Prime Minister called the incident sick and depraved,

:06:08. > :06:11.but the official terror alert level has not been raised.

:06:12. > :06:13.The priority for the police now will be to find out

:06:14. > :06:32.You can hear sirens going off and that is the sound that will

:06:33. > :06:36.accompany London life for the rest of today and the next few days

:06:37. > :06:41.possibly. It is really busy. The road behind me that leads to the

:06:42. > :06:45.Palace of Westminster obviously that is cordoned off and completely empty

:06:46. > :06:51.and it is normally a main thoroughfare. A high the camera, the

:06:52. > :06:56.roads are jam-packed, because commuters, tourists and the like are

:06:57. > :07:03.trying to find their way around London roads because so many in the

:07:04. > :07:05.heart of the city are shut. We will now speak to a former

:07:06. > :07:13.counterterrorism detective who was part of the 7/7 investigation. Also

:07:14. > :07:25.Chris Carley, and a doctor from the counter extremism group Quilliam. I

:07:26. > :07:33.want to talk about PC Keith Palmer. A 48-year-old officer with over a

:07:34. > :07:37.decade of service, a husband and dad, an unarmed officer who tried to

:07:38. > :07:48.stop the attacker. How do you pay tribute? He paid the ultimate

:07:49. > :07:52.sacrifice. We should be thankful there are people like him who stand

:07:53. > :07:58.in the way of a man who wanted to hurt many people. It is a tragic

:07:59. > :08:02.event and the ultimate sacrifice that hopefully all police officers

:08:03. > :08:10.hope they will never have too pay but he did his duty and it is a

:08:11. > :08:14.great tragedy. What is the priority for officers in terms of the

:08:15. > :08:18.investigation? The biggest thing to find out is to identify the man who

:08:19. > :08:23.drove the car on the bridge, where the car came from. They believe they

:08:24. > :08:28.know who he is and they believe he was acting alone. The next thing is

:08:29. > :08:32.to find out where he lives and searches home and gain as much

:08:33. > :08:38.intelligence from thereabout who he has been in contact with. He is

:08:39. > :08:42.dead, there will be no criminal prosecution of him, the police will

:08:43. > :08:45.look at his wider circle and who he has been associating with and see if

:08:46. > :08:50.they can find evidence against those. Do you question how the

:08:51. > :08:59.attacker could have got into Palace Yard? This is like a pedestrianised

:09:00. > :09:05.area and a car park for members of Parliament. Surrounded by metal

:09:06. > :09:09.fencing, but it appears he got through an unlocked gate, manned by

:09:10. > :09:15.two unarmed officers and unlocked because it is in frequent use, I am

:09:16. > :09:18.told. It is one of these bizarre things that happens. The individual

:09:19. > :09:25.has moved rapidly and people would have been focused on what was going

:09:26. > :09:29.on on the bridge and suddenly you have an individual moving at speed

:09:30. > :09:37.through a gate that is open. It happens. Hard and fast and quickly,

:09:38. > :09:44.that is how these events occur. I can bring in the doctor from counter

:09:45. > :09:49.extremism group Quilliam. How does somebody become radicalised? The

:09:50. > :09:54.core message that terrorist groups promote worldwide is that Muslims

:09:55. > :10:02.are separate and Muslims need their own state and to live under their

:10:03. > :10:07.own law and oh no allegiance for a garden -- Raiola no allegiance to

:10:08. > :10:13.for example of British Governor -- payola no allegiance.

:10:14. > :10:22.That is a basic message used to promote this kind of radicalisation.

:10:23. > :10:28.The message from Al-Qaeda and IS in recent months has been to use

:10:29. > :10:33.vehicles to cause carnage? We saw that in Nice and Berlin and we must

:10:34. > :10:38.take that threat seriously. When they say it they mean it, to use

:10:39. > :10:46.cars and trucks as murderous weapons. It is important to come

:10:47. > :10:50.together. We are united as citizens of Britain and society is built on

:10:51. > :10:59.trust, including that vehicles do not become weapons of murder.

:11:00. > :11:03.Society is based on mutual trust and we must work harder on our sense of

:11:04. > :11:09.shared values and what brings us together as a society and nation. If

:11:10. > :11:13.people use vehicles as lethal weapons, how do you protect the

:11:14. > :11:17.public? It is almost impossible. People walking across the bridge,

:11:18. > :11:24.tourists, people going about their business and suddenly a car drives

:11:25. > :11:28.down the pavement. Trying to stop it and mitigate against it is almost

:11:29. > :11:35.impossible. Westminster Bridge is unusual. We have a lot of street

:11:36. > :11:42.furniture. Lamp posts, rubbish bins, benches. Westminster Bridge is

:11:43. > :11:47.unusual, there is nothing on it and if you have a long run of nothing

:11:48. > :11:52.and can get a vehicle on a pavement with hundreds of people on the

:11:53. > :11:58.pavement looking at Big Ben, if you get a vehicle up there there is a

:11:59. > :12:04.free run. It is a weakness we need to identify. In mainland Europe, it

:12:05. > :12:07.is low-grade attacks with knives, blunt weapons, cars and lorries and

:12:08. > :12:17.that is where we need to invest our money. As a former counterterrorism

:12:18. > :12:23.officer, for you, what security flaws have been exposed as a result

:12:24. > :12:27.of the attack? I would not say it has exposed any flaws. It is

:12:28. > :12:33.interesting to see where the vehicle hit the outer perimeter walls. Where

:12:34. > :12:38.the hostile mitigation stops. When we look at security, it should be

:12:39. > :12:44.based on how the response will kick in after. People say the gate was

:12:45. > :12:48.open, but it is meant to be open for people to walk inside but the proof

:12:49. > :12:53.of the response was when they dealt with the attacker, albeit he was

:12:54. > :12:57.inside. There are no flaws. We can look back in hindsight. This morning

:12:58. > :13:04.additional measures were taken down the road behind us. It will be

:13:05. > :13:08.interesting to see where the barriers will be positioned through

:13:09. > :13:12.the day. The acting Deputy Commissioner said there will be more

:13:13. > :13:19.armed police on the streets. Something people will have to to get

:13:20. > :13:23.used to for the short-term. We need to give support to officers. There

:13:24. > :13:27.has been a lot of bad press about them walking out and buying

:13:28. > :13:30.sandwiches in Tesco but these people are doing an important job and we

:13:31. > :13:39.need full support behind them. Thanks. We can go to Birmingham now.

:13:40. > :13:45.Police say they have made several arrests. Our correspondent is there.

:13:46. > :13:51.I am in front of the flats where the arrests happened last night. The

:13:52. > :14:00.brown door leads upstairs to two flats above a Persian restaurant. It

:14:01. > :14:05.happened around 11pm in the busy Hagley Road. They closed it. People

:14:06. > :14:10.in the restaurants and the shops and the pub at that time were told to

:14:11. > :14:15.stay put. They were held on lockdown until about 1am when they were let

:14:16. > :14:20.go. I have spoken to someone living in the neighbouring flat who took

:14:21. > :14:27.pictures from his window. Around 11pm, two or three unmarked vehicles

:14:28. > :14:32.pulled in and armed officers got out and went in through that door. Later

:14:33. > :14:37.witnesses said they saw three people take it away. We have not had it

:14:38. > :14:41.confirmed they were arrested but we are assuming that three people were

:14:42. > :14:47.part of the investigations to which the Met police referred to today.

:14:48. > :14:53.Several hours later, police officers brought out sealed boxes of evidence

:14:54. > :14:56.from the flat. There is still police activity this morning with several

:14:57. > :15:03.vehicles parked along the street. About an hour ago, a uniformed

:15:04. > :15:07.officer and three plainclothes officers went back into the flats

:15:08. > :15:16.and there is still clearly forensics work going on. There is another line

:15:17. > :15:20.of enquiry in the West Midlands over towards Solihull, where it is

:15:21. > :15:24.believed there is a link to a rental car company and the car involved in

:15:25. > :15:29.the attack on Westminster Bridge yesterday. We do not have any of the

:15:30. > :15:35.names of people taken out of that flat. Although we are in Edgbaston,

:15:36. > :15:40.we are on the north side of Hagley Road, on the edge of Ladywood will

:15:41. > :15:45.stop Edgbaston one of the most expensive places to live in the

:15:46. > :15:49.city, Ladywood certainly one of the poorest districts in the whole

:15:50. > :15:53.country. This is an area where you get people from different countries

:15:54. > :15:58.living, a transient area with people coming and going all the time.

:15:59. > :16:03.Neighbours I spoke to were not necessarily sure of who lived in the

:16:04. > :16:11.flat that was the scene of investigations last night, and it

:16:12. > :16:14.continues to be so today. Thank you. Phil Mackie reporting live from

:16:15. > :16:20.Birmingham. BBC News live from Westminster. Yesterday an attack

:16:21. > :16:24.paralysed the heart of government, as MPs and hundreds of government

:16:25. > :16:28.officials were held in lockdown for hours in the House of Commons, and

:16:29. > :16:36.yet this morning the House of Commons sits as normal, the usual

:16:37. > :16:40.time at 930. Let me introduce you to two Labour MPs, Barbara Keeley and

:16:41. > :16:54.Clive Lewis, and what do you think of that, the fact it was business as

:16:55. > :17:04.usual at 9:30am today? It was very good. It was very moving. It sends

:17:05. > :17:15.the right message that London carries on and business carries on

:17:16. > :17:24.as usual. I would agree. It does send a clear message. Clearly there

:17:25. > :17:27.is a tenseness, you can see the police helicopters and the police

:17:28. > :17:30.presence. There was quiet and empty on the trends this morning but

:17:31. > :17:32.people are going about their business. This reflects in what is

:17:33. > :17:55.happening. A mum reportedly going to pick up

:17:56. > :17:59.her kids from school. She's a normal woman trying to get on with her

:18:00. > :18:03.life. Life.. Their parents must have been really worried about them. They

:18:04. > :18:07.were fantastic in spirit. Sipping, wavings to us. It was great to have

:18:08. > :18:11.them there. It is very important everything carries on as usual.

:18:12. > :18:17.People still visit and London is open. But I think what we have to

:18:18. > :18:22.reflect on is because of the police, they are our human shield and they

:18:23. > :18:26.protect us so we can do this work as MPs that we are able to carry on. It

:18:27. > :18:31.is very touching. I really feel for these guys this morning who've lost

:18:32. > :18:35.one of their own and everybody in the Westminster village feels that.

:18:36. > :18:42.It is very important we pay tribute, the most important people today are

:18:43. > :18:48.the families of those victims. PC Keith Palmer and his family.

:18:49. > :18:52.Important messages have come from people like Brendan Brendan Cox who

:18:53. > :18:55.lost Jo last year. They've experienced the biggest loss. You're

:18:56. > :18:58.on your way to the House of Commons now. We're expecting the Prime

:18:59. > :19:04.Minister to give a statement in about ten minutes' or so time.

:19:05. > :19:08.You'll be walking back up there into a street which is cordoned off. A

:19:09. > :19:12.street which is quiet compared to a normal Thursday morning. What would

:19:13. > :19:18.you like to hear from the Prime Minister this morning? She will pay

:19:19. > :19:23.respects to those who've died. We will pay our respects in a minute's

:19:24. > :19:29.silence. It is time to pause for reflection on the work the security

:19:30. > :19:33.service do to protect us every day. They run towards shots. We run away

:19:34. > :19:36.from them, if anything. Every day we're in there, we speak to these

:19:37. > :19:40.people, talk to them, say good morning to them. I think, at the

:19:41. > :19:44.back of your mind, you always know that something like this can happen.

:19:45. > :19:50.At the back of your mind sub consciously. Today, a day we half

:19:51. > :19:54.expected has occurred. I want to hear from the Prime Minister a

:19:55. > :19:58.pause. I don't want to see a knee jerk reaction. Do you mean in terms

:19:59. > :20:02.of security? I think so. Changing the way we live our lives?

:20:03. > :20:09.Completely. I don't think we'd hear that today. It will be a reflection,

:20:10. > :20:13.on update on the security situation, the investigation on the latest we

:20:14. > :20:16.know that she can explain. I think she'll read the public mood which is

:20:17. > :20:21.one of reflection and thinking about those who've lost their lives and

:20:22. > :20:27.where we go from here in a positive and practical way. How important is

:20:28. > :20:31.to you both as politicians that the House of Commons stays relatively

:20:32. > :20:35.open? Clearly, there's airport-style security, concrete bollards outside.

:20:36. > :20:39.All those things you'd expect. But it's full of members of the public

:20:40. > :20:43.in there? That's right. The most important thing is we keep access.

:20:44. > :20:48.We all though that was important after we lost Jo last year. We've

:20:49. > :20:54.carried on with extra security. Seeing our constituents, doing our

:20:55. > :20:58.campaigning work. It is important Parliament reflects the way wee

:20:59. > :21:03.behave in our constituencies. We did have that cordon of police. Amazing

:21:04. > :21:07.emergency services people. People ran over from St Thomas' Hospital.

:21:08. > :21:11.We have remarkable capacity to cope. Westminster are a village. We'll

:21:12. > :21:15.pull together. There is a really important message in the fact we're

:21:16. > :21:20.back there this morning working. It is a balancing act. When people from

:21:21. > :21:23.my constituency come down to visit, I say, this is your place. It is a

:21:24. > :21:29.people's palace. We work here but you own it. That mustn't change.

:21:30. > :21:34.We've already seen changing over the years from very little security. We

:21:35. > :21:39.now see bollards, gates, armed police which are there permanently

:21:40. > :21:44.now. We've seen chose changing. If there needs for a few changes,

:21:45. > :21:49.that's acceptable. But the principle of people being able to come in as

:21:50. > :21:53.the public and enjoy what is their palace is right and proper. That

:21:54. > :22:01.needs to happen. Thank you very much. I better let you go. Two

:22:02. > :22:07.Labour MPs on their way to the House of Commons to hear Theresa May

:22:08. > :22:13.before she gives her statement to the Commons and tries to sum up the

:22:14. > :22:18.mood of a nation, as well as paying tribute to those who lost their

:22:19. > :22:26.lives, including 48-year-old PC Keith Palmer who we know was a

:22:27. > :22:29.husband, a dad, who'd served in the Metropolitan Police for over ten

:22:30. > :22:34.years. We'll take you live to the House of Commons, of course, at

:22:35. > :22:39.10.30 as you'd expect ahead of that statement from Theresa May. We can

:22:40. > :22:44.talk now to the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. Who was the

:22:45. > :22:48.mayor during the 7/7 attacks. What's your attitude this morning? The

:22:49. > :22:54.important thing is Londoners shouldn't Czech the way we live our

:22:55. > :23:00.lives or turn against each other. That's what the terrorists want.

:23:01. > :23:06.More security, more surveillance, all that can go over the top. The

:23:07. > :23:12.simple fact is we stop almost every terrorist attack. Only about one

:23:13. > :23:18.every three or four years gets through. We've very good Sir

:23:19. > :23:21.veilance. A terrorist like this, most probably an individual acting

:23:22. > :23:26.on their own, it is very difficult to get hold of them. Most of the

:23:27. > :23:30.terror attacks have been that. An individual. Not someone taking

:23:31. > :23:36.direct orders from Isis in Afghanistan or something. We heard

:23:37. > :23:39.from Mark Rowley, Acting Deputy Commissioner for the Metropolitan

:23:40. > :23:46.Police, since the killing of Lee Rigby outside his barracks in May

:23:47. > :23:49.2013, the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers have

:23:50. > :23:53.thwart 13 terrorists attacks. Potential terrorist attacks. It's

:23:54. > :24:00.important to keep perspective, isn't it? Absolutely. It was very much

:24:01. > :24:05.like that in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks in 2005.

:24:06. > :24:09.The police were still able to stop two or three attempts a year. It

:24:10. > :24:14.isn't justice lambic fundamentalists. We found extreme

:24:15. > :24:17.far right groups that were stockpiling weapons and things like

:24:18. > :24:21.that. We've been able to stop them as well. I'm going to bring in

:24:22. > :24:32.Jackaway Puttnam. Come round here. Come in. Jackie is a survivor of the

:24:33. > :24:35.London bombings in July 2005. Goodness, how were you feeling

:24:36. > :24:46.yesterday? Terrible. I was working not too far from here. Saw it on the

:24:47. > :24:51.news. And it felt as if it was happening again. What I was thinking

:24:52. > :24:58.was what I'm sure lots of us were thinking, which was oh, no, not

:24:59. > :25:04.again. It surprised me because we're 11 years on. You think you're doing

:25:05. > :25:07.fine, everything's wonderful, you've got it all under control. Then it

:25:08. > :25:13.takes the legs out from under you again. I know that you're on a

:25:14. > :25:18.WhatsApp group with other survivors from 7/7. I'm guessing there were

:25:19. > :25:23.messages going around amongst you? Absolutely. Everyone wanted to check

:25:24. > :25:30.where everyone was. Is everyone OK. People were posting in, yes, I'm

:25:31. > :25:35.feeling like this. The warmth of it was tremendous. It made such a

:25:36. > :25:40.difference to know there were people who were... It was like, just the

:25:41. > :25:47.comfort of it. Support group. It was huge. I'm hearing police are now

:25:48. > :25:53.saying they have made eight arrests. We were reporting earlier it was

:25:54. > :25:56.seven. We're told from the Metropolitan Police they have made

:25:57. > :25:59.eight arrests in connection with what happened at Westminster

:26:00. > :26:04.yesterday. Jackie, you're back here today. You work not far from here.

:26:05. > :26:11.You're here. That's an amazing thing? Well, it's a fight I fight

:26:12. > :26:17.every day. Really? Some days are worse than others. Most day are

:26:18. > :26:21.fine. The first battle I had to fight was get back on the

:26:22. > :26:25.Underground. I needed to take control back. Decisions I wanted to

:26:26. > :26:29.make about my life were my decisions to make not anyone else's. So I had

:26:30. > :26:37.to get that back. It's taken a very long time. You do it to begin with

:26:38. > :26:44.minute by minute. Those minutes get longer. There is help. There is

:26:45. > :26:49.tremendous amount of help out there. Can I mention Tim, Harry Jonathan

:26:50. > :26:54.bawl foundation for peace who specialise in - they were formed

:26:55. > :26:58.after the Warrington bombings by Colin and Wendy Parry. They support

:26:59. > :27:02.people who've suffered from terrorism and support the families.

:27:03. > :27:08.There is support out there for people who suffered yesterday. In

:27:09. > :27:13.terms of your psychological recovery from that day back in 2005 to now,

:27:14. > :27:20.where would you say, Jackie, if you don't mind me asking, you are at?

:27:21. > :27:26.I'm functioning. There are days when obviously there's a lot of time when

:27:27. > :27:30.you don't think about it. Times like yesterday, when it suddenly seems as

:27:31. > :27:36.if it wasn't ten years ago, it's still going on. It's, time

:27:37. > :27:42.telescopes for you in those moments. I have to say, when the survivors

:27:43. > :27:51.meet and get together we don't talk about it unless somebody's having a

:27:52. > :27:57.bad time. It's not a hug-fest have you see what I mean. We meet for

:27:58. > :28:02.drinks, males, go to weddings. Babies have been born. It's

:28:03. > :28:06.wonderful. They're my second family. They're my extended family. It's

:28:07. > :28:12.about the future. It's not about what happened. But it's a long road.

:28:13. > :28:15.A long road to travel. There are people who suffer terribly

:28:16. > :28:25.yesterday. My heart goes out to them. The families. There is support

:28:26. > :28:30.there. Post-traumatic stress cannot necessarily kick in straightaway.

:28:31. > :28:36.You may think you're fine. Sometimes it can take years. But then you do

:28:37. > :28:39.get the effects and it is, there is help out there. You don't have to

:28:40. > :28:49.live with it the way soldiers used to in the past. There's help and it

:28:50. > :28:54.can be, my therapist says it can be fixed. We're competingness against

:28:55. > :29:00.the helicopter above us. What happened here will be reported

:29:01. > :29:03.aren't the world. The iconic Big Ben, the palace of Westminster,

:29:04. > :29:09.Westminster Bridge, those images have gone around the world, of

:29:10. > :29:14.course. London is safe. That is the message that has to be got out

:29:15. > :29:18.there? It axe luteally is. My parents went through the Second

:29:19. > :29:21.World War. The Nazis were bombing London, killing hundreds of people

:29:22. > :29:26.every night. It didn't break our will. We went on to defeat them. No

:29:27. > :29:30.amount of attacks here can change the way we are or, in the end,

:29:31. > :29:35.defeat us. What are you expecting to hear? What do you want to hear from

:29:36. > :29:40.the Prime Minister when she makes her statement in the Commons? The

:29:41. > :29:44.most important thing is to look at the success in the aftermath of the

:29:45. > :29:48.7 selfen bombings. Not a single Muslim was attacked. No police

:29:49. > :29:55.record of a single incident. What the Muslims who did that attack

:29:56. > :29:59.wanted, was us to attack Muslims, divide us. There was no recorded

:30:00. > :30:03.incidence. No-one daubed a mosque or anything. That's the important

:30:04. > :30:07.thing. We stand together. People who come to our country come because of

:30:08. > :30:11.our values, freedom and democracy. Not to change it. We're seeing live

:30:12. > :30:14.pictures of the House of Commons now. We are expecting to hear from

:30:15. > :30:19.the Prime Minister, Theresa May, very shortly. As soon as she begins

:30:20. > :30:28.speaking, of course, you will be able to hear what she says live.

:30:29. > :30:35.Jackie, thanks for talking to us and Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of

:30:36. > :30:42.London, the mayor of this capital city during the July the 7th

:30:43. > :30:48.bombings in 2005. We expect the Prime Minister to speak in the next

:30:49. > :30:54.minute. Norman Smith, from what Theresa May said last night, she is

:30:55. > :31:00.in defiant made? She is and it is striking that the Commons chamber is

:31:01. > :31:04.more full than often on Thursday mornings when it can be relatively

:31:05. > :31:11.quiet and that reflects the fact many MPs deliberately want to be

:31:12. > :31:15.seen to be there as there being reports of MPs cancelling trips away

:31:16. > :31:21.to make sure they can be their for the statement from Theresa May and

:31:22. > :31:25.just to show Parliament continues despite yesterday's outrage. The

:31:26. > :31:30.only difference was the minute's silence, beginning with the division

:31:31. > :31:34.bell sounding so that everyone in the Palace of Westminster knew it

:31:35. > :31:42.was about to take place. We went into questions to Liam Fox, who made

:31:43. > :31:47.opening remarks about how the attack underlined the need for MPs and

:31:48. > :31:51.people who work here to reaffirm the values of democracy and then we were

:31:52. > :31:58.straight into business as usual with questions about trade with Israel,

:31:59. > :32:02.what it will mean if we leave the EU and rely on WTO terms. I think Mrs

:32:03. > :32:11.May is coming into the chamber to make a statement. A police officer,

:32:12. > :32:18.PC Keith Palmer, was killed defending us, defending Parliament,

:32:19. > :32:23.and defending Parliamentary democracy. Arrangements have been

:32:24. > :32:28.made for books of condolence in the library and Westminster Hall. Our

:32:29. > :32:35.hearts go out to all those directly and indirectly touched by

:32:36. > :32:45.yesterday's events. I should like to thank all colleagues, staff of the

:32:46. > :32:51.house, and members' staff for their forbearance in stressful

:32:52. > :32:55.circumstances yesterday. Naturally, the Parliamentary security

:32:56. > :33:01.authorities have taken measures to ensure Parliament is safe in the

:33:02. > :33:07.light of the attack. In due time, the commission that I chair will

:33:08. > :33:10.consider together with our Lord's counterparts what sort of review of

:33:11. > :33:18.lessons learned would be appropriate. However, let the

:33:19. > :33:25.security personnel who protect us, police security officers and

:33:26. > :33:30.doorkeepers, be in no doubt whatsoever as to our profound

:33:31. > :33:35.appreciation of the way in which they discharged their duties

:33:36. > :33:41.yesterday. Matched by other staff of the house. That means that this

:33:42. > :33:47.morning, the house has been able to resume its business undeterred.

:33:48. > :33:57.Border. Statement, the Prime Minister. Mr

:33:58. > :34:03.Speaker, yesterday, an act of terrorism tried to silence our

:34:04. > :34:07.democracy. But today we meet as normal. As generations have done

:34:08. > :34:14.before us and as future generations will continue to do, to deliver a

:34:15. > :34:19.simple message. We are not afraid. Our resolve will never waver in the

:34:20. > :34:24.face of terrorism. We meet here in the oldest of all parliaments

:34:25. > :34:32.because we know democracy and the values it entails will always

:34:33. > :34:38.prevail. Those values, free speech, liberty, human rights and the rule

:34:39. > :34:44.of law are embodied here in this place. That they are shared by free

:34:45. > :34:48.people around the world. A terrorist came to the place where people of

:34:49. > :34:55.all nationalities and cultures gather to celebrate what it means to

:34:56. > :35:01.be free and he took out his rage indiscriminately against innocent

:35:02. > :35:06.men, women and children. This was an attack on free people everywhere.

:35:07. > :35:10.And on behalf of the British people, I would like to thank our friends

:35:11. > :35:18.and allies around the world who have made it clear they stand with us at

:35:19. > :35:24.this time. What happened on the streets of Westminster yesterday

:35:25. > :35:27.sickened us all. While there is an ongoing police investigation, the

:35:28. > :35:33.house will understand there are limits to what I can say, but having

:35:34. > :35:39.been updated by police and security officials, let me set out what I can

:35:40. > :35:43.tell the House at this stage. At 2:40pm yesterday, a single attacker

:35:44. > :35:47.drove his vehicle at speed into innocent pedestrians crossing

:35:48. > :35:53.Westminster Bridge, killing two people and injuring around 40 more.

:35:54. > :36:01.In addition to 12 Britons admitted to hospital, we know the victims

:36:02. > :36:08.include three French children, two Romanians, four South Koreans, one

:36:09. > :36:14.German, one Polish person, one Irish, one Chinese, one Italian, one

:36:15. > :36:20.American and two Greeks and we are in contact with the countries of

:36:21. > :36:24.those affected. The injured included three police officers who were

:36:25. > :36:30.returning from an event to recognise their bravery. Two of those three

:36:31. > :36:35.remain in a serious condition. The attacker then left the vehicle and

:36:36. > :36:37.approached a police officer at carriage Gates, attacking the

:36:38. > :36:44.officer with a large knife before he was shot dead by an armed police

:36:45. > :36:52.officer. Tragically, 48-year-old PC Keith Palmer was killed. PC Palmer

:36:53. > :36:57.had devoted his life to the service of his country. He had been a member

:36:58. > :37:01.of the Parliamentary and diplomatic protection command for 15 years and

:37:02. > :37:08.a soldier in the Royal Artillery before that. He was a husband and

:37:09. > :37:14.father, killed doing a job he loved. He was every inch a hero. His

:37:15. > :37:20.actions will never be forgotten. I know the house will join me in

:37:21. > :37:25.sending our deepest condolences to his family and to the families and

:37:26. > :37:31.friends of those killed or injured in yesterday's awful attacks. I know

:37:32. > :37:36.also that house will wish to thank those who acted with such speed and

:37:37. > :37:44.professionalism to secure this place and ensure we are able to meet as we

:37:45. > :37:47.are doing today. At 7:30pm, I chaired a meeting of the emergency

:37:48. > :37:53.committee Cobra and will have further briefings and meetings with

:37:54. > :37:57.security today. The threat level to the UK is set that severe, meaning

:37:58. > :38:04.attack is highly likely for sometime. This is the second-highest

:38:05. > :38:08.threat level. The highest level, critical, means there is specific

:38:09. > :38:13.intelligence and attack is imminent. As there is no such intelligence,

:38:14. > :38:17.the independent joint terrorism analysis centre has decided the

:38:18. > :38:22.threat level will not change the light of the attack yesterday. The

:38:23. > :38:27.whole country will want to know who was responsible for this atrocity

:38:28. > :38:33.and the measures we are taking to strengthen security, including here

:38:34. > :38:37.in Westminster. A counterterrorism investigation is already under way.

:38:38. > :38:41.Hundreds of police and security officers have been working through

:38:42. > :38:46.the night to establish everything possible about the attack, including

:38:47. > :38:50.its preparation, motivation and whether there were any associates

:38:51. > :38:55.involved in its planning. While there remained limits on what I can

:38:56. > :39:03.say at this stage, I can confirm overnight police have searched six

:39:04. > :39:09.addresses and made eight at -- arrests in Birmingham and London. It

:39:10. > :39:13.is believed still he acted alone and police have no reason to believe

:39:14. > :39:19.there are further imminent attacks on the public. His identity is known

:39:20. > :39:24.to the police and MI5 and when operational considerations allow, he

:39:25. > :39:30.will be publicly identified. I can confirm he was British-born and

:39:31. > :39:35.that, some years ago, he was once investigated by MI5 in relation to

:39:36. > :39:42.concerns about violent extremism. He was a peripheral figure. The case is

:39:43. > :39:45.historic. He was not part of the current intelligence picture. There

:39:46. > :39:53.was no prior intelligence of his intent or of the plot. Intensive

:39:54. > :39:57.investigations continue. As Acting Deputy Commissioner confirmed last

:39:58. > :40:02.night, our working assumption is the attacker was inspired by Islamist

:40:03. > :40:08.ideology. We know the threat from Islamist terrorism is very real, but

:40:09. > :40:15.while the public should remain vigilant, they should not and will

:40:16. > :40:19.not be cowed by this threat. As Acting Deputy Commissioner has made

:40:20. > :40:23.clear, we are stepping up policing to protect communities across the

:40:24. > :40:27.country and to reassure the public and as a precautionary measure this

:40:28. > :40:31.will mean increasing the number of patrols in cities across the country

:40:32. > :40:39.with more police and armed police on the streets. Since June 2013, our

:40:40. > :40:43.police, security and intelligence agencies have successfully disrupted

:40:44. > :40:49.13 separate terrorist plots in Britain. Following the 2015

:40:50. > :40:53.strategic defence and security review, we protected police budgets

:40:54. > :40:56.for counterterrorism and committed to increase spending on

:40:57. > :41:00.counterterrorism by 30% in real terms over the course of this

:41:01. > :41:06.Parliament and over the next five years we will invest an extra 2.5

:41:07. > :41:14.billion in building the global security and intelligence network,

:41:15. > :41:18.employing 1900 additional staff at MI5 and MI6 and GCHQ and doubling

:41:19. > :41:21.our global network of experts working with priority countries in

:41:22. > :41:27.Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia. In terms of security in

:41:28. > :41:32.Westminster, we should be clear first of all that an attacker

:41:33. > :41:38.attempted to break into Parliament and was shot dead within 20 yards of

:41:39. > :41:44.the gate. If his intention was to gain access to this building, we

:41:45. > :41:52.should be clear he did not succeed. The police heroically did their job.

:41:53. > :41:56.But as is routine, the police together with the house authorities

:41:57. > :42:00.are reviewing security of the Parliamentary estate with the

:42:01. > :42:07.Cabinet Office, who have responsibility for the security

:42:08. > :42:10.measures in place. All of us in this house have a responsibility for the

:42:11. > :42:16.security and safety of staff and advice is available for members who

:42:17. > :42:22.need it. Yesterday we saw the worst of humanity, but we will remember

:42:23. > :42:25.the best. We will remember the extraordinary efforts to save the

:42:26. > :42:32.life of PC Keith Palmer, including those by my right honourable friend,

:42:33. > :42:37.the member for Bournemouth East. And we will remember the exceptional

:42:38. > :42:42.bravery of our police, security and emergency services, who once again

:42:43. > :42:46.ran towards the danger, even as they encouraged others to move the other

:42:47. > :42:51.way. On behalf of the whole country, I want to pay tribute to them for

:42:52. > :42:55.the work they have been doing to reassure the public, treat the

:42:56. > :43:00.injured, and bring security back to the streets of our capital city.

:43:01. > :43:03.That they have lost one of their own in the attack only makes their

:43:04. > :43:12.calmness and professionalism all the more remarkable. A lot has been said

:43:13. > :43:17.since Terra struck London yesterday, much more will be said in the coming

:43:18. > :43:22.days. But the greatest response lies not in the words of politicians, but

:43:23. > :43:28.in the everyday actions of ordinary people. Beyond these walls today, in

:43:29. > :43:32.scenes repeated in towns and cities across the country, millions of

:43:33. > :43:39.people are going about their days and getting on with their lives. The

:43:40. > :43:43.streets are as busy as ever, offices full and shops bustling. Millions

:43:44. > :43:47.will be boarding trains and aeroplanes to travel to London and

:43:48. > :43:53.see for themselves the greatest city on earth. It is in these actions,

:43:54. > :43:58.millions of acts of normality, we find the best response to terrorism.

:43:59. > :44:02.A response that denies enemies their victory, that refuses to let them

:44:03. > :44:11.win. That shows we will never give in. A response driven by that same

:44:12. > :44:15.spirit that drove a husband and father to put himself between us and

:44:16. > :44:22.our attacker and to pay the ultimate price. A response that says to the

:44:23. > :44:28.men and women who propagate this hate and evil, you will not defeat

:44:29. > :44:33.us. Mr Speaker, let this be the message from this house and this

:44:34. > :44:41.nation today, our values will prevail. And I commend this

:44:42. > :44:46.statement to the house. Order, colleagues, I am advised we

:44:47. > :44:52.have been joined today by French Foreign Minister who is accompanied

:44:53. > :45:00.by a number of his colleagues and also by the Deputy Foreign Secretary

:45:01. > :45:03.of the right honourable gentleman, sir, we appreciate your presence and

:45:04. > :45:07.you're very fitting display of solidarity with us. Mr Jeremy

:45:08. > :45:19.Corbyn. I'd like to associate myself with

:45:20. > :45:22.the Prime Minister's remarks that she's just made. What happened

:45:23. > :45:27.yesterday within metres of where we sit now was an appalling atrocity.

:45:28. > :45:34.The police are still piecing together what took place. And what

:45:35. > :45:39.lay behind it. It behoves us all not to rush to judgment but to wait for

:45:40. > :45:47.the police to establish the facts, to stay united in our communities

:45:48. > :45:53.and not allow fear or the voices of hatred to divide or cower us. Today,

:45:54. > :46:01.we're united by our humanity and by our democratic values. And by that

:46:02. > :46:08.human impulse of solidarity. To stand together in times of darkness

:46:09. > :46:12.and adversity. Mr Speaker, I expressed my condolences to the

:46:13. > :46:18.family and friends of police officer Keith Palmer who gave his life

:46:19. > :46:21.yesterday in defence of the public and of our democracy we thank the

:46:22. > :46:27.police and security personnel who keep us safe every day on this

:46:28. > :46:32.estate. We especially pay tribute to the bravery of those who took action

:46:33. > :46:39.to stop the perpetrator of yesterday's assault. The police and

:46:40. > :46:43.security staff lost a colleague yesterday and continue to fulfil

:46:44. > :46:47.their duties despite their shock and their grief for their fall yep

:46:48. > :46:51.colleague which many expressed to me late last night when he was talking

:46:52. > :46:57.to them. We see the police and security every day. They are our

:46:58. > :47:02.colleagues, fellow workers, they are friends and neighbours. As the Prime

:47:03. > :47:07.Minister said, when dangerous and violent incidents take place, we all

:47:08. > :47:10.instinctively run away from them for our own safety. The police and

:47:11. > :47:15.emergency services run towards them. We are grateful for the public

:47:16. > :47:21.service yesterday, today and every day that they pull on their uniforms

:47:22. > :47:26.to protect us all. I want also, Mr Speaker, to express our admiration

:47:27. > :47:28.to the honourable member for Bournemouth East whose efforts

:47:29. > :47:34.yesterday deserve special commendation. He used his skill to

:47:35. > :47:41.try and safe life. Innocent people were killed yesterday walking across

:47:42. > :47:46.Westminster Bridge. As many millions of Londoners and tourists have

:47:47. > :47:50.before them and as all of us in this chamber have. As the Prime Minister

:47:51. > :47:56.said, the injured include people of ten nationalities. We send our

:47:57. > :48:00.deepest condolences to their loved once and the loved ones of those

:48:01. > :48:06.still in a very critical condition, including the French schoolchildren

:48:07. > :48:12.so welcome in our capital visiting yesterday from corn co-in Britney.

:48:13. > :48:17.We send our sympathies to them and the people in their town and

:48:18. > :48:20.community. We thank all the dedicated National Health Service

:48:21. > :48:25.staff working to save lives, including all those from St Thomas'

:48:26. > :48:30.Hospital who rushed out O'Straight over to the scene of the incident to

:48:31. > :48:35.try and support and save lives. Many people, Mr Speaker, will have been

:48:36. > :48:40.totally traumatised by yesterday's awful events. Not joust all of us

:48:41. > :48:44.here but watching on television worried for the safety of their

:48:45. > :48:49.friends and loved ones. I ask in this House and the country, please,

:48:50. > :48:56.look after each other. Help one another and think of one another. It

:48:57. > :49:02.is by demonstrating our values solidarity, community, humanity and

:49:03. > :49:08.love, that we will defeat the poison and division of hatred.

:49:09. > :49:13.THE SPEAKER: Prime Minister. First of all may I join the right

:49:14. > :49:18.honourable gentleman in expressing our gratitude to the support and

:49:19. > :49:22.solidarity the French Government have shown us at this time, like

:49:23. > :49:26.other countries on the continent, France itself felt the horror and

:49:27. > :49:30.trauma of terrible terrorist attacks. We're grateful to the

:49:31. > :49:34.French Government for the support they've shown us. The right

:49:35. > :49:37.honourable gentleman is right in his description of the police officers.

:49:38. > :49:41.Every day when they put on that uniform, they don't know what they

:49:42. > :49:47.are going to confront in the course of their duties that day. It is a

:49:48. > :49:50.fact often forgotten when people see the police officer walking on the

:49:51. > :49:54.streets that actually, they do put their lives on the line for our

:49:55. > :49:59.safety and security. They show enormous bravery. We are grateful to

:50:00. > :50:02.them all. We're also grateful, as the right honourable gentleman said,

:50:03. > :50:06.to all those from the emergency services. To those from the

:50:07. > :50:09.hospitals who, and others, who rushed forward to give aid and

:50:10. > :50:14.support to those who had been injured at a time when they knew not

:50:15. > :50:19.what else might be happening in the vicinity and whether they might,

:50:20. > :50:22.themselves, be in danger. Finally, as the right honourable gentleman

:50:23. > :50:27.says, at this time, it is so important we show that it is our

:50:28. > :50:32.values that will prevail. That the terrorists will not win. That we

:50:33. > :50:38.will go about our lives showing that unity of purpose and the values that

:50:39. > :50:43.we share as one nation going forward and ensuring that the terrorists

:50:44. > :50:50.will be defeated. THE SPEAKER: Mr Dominic Greave. I

:50:51. > :50:54.join with my right honourable friend with everyone she said in respect of

:50:55. > :50:59.the deaths and injuries that have taken place. I join with her sending

:51:00. > :51:04.our condolences to the families and also to the injured. My right

:51:05. > :51:10.honourable friend has set exactly the right tone. Those of us who are

:51:11. > :51:17.privy to the information and background of these matters know

:51:18. > :51:21.very well that it is has been little short of a miracle over the course

:51:22. > :51:26.of the last few years we have escaped so lightly from the evil

:51:27. > :51:30.that is, I'm afraid, present in our society and manfests itself in these

:51:31. > :51:37.senseless and hideous acts of violence and evil. We have been very

:51:38. > :51:41.fortunate in that our security services have been immensely

:51:42. > :51:46.diligent and helpful in preventing such attacks. But she may agree with

:51:47. > :51:51.me that the house is going to have to simply be resolute in accepting

:51:52. > :51:55.that such attacks cannot always be prevented. And that we have as a

:51:56. > :52:00.society to accept we are going to have to fight this evil with

:52:01. > :52:04.rational, democratic principles in order to get rid of it and that

:52:05. > :52:13.there are in reality no short cuts that will ever enable us to do that.

:52:14. > :52:18.THE SPEAKER: Prime Minister. I absolutely agree with my right

:52:19. > :52:21.honourable friend. He refers to the number of plots which have been

:52:22. > :52:27.disrupted in recent years. It is easy to forget that when the threat

:52:28. > :52:31.level is at severe, what that means is an attack is highly likely. It is

:52:32. > :52:35.not possible. We live in a free and open country, we live in a

:52:36. > :52:39.democracy. It's not possible to ensure, as he says, that we can

:52:40. > :52:46.prevent any attack from taking place but we can work as hard as our

:52:47. > :52:49.security services and police do, precisely to try to prevent attacks

:52:50. > :52:55.from taking place. They have worked hard. They have been doing a good

:52:56. > :53:01.job and they continue to do a good job in keeping us safe and will do

:53:02. > :53:04.so into the future. If we are to defeat this evil, my right

:53:05. > :53:10.honourable friend is right. We'll defeat it through our democracy and

:53:11. > :53:14.our values. We must defeat, of course, the terrible ideology which

:53:15. > :53:20.leads people to conduct these terrible attacks. May I begin by

:53:21. > :53:23.associating myself and my Ron Habel and right honourable colleagues with

:53:24. > :53:29.everything that has been said by the Prime Minister, the leader of the

:53:30. > :53:35.Labour Party and by you, Mr Speaker. Today of all days, we are reminded

:53:36. > :53:41.notwithstanding our difficulties on political and constitutional issues

:53:42. > :53:47.we, we are as one in democracy, the rule of law and harmonies between

:53:48. > :53:53.people of all faiths and none. May I begin personally by wishing the Home

:53:54. > :53:58.Secretary and Prime Minister well as they deal on our behalf with the

:53:59. > :54:02.aftermath of the appalling indiscriminate terrorist act

:54:03. > :54:06.yesterday. Our hearts go out to the family, friends and colleagues of PC

:54:07. > :54:11.Keith Palmer and all other casualties. We are hugely grateful

:54:12. > :54:15.to all police, security and intelligence staff and first

:54:16. > :54:20.responders who ran towards danger without western for their own

:54:21. > :54:26.safety. I include our colleague Tobias Ellwood. Today is not a day

:54:27. > :54:29.for detailed questions. Will the Prime Minister accept on behalf of

:54:30. > :54:34.the Scottish National Party and no doubt every member of this House,

:54:35. > :54:37.our huge debt of gratitude to all police and security agency staff who

:54:38. > :54:44.are working so hard to keep everyone in the country safe. Does she agree

:54:45. > :54:49.with me, no terrorist outrage is representative of any faith or of

:54:50. > :54:54.any faith community and we recommit ourselves to strengthening the bonds

:54:55. > :54:59.of tolerance and understanding? Finally s it not best to follow the

:55:00. > :55:04.advice of Brendan Cox, the husband of our murdered MP colleague Jo Cox,

:55:05. > :55:10.who has said in the days to come, I hope we will remember the love and

:55:11. > :55:15.bravery of the victim not just the hatred and cowardice of the

:55:16. > :55:20.attacker. May I thank the right honourable gentleman for his words.

:55:21. > :55:24.He absolutely correct. Now is a time for us to come together to promote

:55:25. > :55:30.those values of tolerance and understanding he has referred to. To

:55:31. > :55:36.recognise that what motivates the terrorist is a warped ideology and a

:55:37. > :55:41.desire to destroy the values that we share and the values that underpins

:55:42. > :55:46.our democracy. Those values of the rule of law of human rights, of

:55:47. > :55:50.tolerance and understanding and democracy itself. We should be at

:55:51. > :55:56.one in ensuring those values prevail. Finally, as he says, we

:55:57. > :56:01.should remember the bravery of the victims and the bravery of those who

:56:02. > :56:08.keep us safe day in and day out. THE SPEAKER: Mr Iain Duncan Smith.

:56:09. > :56:12.Mr Speaker, may I commend my right honourable friend's powerful

:56:13. > :56:18.statement. I add my prayers to those of hers for those who have died and

:56:19. > :56:23.who are suffering. Also, particularly, for Keith Palmer, our

:56:24. > :56:28.wonderful and brave police officer. We have faced such threats before.

:56:29. > :56:34.By those of twisted and violent ideologies and the broken stones of

:56:35. > :56:36.the arch that we enter through on a daily basis bear testament to time

:56:37. > :56:41.and again. They have failed. They will always fail because we are a

:56:42. > :56:46.beacon of freedom in this place. That is why they target us. But as

:56:47. > :56:50.they fail, may I urge my right honourable friend to ensure that as

:56:51. > :56:57.we extoll our righteous defiance in the face of such evil, we also lace

:56:58. > :57:04.it with compassion, tolerance and hope. Well, I absolutely share the

:57:05. > :57:08.thoughts that my right honourable friend has set out. He is right,

:57:09. > :57:13.this place is a beacon of freedom. We should never forget that. We

:57:14. > :57:18.should be absolutely resolute in our determination to defeat this evil.

:57:19. > :57:23.But we should also be optimistic and hopeful for our democracy and our

:57:24. > :57:27.society in the future. THE SPEAKER: Mr Tim Farron. Thank

:57:28. > :57:33.you. Can I thank the Prime Minister for her statement and early sight of

:57:34. > :57:39.it. Can I also thank her for her words from the steps of 10 Downing

:57:40. > :57:43.Street last Knight. They were unifying and defiance. She did speak

:57:44. > :57:47.for us all. We know the police keep us safe. Yesterday, in the most

:57:48. > :57:54.shocking of ways, we saw how true that really is. In my prayers are

:57:55. > :57:58.Keith Palmer, his family and all the victims of yesterday's outrage. They

:57:59. > :58:01.will continue to be there. We are beyond thankful to the police, the

:58:02. > :58:08.NHS, emergency services, actually, to the staff of this House in

:58:09. > :58:14.keeping us safe and being so utterly dedicated to their roles. Those who

:58:15. > :58:18.attack us hate our freedom, our peaceful democracy, our love of

:58:19. > :58:24.country, our tolerance, openness and unity. As we work to unravel how

:58:25. > :58:30.this unspeakable attack happened, will she agree with me that we must

:58:31. > :58:34.not, either in our laws or by our actions curtail these values.

:58:35. > :58:39.Indeed, we should have more of them. I thank the right honourable

:58:40. > :58:44.gentleman for his comments. He is right, of course, as others have

:58:45. > :58:49.said, we should ensure that our values, those values of democracy

:58:50. > :58:52.and tolerance, freedom prevail, it is those values which the terrorists

:58:53. > :58:58.are trying to attack. It is our very way of life that they wish to

:58:59. > :59:02.destroy. That is why it is so important out there, those millions

:59:03. > :59:06.of citizens going about their lives as they would do normally showing,

:59:07. > :59:10.in the very smallst of ways, but each of every one of them, a

:59:11. > :59:15.defiance of the terrorists. THE SPEAKER: Mark Field. Whilst the

:59:16. > :59:20.dreadful events of yesterday took place within the boundaries of my

:59:21. > :59:26.own constituency, the Palace of Westminster is close to the hearts

:59:27. > :59:31.of not just the 650 of us but many millions of our country men and

:59:32. > :59:35.people who live abroad. May I thank the Prime Minister for speaking so

:59:36. > :59:39.eloquently for our nation on the steps of Downing Street yesterday

:59:40. > :59:43.and in the House today. She reminds us all the greatest tribute we

:59:44. > :59:47.collectively can pay to those so tragically murdered is to ensure we

:59:48. > :59:51.go about our business as normally as possible and maintain the values and

:59:52. > :59:58.liberties our forefathers have fought so hard to win on our behalf.

:59:59. > :00:07.I agree with my honourable friend. It is so important we continue to

:00:08. > :00:14.show that we, not just value but espouse in every action embody those

:00:15. > :00:18.pre-Domes and liberties. Those freedoms were hard fought. There are

:00:19. > :00:22.parts of this palace where there have been many arguments in the past

:00:23. > :00:27.about those very freedoms and liberties. We must ensure that they

:00:28. > :00:31.remain and that we show in our actions in our deeds and in our

:00:32. > :00:38.words that they remain at the heart of our democracy.

:00:39. > :00:45.Can I thank the Prime Minister for her words here today and also her

:00:46. > :00:48.words on the steps of Downing Street yesterday. At this very difficult

:00:49. > :00:58.and important time she spoke froth all, so I thank her for that. We are

:00:59. > :01:02.so proud of the bravery of PC Keith Palmer, so grateful for what he did

:01:03. > :01:06.to keep us safe and I would like to add my tribute to all the policing

:01:07. > :01:10.here at Westminster and the parliamentary staff who acted with

:01:11. > :01:15.such calmness and professionalism yesterday, and I would like to pay

:01:16. > :01:21.tribute to the emergency trauma team at Kings College Hospital who are

:01:22. > :01:27.caring the injured. This was an horrific crime and it has cost lives

:01:28. > :01:32.and caused injury, but as an act of terror, it has failed. It has failed

:01:33. > :01:37.because we are here and we are going to go about our business. It has

:01:38. > :01:41.failed because despite the trauma that they witnessed outside their

:01:42. > :01:46.windows, our staff are here and they are getting on with their work. It

:01:47. > :01:53.failed because as the Prime Minister so rightly said, we are not going to

:01:54. > :02:06.allow this to be used as a pretext for division, hatred and

:02:07. > :02:08.Islamophobia. This democracy is strong and this Parliament is

:02:09. > :02:11.robust. This was an horrific crime but as an act of terror, it has

:02:12. > :02:15.failed. The right honourable lady speaks very well and I utterly agree

:02:16. > :02:24.with the words she has spoken. Some of us were present 38 years ago and

:02:25. > :02:29.where nearby when Airey Neave was murdered. The message then was not

:02:30. > :02:33.to condemn a whole group of people. The message I got from my imam was

:02:34. > :02:37.we will always be with those who work for peace. Can I suggest we try

:02:38. > :02:43.and disappoint those who try to calculate the publicity will work in

:02:44. > :02:46.their favour and make sure we work together to disappoint them? My

:02:47. > :02:49.honourable friend makes a very important point. The Metropolitan

:02:50. > :02:53.Police are bringing a number of faith leaders together for a meeting

:02:54. > :02:56.with them today to show the importance of that coming together

:02:57. > :03:12.of faith leaders, and they are, of course, working with communities up

:03:13. > :03:13.and down the country both to reassure, because there will be

:03:14. > :03:15.communities concerned about the possible reaction, that might take

:03:16. > :03:18.place, to reassure those communities, the job of the police

:03:19. > :03:23.is to keep us all safe. Ed Miliband. Can I join others in commending the

:03:24. > :03:27.prime Mr for her statement last night and today. In her tone and

:03:28. > :03:31.substance she has spoken for the whole country and I commend her for

:03:32. > :03:36.it. Can I also echoed those who have said that we must not allow in the

:03:37. > :03:41.coming days and weeks, anyone to try and divide our country on the basis

:03:42. > :03:48.of faith or nationality after these attacks, because the reality is, but

:03:49. > :03:54.across London, across the country, we are a country united against

:03:55. > :03:58.these attacks. That is who we are. The right honourable gentleman was

:03:59. > :04:02.absolutely right. The country is united. People of all faiths and

:04:03. > :04:05.none are going about their business in defiance of the terrorists. They

:04:06. > :04:10.have a very clear message, they will not be cowed and this is a message

:04:11. > :04:17.the House gives very clearly today, that this country will not be cowed

:04:18. > :04:22.by these terrorists. Theresa Villiers. I to send my

:04:23. > :04:46.sympathies to all those bereaved in yesterday's horrific attack.

:04:47. > :04:49.And as we reflect on what happened, is it time to consider whether the

:04:50. > :04:52.police who guard sensitive sites known to be of interest to

:04:53. > :04:53.terrorists, like Parliament or a airport is, should routinely carry

:04:54. > :04:56.personal protection weapons, even when those offices are not part of

:04:57. > :04:59.the units formerly tasked with armed response? Over the 20 years since I

:05:00. > :05:01.have been in this House, the level of security has been enhanced

:05:02. > :05:03.significantly and the number of offices on the parliamentary estate

:05:04. > :05:08.has been enhanced significantly. As to whether offices are routinely

:05:09. > :05:11.armed, that is an operational matter for the police themselves. They are

:05:12. > :05:18.the best able to judge the circumstances in which it is best

:05:19. > :05:24.for individuals to have those arms. But of course, we have seen a

:05:25. > :05:27.significant increase in the number of armed response vehicles,

:05:28. > :05:32.specialist firearms officers and counterterrorism officers. It is a

:05:33. > :05:36.sad reflection that it is necessary to do that. The question that my

:05:37. > :05:41.right honourable friend specifically raises is really an operational

:05:42. > :05:47.matter for the police. Mr Nigel Dodds. Can I to commend the prime Mr

:05:48. > :05:54.for her words last evening and today and she spoke for the entire

:05:55. > :05:58.country. PC Keith Palmer was and is, and his colleagues are the reason we

:05:59. > :06:02.are here today and any other day, and he embodied the rule of law

:06:03. > :06:07.which we stand for. He stood in harms way for all of us and we

:06:08. > :06:12.remember and pray for his family and all those victims who suffered

:06:13. > :06:18.yesterday and the Arriva. We must remember as well the bravery and

:06:19. > :06:23.always will of the emergency services and the parliamentary

:06:24. > :06:29.staff, and the decency of the ordinary members of the public who

:06:30. > :06:33.rushed to help and our right honourable friend, the member for

:06:34. > :06:37.Bournemouth East. We must uphold the values of this place. The democratic

:06:38. > :06:41.values we have learned in Northern Ireland, is the way to overcome

:06:42. > :06:44.terrorism is working together politically and in every other way

:06:45. > :06:48.to ensure that our democratic values, the rule of law, human

:06:49. > :06:55.rights are all upheld in every way that they can and we must rededicate

:06:56. > :06:58.ourselves to that in the future. I absolutely agree with the right

:06:59. > :07:03.honourable gentleman. We are able to be here today because of the bravery

:07:04. > :07:07.of our police officers. He also refers rightly to mothers of the

:07:08. > :07:11.emergency services and the public and the staff of this House and

:07:12. > :07:16.Parliament, who calmly went about their job to end sure that everybody

:07:17. > :07:21.was safe yesterday. And as he has said, and he has referred to the

:07:22. > :07:26.experience in Northern Ireland, the way to defeat terrorism is by

:07:27. > :07:35.working together and by upholding our democratic values.

:07:36. > :07:37.As a backbencher is seems to me that both the Prime Minister and the

:07:38. > :07:40.leaders of the opposition parties have set exactly the right tone

:07:41. > :07:43.today and proven it is values which unite this kingdom. When this

:07:44. > :07:47.chamber was completely destroyed in the war, Mr Churchill and Mr Attlee

:07:48. > :07:51.decided not a single day would pass without us carrying on our work. The

:07:52. > :07:55.Prime Minister showed today and her opposite number has shown today that

:07:56. > :08:01.the best way to defeat terrorism is to prove that we will not be moved

:08:02. > :08:05.from our values and our place. My honourable friend is absolutely

:08:06. > :08:11.right. He refers to a specific example in the past when once again

:08:12. > :08:18.Parliament upheld our democracy, and showed our values in the face of

:08:19. > :08:22.evil and we continue to do it today. Mr Alan Johnson. The Prime Minister

:08:23. > :08:28.is dealing with this outrage in a calm and assured way. Does she agree

:08:29. > :08:35.with me that an effective counterterrorism strategy, designed

:08:36. > :08:40.to prepare, protect and pursue would be inadequate without the strand of

:08:41. > :08:45.prevent? And in that vein, will she assure the House that across all 43

:08:46. > :08:51.constabularies, there will be neighbourhood policing teams visible

:08:52. > :08:58.to and contactable by the public, which is a crucial strand in feeding

:08:59. > :09:00.information on terrorism to the counterterrorism organisations? The

:09:01. > :09:04.right honourable gentleman was right, and as he will know from his

:09:05. > :09:08.experience, our counterterrorism strategy does indeed embody those

:09:09. > :09:13.four pillars within it, including the pillar of prevent. And the

:09:14. > :09:17.action that is taken to prevent terrorism, to prevent violent

:09:18. > :09:22.extremism and prevent extremism will come in many forms. What is

:09:23. > :09:25.important, of course, is that individuals within communities feel

:09:26. > :09:29.they are able to give information when they are concerned about

:09:30. > :09:32.somebody within their community or concerned about somebody perhaps

:09:33. > :09:36.within their family and what is happening to them and it is

:09:37. > :09:40.important that there are those opportunities for them, and there

:09:41. > :09:43.will be a variety of means. Some through policing, some through other

:09:44. > :09:46.opportunities where people can go and give that information, not just

:09:47. > :09:50.to the protection of us all but to the benefit of the individual

:09:51. > :09:55.concerned. May I commend the Prime Minister on

:09:56. > :09:59.her very fitting statement. When police officers die, they leave

:10:00. > :10:03.behind husbands, wives, sons and daughters. The police dependents'

:10:04. > :10:07.trust was set up to support the dependence of police officers killed

:10:08. > :10:13.or injured on duty following the brutal murder of three police

:10:14. > :10:20.officers in Shepherd's Bush in 1966. With the prime Mr join me in

:10:21. > :10:26.encouraging people to donate to the police dependents' trust? I am very

:10:27. > :10:31.happy to encourage people to do exactly as my honourable friend has

:10:32. > :10:37.suggested. It is a valuable organisation providing help and

:10:38. > :10:41.support. The families who are left behind have to live forever with

:10:42. > :10:49.what for us has been an act of bravery for their family member, but

:10:50. > :10:54.for them is a tragedy and a trauma. Yvette Cooper. I to welcome the

:10:55. > :10:58.Prime Minister's words as she speaks for all of us with the backing of

:10:59. > :11:03.all parties today, and she was right to say this was an attempted attack

:11:04. > :11:08.on parliament and democracy, that failed because of the bravery of PC

:11:09. > :11:14.Keith Palmer, who gave his life doing a job with others to keep

:11:15. > :11:20.people safe. It was also an attempted violent cowardly attack on

:11:21. > :11:24.our freedom, by mowing down people who were just walking along a

:11:25. > :11:28.bridge. As our hearts go out to them, would she agree that that

:11:29. > :11:32.attack on freedom also fails, not just because of communities'

:11:33. > :11:37.resilience and determination, but also perhaps because of the unique

:11:38. > :11:41.partnership we have in this country between the police and communities

:11:42. > :11:46.of all faiths across all parts of the country, and that partnership

:11:47. > :11:52.working will be crucial to making sure the terrorists never win. The

:11:53. > :11:57.right honourable lady is right. It was a cowardly attack as she said.

:11:58. > :12:02.Parliament has particularly focused on the attempt to attack here in

:12:03. > :12:06.parliament, but the mowing down of innocent men, women and children,

:12:07. > :12:10.who were just going about their business in a variety of ways, but

:12:11. > :12:16.many of whom had come here as tourists to enjoy the great delights

:12:17. > :12:19.of this wonderful city, was an absolutely cowardly and appalling

:12:20. > :12:24.act, and we do need to ensure, we have I think a unique bond between

:12:25. > :12:31.our police and their communities, and that is important that that

:12:32. > :12:37.partnership and that bond continues. Mr Philip Davies. Can I commend the

:12:38. > :12:40.Prime Minister's statement and can I commend the Prime Minister for her

:12:41. > :12:45.reassuring dignity and resolve that she showed. She has shown why she is

:12:46. > :12:50.proving to be a good Prime Minister and why we are proud to have her as

:12:51. > :12:54.our Prime Minister. Of course, our hearts go out to the victims and we

:12:55. > :12:58.honour the police who risked their lives every day to keep us safe and

:12:59. > :13:04.unfortunately, too often give up their lives to keep us safe. Can the

:13:05. > :13:08.Prime Minister assure us that she will make sure the police forces up

:13:09. > :13:11.and down the country and the security services will always have

:13:12. > :13:17.the resources that they need in order to carry out their job of

:13:18. > :13:21.keeping us all safe? I thank my honourable friend for his comments.

:13:22. > :13:27.And indeed, as I indicated in Maesteg and, we have taken steps to

:13:28. > :13:31.enhance resources available for our security and intelligence agencies,

:13:32. > :13:35.and to protect the resources available for our police forces,

:13:36. > :13:38.particularly working in the counterterrorism area. We have

:13:39. > :13:44.looked in recent times to increase, as I indicated earlier, the number

:13:45. > :13:48.of armed response vehicles available, and that is not just here

:13:49. > :13:54.but in other parts of the country as well. Of course, we constantly look

:13:55. > :14:00.at making sure our response is appropriate, but we are very

:14:01. > :14:05.conscious of the job that our police do day in, day out and we give them

:14:06. > :14:09.the support that they need. I speak for my party Plaid Cymru and

:14:10. > :14:14.also commend the Prime Minister on the words she has given us today. I

:14:15. > :14:20.also want to say that us here today, this is not a show of defiance, it

:14:21. > :14:25.is a show of respect for the dead and the injured. Respect to our

:14:26. > :14:30.duty, respect to democracy and our duty to our constituents. One man

:14:31. > :14:36.cannot shut down a city and one man cannot lock down democracy. Does she

:14:37. > :14:43.also agree that we must not react to such a warped ideology with unworthy

:14:44. > :14:47.responses? I think what is absolutely appropriate is the

:14:48. > :14:51.response that this House has shown today. It has shown gratitude for

:14:52. > :14:55.the bravery of our police and emergency services. It has shown

:14:56. > :14:59.respect and concern for those who have been the victims of the

:15:00. > :15:06.terrible attacks which took place. But also it has shown normality, and

:15:07. > :15:13.I think that is what is important as we defied the terrorists, and as we

:15:14. > :15:17.work to defeat them. Mr Nigel Evans. Mr Speaker, I thank the Prime

:15:18. > :15:22.Minister for her statement. Over 25 years, well, I had been an MP for 25

:15:23. > :15:25.years, and I have seen the police play many roles around the Palace of

:15:26. > :15:30.Westminster. One is to give advice to members of the public about where

:15:31. > :15:35.to go. On other occasions, none of us can have passed the gates without

:15:36. > :15:38.seeing members of the public having their photographs taken with the

:15:39. > :15:43.police. It is one of the things that they do. And one of the other things

:15:44. > :15:49.they do is to protect our democracy which we saw yesterday with brutal

:15:50. > :15:54.consequences. I'm very proud of the police and everything they do in

:15:55. > :16:02.defending our democracy. Keith Palmer was one of us. The police to

:16:03. > :16:06.protect us one of us. I hope that at one stage, the tribute to Keith and

:16:07. > :16:11.the police that we are here today and our proceedings are going on. We

:16:12. > :16:17.have the arch which has been spoken about the four which is a lasting

:16:18. > :16:21.memorial to those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for our

:16:22. > :16:25.democracy, and I do hope that at an appropriate time, with discussion

:16:26. > :16:29.with the family, that we also may be able to look at a lasting memorial

:16:30. > :16:32.to Keith in order that each and everyone of us know that there are

:16:33. > :16:37.people putting their lives on the line for our democracy today. I

:16:38. > :16:42.thank my honourable friend and I'm sure the House authorities wish to

:16:43. > :16:48.consider the point he has made. If I may reflect on his earlier remarks,

:16:49. > :16:52.I think it is a particular characteristic of policing here in

:16:53. > :16:56.the United Kingdom, that our police are able to have that link and that

:16:57. > :17:00.bond with members of the public, at the same time as they are doing that

:17:01. > :17:05.very difficult job of keeping us safe. We see it so often when major

:17:06. > :17:10.events take place, Royal weddings, the Olympics and so forth, but

:17:11. > :17:15.actually, he is absolutely right, we see it day in, day out here in this

:17:16. > :17:26.parliamentary estate. Mr Hilary Benn.

:17:27. > :17:30.Thank you. As we mourn those who were so cruelly cut down yesterday,

:17:31. > :17:32.give our grateful thanks to the police and the emergency and

:17:33. > :17:34.security services for their exemplary courage and devotion to

:17:35. > :17:37.duty, and show was a country by our determination to carry on, that we

:17:38. > :17:41.will not be cowed, as the prime and the birds are eloquently, does she

:17:42. > :17:46.agree that we will also need to show the same determination to stand up

:17:47. > :17:52.to anyone who seeks to sow division or stir up hatred in the wake of the

:17:53. > :17:58.Howard Lee attacks -- as the Prime Minister put it so eloquently. We

:17:59. > :18:04.must be very clear that the voices of evil and hate must not divide us

:18:05. > :18:09.and that must be a very clear message from this House today.

:18:10. > :18:13.Whilst our hearts go to all those people who were wounded and murdered

:18:14. > :18:17.yesterday and to all the people who sought to help them, with your

:18:18. > :18:23.indulgence I would like to turn for just a moment to PC Keith Palmer who

:18:24. > :18:30.I first met 25 years ago as Gunnar Keith Palmer at headquarters battery

:18:31. > :18:36.100 Regiment Royal Artillery. He was a strong professional public

:18:37. > :18:44.servant. And it was a delight to meet him here again only a few

:18:45. > :18:48.months after being elected. Would my right honourable friend the Prime

:18:49. > :18:56.Minister, in recognition of the work that he did, and the other police

:18:57. > :19:04.officers and public servants here in the house do, consider recognising

:19:05. > :19:15.his gallantry and sacrifice formally with a posthumous recognition? I

:19:16. > :19:19.thank my honourable friend for the obvious compassion and the passion

:19:20. > :19:23.with which he has spoken about an individual he knew, and he bears

:19:24. > :19:27.witness to the tremendous public service that Keith Palmer has given

:19:28. > :19:33.this country in so many ways, and having served in our Armed Forces,

:19:34. > :19:38.and then come here to this place, and paid the ultimate sacrifice here

:19:39. > :19:44.at our heart of democracy, I can assure my honourable friend that the

:19:45. > :19:54.issue he has raised is of course one which will be considered in due

:19:55. > :19:58.course. Obviously yesterday we saw absolutely the best of security,

:19:59. > :20:03.policing and emergency services, but I would just make a small fleet

:20:04. > :20:08.going forward, yesterday we also saw the camaraderie that got people

:20:09. > :20:13.through the locked down. We had staff stuck in offices all over the

:20:14. > :20:17.estate. As we go forward, if people can take the bravery and

:20:18. > :20:22.determination of yesterday, but remember to talk among themselves,

:20:23. > :20:27.support their staff and not bury any feelings of fear from yesterday, but

:20:28. > :20:38.to let that out, so that there is absolutely no scar remnant within

:20:39. > :20:40.this place as we go forward? The honourable lady has made a very

:20:41. > :20:45.important point. It is too easy for us to come to this chamber, to

:20:46. > :20:48.rightly show the gratitude for the bravery of those who protect us, but

:20:49. > :20:53.to forget that for all our staff who were caught up in this, this could

:20:54. > :20:57.have lasting impacts, and I think it is important that we do make, and I

:20:58. > :21:01.understand that there are moves afoot, to ensure that the staff, as

:21:02. > :21:07.I said in my staff, that members are able to access help and support

:21:08. > :21:09.should they wish to do that. But actually, just allowing people to

:21:10. > :21:19.talk about what happened is often the best remedy. And Mr Speaker, can

:21:20. > :21:22.I thank the Prime Minister for her statement this morning and her

:21:23. > :21:27.message last night in Downing Street? Canales is a former

:21:28. > :21:32.Metropolitan Police officer, pass my condolences personally to Constable

:21:33. > :21:36.Palmer's family and also to the pedestrians and everyone involved

:21:37. > :21:42.yesterday. A summary who served on the counterterrorism command in the

:21:43. > :21:48.1980s here in London, when the IRA and other Middle Eastern groups were

:21:49. > :21:52.bombing London, I know only too well the challenge which is faced by the

:21:53. > :21:55.police. I know the Prime Minister has already been asked about

:21:56. > :22:00.resourcing, but can I reinforce that by asking that in the area of

:22:01. > :22:06.counterterrorism, that the Met police, indeed all police forces,

:22:07. > :22:11.and the security services generally should want for nothing? I can

:22:12. > :22:19.reassure my honourable friend that we did do this major exercise of

:22:20. > :22:23.looking at the resources that should be available for counterterrorism,

:22:24. > :22:27.across all aspects of dealing with counterterrorism. This is about the

:22:28. > :22:30.security and intelligence agencies and about the police, but also there

:22:31. > :22:34.are other parts of government which have a role to play in

:22:35. > :22:38.counterterrorism as well and extra resources are going in as I

:22:39. > :22:42.indicated in my statement. Of course, we do want to ensure that

:22:43. > :22:45.all those who are involved in acting against terrorism have the support

:22:46. > :22:53.they need to do the job that we want them to do.

:22:54. > :22:57.Could I associate myself with the prime Mr's words and those of my

:22:58. > :23:02.right honourable friend the Leader of the Opposition -- the Prime

:23:03. > :23:09.Minister's words. Would she accept this is not about the personal

:23:10. > :23:14.security of us as members of Parliament or the security of this

:23:15. > :23:18.building. PC Keith Palmer died defending the values of free people

:23:19. > :23:24.everywhere, and isn't the proper response over the coming days, as

:23:25. > :23:32.more facts emerge, that we stand firm for those selfsame values of

:23:33. > :23:35.free people everywhere? The honourable gentleman is absolutely

:23:36. > :23:40.right. It is not about individuals in this House or this building, it

:23:41. > :23:45.is what we stand for and we should stand absolutely firm in those

:23:46. > :23:49.values. May I start off by commending the

:23:50. > :23:54.Prime Minister on a very powerful speech, particularly the tone with

:23:55. > :24:00.which it was delivered. Yesterday, we saw an attack on the centre of

:24:01. > :24:06.democracy, and also an attack on the citizens of ten countries. The

:24:07. > :24:12.message that we need to take away from here is this ideology, this

:24:13. > :24:16.evil ideology is not only an attack on Western countries and the values

:24:17. > :24:20.we hold so dear, but it is an evil which seeks to destroy the way of

:24:21. > :24:28.life across the globe. And I hope that the message will go out to all

:24:29. > :24:34.decent and civilised countries, that we must all redouble our resolve to

:24:35. > :24:38.deal with this evil. I say to my honourable friend that I have been

:24:39. > :24:42.struck by the number of messages I have received, the number of foreign

:24:43. > :24:48.leaders who I have spoken to, who have been absolutely clear at this

:24:49. > :24:51.time that we stand together as he says, in defiance but also in

:24:52. > :24:59.ensuring that we will defeat this evil. Regarding the immense bravery

:25:00. > :25:03.of everyone yesterday, should we not recognise that terror attacks are

:25:04. > :25:11.likely to continue for years to come and this country is not unique, let

:25:12. > :25:15.alone -- in Europe let alone elsewhere, and having onslaughts

:25:16. > :25:19.against them? But regarding what the Prime Minister has just said, can I

:25:20. > :25:22.tell her that during the sustained IRA bombing, I did not receive

:25:23. > :25:27.during all those years as a member of Parliament, I did not receive any

:25:28. > :25:32.letters at all, or anyone come to my surgery telling me that we should

:25:33. > :25:39.change our policy in combating terrorism. And I have to say, it

:25:40. > :25:43.illustrates once again our people are simply not appeasers. The

:25:44. > :25:47.honourable gentleman is right. I believe the British public stand

:25:48. > :25:51.with this parliament in wanting to see us in defiance of the

:25:52. > :25:54.terrorists, defeating the terrorists, and showing that it is

:25:55. > :25:59.the values of democracy and the rule of law, the values of free people

:26:00. > :26:03.everywhere, that underpin our way of life. I think people recognise that

:26:04. > :26:09.and they want to see this House endorsing that.

:26:10. > :26:12.I support all that the Prime Minister has said and done and my

:26:13. > :26:18.thoughts are with all those who have been affected by this evil act. The

:26:19. > :26:23.assistant Police Commissioner in 2016 said two people a day are being

:26:24. > :26:32.turned away from extremism, and that it is often members of the

:26:33. > :26:35.individual's on community who are alerting the authorities. Can I ask

:26:36. > :26:40.what further steps we are taking to engage with all our communities so

:26:41. > :26:45.that we can work together to defeat nonviolent extremism which often

:26:46. > :26:49.leads to violent extremism? My honourable friend is right, it is

:26:50. > :26:52.important that we defeat that extremism and deal with it at that

:26:53. > :26:57.early stage, and there is a lot of work that is being done within

:26:58. > :27:01.communities, working with communities. Obviously, there is

:27:02. > :27:07.work that the police do to encourage people within communities to come

:27:08. > :27:10.forward with information, when it is to do so, when they have those

:27:11. > :27:13.concerns, and that is important, that people need to have the

:27:14. > :27:19.confidence of feeling that they can do that and it is important to

:27:20. > :27:23.create the environment within communities when people feel, when

:27:24. > :27:32.there are those who are trying to destroy our way of life, and they

:27:33. > :27:35.feel able to take action about that. But my honourable friend is right,

:27:36. > :27:40.bringing communities together is an important part of the work that the

:27:41. > :27:46.government is doing. I had intended to call another burning a member who

:27:47. > :27:50.has sadly left the chamber. In the absence of that honourable member,

:27:51. > :27:55.let's hear the voice of Jack Dromey. Can I thank the Prime Minister for

:27:56. > :28:00.her leadership in a bleak moment for our country. As a brave guardian of

:28:01. > :28:03.Parliament, Keith Palmer fought for his life yesterday. The right

:28:04. > :28:07.honourable member for Bournemouth East fought to save his life, and

:28:08. > :28:12.can I say about the right honourable member, he is one of Parliament's

:28:13. > :28:18.finest. Can I also ask the Prime Minister this, in backing our police

:28:19. > :28:23.to defeat terrorism, does she believe we should heed their wise

:28:24. > :28:29.words, that to demonise and divide is to play right into the hands of

:28:30. > :28:35.the evil that is terrorism? We should not be it making any attempt

:28:36. > :28:41.to demonise individual communities. What we should recognise is it is

:28:42. > :28:46.individuals who are terrorists, that they are adhering to a warped

:28:47. > :28:51.ideology, warped ideology of evil. And that is true whatever the origin

:28:52. > :28:55.of the terrorism and there are different ideologies and this House

:28:56. > :29:00.has been struck before, as we know, and has felt terrorism of a

:29:01. > :29:05.different sort hitting at a member of this House, so we must make sure

:29:06. > :29:10.we do not demonise communities but we work with them to identify and

:29:11. > :29:17.isolate those who wish to do us harm. Andrew Bridgen. In the wake of

:29:18. > :29:20.yesterday's evil, tragic but not wholly unexpected attack on this

:29:21. > :29:25.place, as the Prime Minister said there will be a review of the

:29:26. > :29:29.response of our excellent police and security services. But does my right

:29:30. > :29:33.honourable friend agree with me, that in an open and free democracy

:29:34. > :29:38.such as ours, there is always going to be a balance between our security

:29:39. > :29:43.and public access and the transparency of our democracy, and

:29:44. > :29:48.if that balance is not maintained, then unfortunately the terrorists

:29:49. > :29:52.will have won? My honourable friend is absolutely right. It is a

:29:53. > :29:58.balance, we live in an open and free democracy. We want members of the

:29:59. > :30:01.public to have access to members of their representatives and four

:30:02. > :30:05.months of this place to have easy access to this place. That is part

:30:06. > :30:09.of how we operate. It is important as we look ahead and we ask that

:30:10. > :30:13.question whether there is anything more that needs to be done, we

:30:14. > :30:17.recognise that we should not in anyway destroy the values that

:30:18. > :30:19.underpin our democracy, because if we do that, as he says, the

:30:20. > :30:30.terrorists will have won. I want to agree with everything that

:30:31. > :30:36.every member has said. But can I add thanks to two more groups of people

:30:37. > :30:41.who haven't been mentioned. The staff at Westminster Abbey who

:30:42. > :30:46.received people who were left from this house and also the firearms

:30:47. > :30:51.officer who actually acted in a way that he had been trained to, but

:30:52. > :30:56.probably never expected to and we owe him our thanks. The Prime

:30:57. > :31:03.Minister knows better than any of us that this sort of attack, it looks

:31:04. > :31:08.like a lone wolf kind of attack, is the hardest for our Security

:31:09. > :31:13.Services to prevent. Its prevention as her remarks have made clear, is

:31:14. > :31:19.best achieved by us celebrating our values. The values which meant that

:31:20. > :31:23.among the victims there were people of eleven different nationalities,

:31:24. > :31:30.our openness, our democracy, what can she do to help ensure that

:31:31. > :31:33.everybody in Britain, every child, everyone of every religion is given

:31:34. > :31:38.the opportunity to learn about those values and to celebrate them,

:31:39. > :31:44.because I think that's the best way to keep us safe. May I join the

:31:45. > :31:48.honourable lady in commending as she has said, the staff of Westminster

:31:49. > :31:52.Abbey, who played a role in supporting people from Parliament

:31:53. > :31:59.yesterday. But also she says the firearms officer. Who acted we know

:32:00. > :32:03.had to make a split second decision about what to do. It is not an easy

:32:04. > :32:08.job. It is difficult. They are trained to do it. But when the point

:32:09. > :32:13.comes, it is a difficult decision to take. But we are grateful that he

:32:14. > :32:17.did that and with the consequences that we know. It is important that

:32:18. > :32:21.we celebrate those values. That is an important element of us

:32:22. > :32:27.countering the extremist is to ensure that the values that we share

:32:28. > :32:32.are championed, but are resolutely put forward. It is for all of us,

:32:33. > :32:36.the honourable lady asks what I can would do, but actually I think it is

:32:37. > :32:39.for everybody in this House as we go about our business as members of

:32:40. > :32:48.Parliament to encourage that celebration of the values that we

:32:49. > :32:53.share. Can I commend my honourable friend for the resolute, brave and

:32:54. > :32:58.courageous way she stood up for our country and how proud we are of her.

:32:59. > :33:03.Does she a I degree with me that one -- agree with me that one terrorist

:33:04. > :33:09.will not destroy our country, ten will not destroy our country, ten

:33:10. > :33:13.thousand will not destroy our country, no amount of terrorists

:33:14. > :33:17.will ever destroy our way of life, because they're trying to destroy

:33:18. > :33:23.what we represent, freedom and democracy. My honourable friend is

:33:24. > :33:29.right, terrorism will not destroy our way of life. It will not win. We

:33:30. > :33:33.up hold those values and they underpin our way of life, they are

:33:34. > :33:41.what the terrorists are trying to attack. Ha the terrorists dislike,

:33:42. > :33:45.but we must ensure that we uphold those values and no number of

:33:46. > :33:54.terrorists will defeat this place or defeat those values. PC Keith Palmer

:33:55. > :33:58.didn't return home from work yesterday to his family, so the rest

:33:59. > :34:02.of us in this House could. We should never forget that sacrifice and

:34:03. > :34:06.every day we should pass our thanks to the staff, security of this House

:34:07. > :34:09.and the emergency services. And I wonder if I could ask the Prime

:34:10. > :34:15.Minister to join my in cherishing what happened here yesterday with

:34:16. > :34:18.staff coming to together, who were terrified and all supporting each

:34:19. > :34:23.other and in itself is way to say to terrorism that it will never win.

:34:24. > :34:28.No, I join the honourable gentleman in, as he says, I think the way that

:34:29. > :34:36.people came together, they showed that camaraderie and support each

:34:37. > :34:42.other at what was a difficult time. And that was a very important

:34:43. > :34:46.message to the terrorists. It is reported that what happened

:34:47. > :34:50.yesterday was an act of Islamic terror, will the Prime Minister

:34:51. > :35:03.agree with me that what happened was not Islamic, just as

:35:04. > :35:15.the murder of AirieN Neave was not Christian. Yes it is not Islamic, it

:35:16. > :35:22.is a perversion of a great faith. I would like to pay tribute to the

:35:23. > :35:25.Prime Minister and wish her well and the cabinet well. Can I echo

:35:26. > :35:31.everything that has been said about those who have been killed and their

:35:32. > :35:36.families and the victims. Can I ask the Prime Minister that every effort

:35:37. > :35:40.will be made to support the victims and their families and also the

:35:41. > :35:44.police officer whose role it was to stop the terrorist in the end? I can

:35:45. > :35:49.assure the honourable gentleman that that support will be available. Of

:35:50. > :35:54.course for those who have been affected by the attacks for those

:35:55. > :35:57.who have been injured and the bereaved families, the Metropolitan

:35:58. > :36:02.Police have already in place support arrangement necessary. But I have

:36:03. > :36:04.also asked government to look at what further support can be

:36:05. > :36:09.available for victims in a wider sense. There will be people who may

:36:10. > :36:13.not have been physically injured by the attack yesterday, but perhaps

:36:14. > :36:19.were caught up in it and for whom there may be other scars and it is

:36:20. > :36:25.important we provide that support. Parliament is a very different place

:36:26. > :36:29.this morning. Coming in I realised that millions of people live with

:36:30. > :36:34.the after effects of terrorism avp it was almost within the hour

:36:35. > :36:36.yesterday that in my summing up to the Foreign Office minister, I said

:36:37. > :36:42.I understand his experience of terrorism is something that is not

:36:43. > :36:44.known to the rest of us. I could repeat that assertion again this

:36:45. > :36:48.morning about his experience yesterday afternoon. Does the Prime

:36:49. > :36:53.Minister agree with me that we should use the honours system to

:36:54. > :36:58.recognise those people who made a contribution yesterday, including

:36:59. > :37:02.the member for Bournemouth east. As I have indicated, I think proper

:37:03. > :37:05.consideration will be given to the issue that my honourable friend

:37:06. > :37:11.raises. But if I may just say about my honourable friend the member for

:37:12. > :37:16.Bournemouth East, who I spoke to yesterday, I think we should all

:37:17. > :37:22.recognise that not only did he show huge professionalism in putting his

:37:23. > :37:27.past training to the use and the hope that he had of rescuing the

:37:28. > :37:34.life of PC Keith Palmer, but of course it was in the middle of a

:37:35. > :37:38.terrorist attack and he is somebody who knows the trauma and tragedy of

:37:39. > :37:45.losing somebody in a terrorist attack. I very much associate myself

:37:46. > :37:52.with the statement the Prime Minister and everyone has made. And

:37:53. > :37:57.pay tribute to all of those involved we. Atds the sister of a police

:37:58. > :38:01.officer -- as the sister of a police officer in uniform, none of us know

:38:02. > :38:10.when they go out in the morning what they're going to face. ? I have to

:38:11. > :38:18.say yesterday hit hard for those of us with family in uniform. I'm

:38:19. > :38:23.pleased she will giving help to those affected. When I was Home

:38:24. > :38:27.Secretary, there were two events that brought home the commitment and

:38:28. > :38:31.bravery and dedication of police officers, one was the national

:38:32. > :38:35.police service memorial day when the police recognise those who have

:38:36. > :38:39.fallen and the other was the police bravery awards when groups of police

:38:40. > :38:46.officers are recognised for brave acts they have undertaken. What

:38:47. > :38:50.always struck me and I'm sure other members was the matter of fact way

:38:51. > :38:56.in which our police officers would, whatever they had done, whoever they

:38:57. > :39:01.had dealt with, whatever action they had had to take, whatever injuries

:39:02. > :39:08.they had suffered would just say they were doing their job. We owe

:39:09. > :39:13.them a very great deal. Can I thank the Prime Minister for the tone with

:39:14. > :39:18.which she has reaebgted. She has spoken for the nation in this

:39:19. > :39:22.moment. Yesterday, many of us were gathered in Westminster Abbey, in

:39:23. > :39:33.lock down, in a stunning moment, people from left and right, people

:39:34. > :39:40.from Muslim, Hindu and Christian faiths and none. Could I support

:39:41. > :39:45.those who reminded us this is not a an act of faith, it is an act of

:39:46. > :39:49.distortion of faith and it we will defend the values we cherish. My

:39:50. > :39:55.honourable friend is right, I think it is, it shows the importance of

:39:56. > :39:59.all of our faiths working together and recognising the values that we

:40:00. > :40:05.share and as he says this act of terror was not an act of faith, it

:40:06. > :40:14.was an a perverse, a warped ideology, which leads to an act of

:40:15. > :40:18.terrorism and it will not prevail. My prayers are those who were

:40:19. > :40:23.injured and lost their lives and their family and particularly P

:40:24. > :40:28.xrchlt Keith Palmer, who made the ultimate accusifies. This attacker

:40:29. > :40:33.and -- that he had the ultimate sacrifice. This attacker is not of

:40:34. > :40:36.my religion or community and we should attack all those, because

:40:37. > :40:41.they're not of religion. If they were of religion they wouldn't be

:40:42. > :40:45.carrying acts like this. We have to stay united and show them they can't

:40:46. > :40:52.win on these grounds and we are here to stay. May I commend the

:40:53. > :40:56.honourable gentleman for comments he has made and the stance he has

:40:57. > :41:03.taken. He has been very clear that this is not of his religion. It is a

:41:04. > :41:11.perverse, it is a warped evil mentality that leads to these acts

:41:12. > :41:16.of terror. Could I join in saluting my honourable friend and fellow

:41:17. > :41:23.Dorset member for his bravery yesterday. It is a hall mark of his

:41:24. > :41:29.character, he stands below the bar of the house today. Would he agree

:41:30. > :41:35.with these words written by a worker on the London Underground yesterday

:41:36. > :41:41.and penned on a public notice board, my judgment is he or she speaks for

:41:42. > :41:45.the whole country, irrespective of faith and creed, all terrorists are

:41:46. > :41:57.reminded that this is London and whatever you do to us, we will drink

:41:58. > :42:05.tea and jolly well carry on! I think that is a wonderful tribute and if a

:42:06. > :42:12.very simple way I think has encapsulated everything everybody in

:42:13. > :42:17.this House has said today. Like many members I have walked through the

:42:18. > :42:21.carriage gate and said a small prayer for the safety of those who

:42:22. > :42:28.stand there to protect us and will now add a prayer for the soul of PC

:42:29. > :42:33.Keith Palmer. Among the bravery we saw yesterday and the

:42:34. > :42:38.professionalism and I say this as a former teacher, were the actions of

:42:39. > :42:44.the teacher, both nose those injured in the attack and those kept here in

:42:45. > :42:48.the lock down and kept those children calm on a day they saw,

:42:49. > :42:53.witnessed and heard of things that they should never have to see. The

:42:54. > :42:56.honourable gentleman is right, it is, it must have been particularly

:42:57. > :43:00.difficult for those children who were here and being caught up in

:43:01. > :43:05.this. The work of, we should commend the work of their teachers in

:43:06. > :43:10.offering them that reassurance and calm and recognise particularly the

:43:11. > :43:15.role of the French teachers, of the French group, the last thing you

:43:16. > :43:18.expect when you bring a group of young people to another country is

:43:19. > :43:23.something terrible like that is going to happen. Of course, they

:43:24. > :43:27.would have acted to support and will be continuing to support the other

:43:28. > :43:35.members of that group who have been through this trauma. As we were

:43:36. > :43:39.evacuated yesterday, I too met several school groups who had been

:43:40. > :43:41.involved with visits that had been organised by the Parliamentary

:43:42. > :43:52.education service. Does my honourable friend agree that such

:43:53. > :43:56.visits are vital and help provide an antidote to hatred. Yes and they're

:43:57. > :44:01.important in helping to promote the values we share. The honourable

:44:02. > :44:06.lady, the member for Slough asked me about how we can ensure we promote

:44:07. > :44:08.those values, I think that work that Parliament does in bringing in

:44:09. > :44:12.children and showing them the work of Parliament and values of our

:44:13. > :44:19.democracy is an important part of that. My thoughts are with PC

:44:20. > :44:25.Palmer's family and the families of all those who were victims of

:44:26. > :44:30.yesterday's terrorist attacks. We are so grateful to the emergency

:44:31. > :44:33.services and etch who protect -- everyone who protect us. The Prime

:44:34. > :44:41.Minister speaks for the whole country in her message of unity,

:44:42. > :44:46.does she agree with me that the painstaking work begins now for all

:44:47. > :44:50.of us in our constituencies in providing reassurances and

:44:51. > :44:56.maintaining that unity, because it is in the days after an vent like

:44:57. > :45:04.what's happened that we have to be vigilant against those who try to

:45:05. > :45:07.exploit these kinds of attacks and cause backlashes and intolerance

:45:08. > :45:13.against different communities. The role of the media is critical in

:45:14. > :45:19.ensuring that we maintain our resilience and that sense of

:45:20. > :45:25.definals -- defines and solidarity. The honourable lady is right, there

:45:26. > :45:34.is an immediate focus on the event, but of course as he says it is in

:45:35. > :45:41.the days after that some may try to sow hatred. I would like to thank

:45:42. > :45:46.the Prime Minister for h her statement and to offer condelenses

:45:47. > :45:49.to all affected. As a former armed forces family I know at this time it

:45:50. > :45:55.is more important to show our resolve. I also hope that we will

:45:56. > :46:04.continue to support alaffected -- all affected. Although trauma may

:46:05. > :46:10.not impact straight awashings -- away it may have long-term fbgts.

:46:11. > :46:14.Effects. The honourable lady makes a good point. Over time with a number

:46:15. > :46:19.of incidents we have come to learn more about the importance of

:46:20. > :46:24.providing that support, that is not just about an immediate reaction,

:46:25. > :46:27.but for some the impact of an attack can kick in quite a while later.

:46:28. > :46:32.That is why we are looking at the support that is available for

:46:33. > :46:36.victims. I commend my honourable friend's statement and hope she will

:46:37. > :46:40.agree that Britain's police force is the greatest in the world and for

:46:41. > :46:51.those of us who served as police officers, I pay tribute to PC Keith

:46:52. > :46:57.Palmer, who was stood serving this house unarmed when duty call and he

:46:58. > :47:01.paid the ultimate sacrifice. These lone wolf type attacks are difficult

:47:02. > :47:07.to defend against, what can be done to make sure this does not happen

:47:08. > :47:15.again? In terms of protective security, work will be done with the

:47:16. > :47:19.Parliamentary estate. But the best way of defeating terrorist is

:47:20. > :47:23.through intelligence and finding information about the potential for

:47:24. > :47:29.attacks taking place in advance and preventing them as I said, since

:47:30. > :47:34.June 2013, 13 plots have been disrupted. That is due to the hard

:47:35. > :47:38.work of the our police and security and intelligence agencies. They work

:47:39. > :47:44.day in and out to keep us safe and will continue to do so. I think

:47:45. > :47:47.everyone who works on the Parliamentary estate has considered

:47:48. > :47:51.what they would do if a day like yesterday ever happened. For those

:47:52. > :47:55.who work with families on site it is of particular concern. I wonder if

:47:56. > :48:00.the Prime Minister would join me in saying a specific word for the staff

:48:01. > :48:05.at the House of Commons nursery for their actions. Many can attest to

:48:06. > :48:09.looking after one toddler for a number of hours is not easy, but

:48:10. > :48:12.they looked after the children in difficult circumstances and kept in

:48:13. > :48:18.touch with some very worried parents. I was in the nursery during

:48:19. > :48:21.the lock down and their action was much appreciated. Very happy to join

:48:22. > :48:26.the honourable gentleman in commending the work of staff of the

:48:27. > :48:30.nursery. It must have been very difficult with young children in an

:48:31. > :48:34.uncertain and difficult circumstance. I'm sure they did an

:48:35. > :48:42.excellent job and I'm happy to join him in commending the work they did.

:48:43. > :48:47.I join in all the tributes that have been paid, those of us that were

:48:48. > :48:51.locked down will pay tribute to your deputy, the chairman of ways and

:48:52. > :49:00.means and the leader of the House for their keeping calm and carrying

:49:01. > :49:03.on and I would pay tribute to the Hansard reporters who recorded three

:49:04. > :49:11.hours after the business had finished up to the adjournment. That

:49:12. > :49:14.is a tribute to our democracy. I would join the honourable gentleman

:49:15. > :49:19.in commending the actions of both the chairman of way and mean and the

:49:20. > :49:24.leader of the house yesterday who I think calmly was able to reassure

:49:25. > :49:27.members at a time when nobody knew everything about what was happening.

:49:28. > :49:36.There was limited information available. Thank you Mr Speaker,

:49:37. > :49:40.yesterday, showed us the worst of humanity but it showed us more the

:49:41. > :49:52.best of humanity, whether that was the member from Bournemouth east or

:49:53. > :49:58.the action of PC Palmer or the firearms officer. I have been

:49:59. > :50:01.touched in the last two days by the number of people from my

:50:02. > :50:06.constituency who have contacted of me of Christian, Jewish and Muslim

:50:07. > :50:11.faith and of no faith and particularly I want to pay tribute

:50:12. > :50:14.to the chairman of the mosques in Leeds, who contacted me to say his

:50:15. > :50:20.thought and prayers and of all the community in Leeds are with all of

:50:21. > :50:26.us at this difficult time and there will be prayers across our country

:50:27. > :50:30.in the days ahead. I join trade, I think all faith communities across

:50:31. > :50:34.this country will be becoming together and will as she says, be

:50:35. > :50:40.remembering those who have suffered as a result of those attack and in

:50:41. > :50:43.their coming together ensuring that they again show how, because they

:50:44. > :50:50.do, they represent those values that we have talked about, that are so

:50:51. > :50:58.important to our way of life. The Prime Minister has been exemplary on

:50:59. > :51:02.this. As she was on Hillsborough. The member for Ribble Valley was

:51:03. > :51:05.right to Tay that Keith was one of us. One of the things we saw

:51:06. > :51:11.yesterday was that the Parliamentary family is a big family and includes

:51:12. > :51:16.cooks and cleaners and clerks and door keepers and people who make our

:51:17. > :51:23.democracy function, who are in my ways more important than we are. We

:51:24. > :51:29.have, when an MP dies in action, a shield is put up or when they're

:51:30. > :51:34.killed like Ian Gou in a terrorist incident, they have a shield put up

:51:35. > :51:43.and sadly I hope soon there will be one for Jo Cox. It is time, whatever

:51:44. > :51:47.tribute there is play be, in the future, Keith's, Keith had a shield

:51:48. > :51:53.in this chamber. Because he was our shield and defender yesterday. I say

:51:54. > :51:58.to the honourable gentleman I think it is appropriate that PC Keith

:51:59. > :52:01.Palmer for his bravery and his act of sacrifice should be recognised in

:52:02. > :52:05.an appropriate way. The honourable gentleman will realise what that is

:52:06. > :52:13.is a matter for the House authorities. Thank you, yesterday on

:52:14. > :52:18.Wembridge and in New Palace Yard many members of public attempted to

:52:19. > :52:22.give life saving aid to the injured. Many will have asked the question

:52:23. > :52:25.about whether we would have had the skills had we been there, will the

:52:26. > :52:31.Prime Minister join me in encouraging those who seek to

:52:32. > :52:38.acquire those skills to do and and perhaps contact the St John's

:52:39. > :52:41.ambulance. My friend makes a good point and I would join him in that

:52:42. > :52:45.encouragement. I think there are probably the vast majority of

:52:46. > :52:50.members of the House would not have had the skills to be able to act in

:52:51. > :52:59.that way. It is a good message that more of us should acquire the

:53:00. > :53:09.skills. The aim of any terrorist is to exploit the natural and

:53:10. > :53:15.inevitable sense of public interest and sympathy to sow disunity and

:53:16. > :53:20.disruption and fear beyond the act, the physical act of terror, in

:53:21. > :53:23.building on her commendable words about the resolution of British

:53:24. > :53:28.people, does she think that we should also take time to reflect in

:53:29. > :53:36.is in chamber and outside it, including in the media, about how we

:53:37. > :53:42.can balance the public interest and the people's feelings of grief with

:53:43. > :53:45.seeking not to give oxygen or pub lilsty -- publicity to whatever

:53:46. > :53:55.cause it is that a terrorist seeks to promote? It is, this question of

:53:56. > :53:58.oxygen of publicity is an important one and we should reflect on the

:53:59. > :54:03.points that the honourable gentleman has made. He references the actions

:54:04. > :54:06.of media. We shouldn't forget, we have talked about people who were

:54:07. > :54:11.caught up in this yesterday, there were many journalists who were

:54:12. > :54:14.caught up either on the periphery of the Parliamentary estate or in the

:54:15. > :54:19.Parliamentary estate and continuing and doing their best to do their job

:54:20. > :54:25.in reporting faithfully what was happening. But I think how these

:54:26. > :54:30.matters are addressed, how these matters are reported, is an

:54:31. > :54:38.important consideration, as he says, we want to ensure is not possible to

:54:39. > :54:46.use these actions to encourage others or to sow division. I would

:54:47. > :54:49.add my condolences and my gratitude tho those expressed. Yesterday two

:54:50. > :54:53.of my constituents were caught up in the attacks, one op whom was eight

:54:54. > :54:58.months pregnant and they have asked me to pass on their gratitude and

:54:59. > :55:01.thanks to the House staff and the police for the consideration with

:55:02. > :55:07.which they were treated during the five hour lock down. Would the Prime

:55:08. > :55:12.Minister agree with me that just as we go about continue to go about our

:55:13. > :55:17.daily work, so those we represent must continue to see this House as

:55:18. > :55:23.their House, and must be encouraged to come here to see and participate

:55:24. > :55:28.in the democracy which puts our values into action. I think that is

:55:29. > :55:31.a very important point. It is part of our democracy that members of

:55:32. > :55:36.public, that the constituents we represent, are able to come to this

:55:37. > :55:41.place and learn about this place and also are able to access their

:55:42. > :55:47.representatives at this place and we should ensure that will always

:55:48. > :55:54.continue. My honourable friend has mentioned the House of Commons staff

:55:55. > :56:01.who were showing exemplary behaviour and I wanted to pay tribute to the

:56:02. > :56:07.manager who dealt with nervous parents. It is every part's worst

:56:08. > :56:14.nightmare and they stayed calm under an attack. May I add that people who

:56:15. > :56:21.commit acts of terrorism in the name of Islam do not speak for the

:56:22. > :56:26.Muslims is in country or this city and do not speak for me. I'm

:56:27. > :56:31.grateful for her words. Again for the warm way in which she has spoken

:56:32. > :56:36.of the actions of the House of Commons staff who were looking after

:56:37. > :56:40.children. But she is right, the terrorists do not speak in the name

:56:41. > :56:49.of the faith. Never a warped ideology. The murder who used both

:56:50. > :56:54.his car and also a knife as weapons of murder yesterday care not what

:56:55. > :56:59.the faith of the people he killed was or the nationality. Doesn't it

:57:00. > :57:04.say everything about why our values will prevail and the values of

:57:05. > :57:10.murder will not, that after the police had shot him, they attempted

:57:11. > :57:15.to save his life? I think it does show those values that underpin our

:57:16. > :57:19.way of life. That that was, the first thought that they did try to

:57:20. > :57:23.save the individual's life. That is what the police do. It is what they

:57:24. > :57:30.have done in previous incidents as well. And as he says, I think that

:57:31. > :57:38.shows the values that are at the heart of our society. Can I commend

:57:39. > :57:42.the Prime Minister for her strength of character and for her leadership

:57:43. > :57:48.at this time cometh the hour, cometh the woman. We thank you and we thank

:57:49. > :57:54.you others. The Prime Minister, at this moment we are all aware of

:57:55. > :58:00.review that will take place, the policy review will make

:58:01. > :58:04.recommendations, could I ask Prime Minister what assurance, or seek an

:58:05. > :58:13.assurance they will be conveyed to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh

:58:14. > :58:16.Assembly and the Irish Assembly and co-operation with the Irish

:58:17. > :58:20.republic. I thank the honourable gentleman for his comments. Any

:58:21. > :58:25.lessons learned here in this Parliamentary estate, we must

:58:26. > :58:27.recognise there are other representative bodies, Parliaments

:58:28. > :58:31.and Assemblies across the United Kingdom and of course it is

:58:32. > :58:41.important that we ensure those messages are shared. This morning I

:58:42. > :58:52.spoke with the Imam of my area who wanted to share his sorrow. Which

:58:53. > :58:55.will come away from that debate, MPs meeting determined to show their

:58:56. > :59:03.work will continue and the Prime Minister saying we are not afraid,

:59:04. > :59:11.our resolve will never waiver in the face of tomorrow. Terrorism. He

:59:12. > :59:19.described the attack yesterday, where the police officer was killed

:59:20. > :59:23.as an attack on free people. We saw the worst of humanity, but we will

:59:24. > :59:32.remember the best of humanity as well. She described PC Keith Palmer

:59:33. > :59:38.as every inch a hero. We have heard are that the queen has sent a

:59:39. > :59:43.statement. The Buckingham Palace said her thoughts, prayers and

:59:44. > :59:48.sympathies are with all those affected by yesterday's violence. We

:59:49. > :59:51.will bring you full coverage throughout the day from here in

:59:52. > :59:57.Westminster. Where we are at the edge of the police cordon. Many of

:59:58. > :00:01.the streets and key roads leading to the Palace of Westminster still

:00:02. > :00:09.closed this afternoon. You're watching BBC news.

:00:10. > :00:16.This is BBC News. I'm Ben Brown live at Westminster. As the Prime

:00:17. > :00:21.Minister says the man behind the terror attack here was British-born

:00:22. > :00:25.and known to the authorities. The flag over Parliament is flying

:00:26. > :00:30.at half-mast this afternoon, as the Queen expresses her son is for all

:00:31. > :00:37.those affected. The Prime Minister has been shaken colleagues in the

:00:38. > :00:41.chamber of the House of Commons. -- the Queen expresses her sympathies.

:00:42. > :00:47.What I can confirm is the man was British-born and some years ago he

:00:48. > :00:52.was once investigated by MI5 in concerns over violent extremism. One

:00:53. > :00:58.of the victims of the attack has been named as Aysha Frade. She was

:00:59. > :01:06.reportedly on her way to pick up her children from school when she was at

:01:07. > :01:11.the macro struck by gear car's car on West bridge.

:01:12. > :01:14.I am Annita McVeigh out by Scotland Yard. Kelly is coordinating the

:01:15. > :01:19.investigation have arrested eight people, Paul-macro of them in

:01:20. > :01:22.Birmingham. And police have been searching the clean as their

:01:23. > :01:28.murdered colleague is named as geeky Keith Palmer. One colleague paid an

:01:29. > :01:36.emotional tribute to his friend from his days in the military. He was a

:01:37. > :01:43.strong, professional public servant. And it was a delight to meeting here

:01:44. > :01:58.again only a few months after being elected.

:01:59. > :02:42.Families continue to mourn their dead.

:02:43. > :02:48.The police have made their first arrest in connection with the

:02:49. > :02:52.attack, which left four people dead, including the perpetrator. Grades

:02:53. > :02:55.are being carried out overnight in Birmingham and London and eight

:02:56. > :03:01.people in all have been arrested, at least four in Birmingham. Theresa

:03:02. > :03:05.May has confirmed the suspect was once investigated by MI5 over

:03:06. > :03:12.concerns they had about violent extremism. She also said that he was

:03:13. > :03:16.not part of the current intelligence picture, described him as a

:03:17. > :03:21.peripheral figure. The Queen has led tributes to those impacted by

:03:22. > :03:23.yesterday's events. In a statement released by Buckingham Palace in the

:03:24. > :03:34.last three minutes, Queen Elizabeth said...

:03:35. > :03:42.Aysha Frade has been named as one of the two people killed when the

:03:43. > :03:46.attacker targeted pedestrians walking on Westminster Bridge. PC

:03:47. > :03:50.Keith Palmer was stabbed by the suspect at the entrance of the

:03:51. > :03:54.Palace of Westminster, and altogether 29 people are still in

:03:55. > :04:06.hospital this afternoon, including seven who we are told are

:04:07. > :04:20.The House of Commons was in sombre reflective mood this morning. In

:04:21. > :04:25.memory of those who lost their lives in yesterday's attack and of all of

:04:26. > :04:27.the casualties of that attack. We shall now observe a minute's

:04:28. > :04:48.silence. Sfli Yesterday an act of terrorism

:04:49. > :04:53.tried to silence our downpour si. -- democracy. As generations have done

:04:54. > :05:00.before and future generation will continue to do, to deliver a simple

:05:01. > :05:06.message - we are not afraid. And our resolve will never waiver in the

:05:07. > :05:13.face of terrorism. As the Queen said her thoughts and sympathy were with

:05:14. > :05:19.all those affected, at New Scotland Yard the police paid tributes to a

:05:20. > :05:23.fallen colleague, after an attack on the the capital that everyone had

:05:24. > :05:28.dreaded and trained for. But are determined to overcome. With the

:05:29. > :05:31.Union flag at half-mast above the Palace of Westminster, the area

:05:32. > :05:36.around Parliament remains closed to the public. That includes

:05:37. > :05:42.Westminster Bridge, where shortly before 3 o'clock yesterday, a lone

:05:43. > :05:48.attacker drove a four-wheel drive vehicle at high speed through a

:05:49. > :05:53.crowd of people. One victim was catapulted into the Thames as the

:05:54. > :05:58.car mounted the kerb. The woman was pulled from the river injured but

:05:59. > :06:05.alive. The vehicle continued at speed, and crashed into the railings

:06:06. > :06:11.around the Palace of Westminster. The attack ran do the main gate

:06:12. > :06:17.where he stabbed a police officer, 48-year-old Keith Palmer. As he

:06:18. > :06:26.continued he was shot as he tried to attack other officers. Amid the

:06:27. > :06:31.chaos, many commented on the bravery of passers by, MP and emergency

:06:32. > :06:36.services in giving first aid and tending to the victims. But three

:06:37. > :06:48.people were killed, including PC Palmer. Also Aysha Frade, a 4

:06:49. > :06:52.3-year-old from Spain. The attacker has not been named. But he was

:06:53. > :06:59.British and was once investigated for links to extremist

:07:00. > :07:02.organisations. Police from several forces launched simultaneous

:07:03. > :07:05.operations in the Midlands and in London, making eight arrests in

:07:06. > :07:11.connection with the Westminster attack. The inquiries in Birmingham,

:07:12. > :07:16.London and other parts are continuing. It is still our belief,

:07:17. > :07:20.which continues to be borne out by our investigation, that this

:07:21. > :07:25.attacker acted alone and was inspired by international terrorism.

:07:26. > :07:29.Investigators are piecing together the exact circumstances of what

:07:30. > :07:34.happened in and around Parliament. But in London and Westminster

:07:35. > :07:38.generally, security has been significantly increased, around what

:07:39. > :07:44.was already one of most heavily protected areas of the cap pal vp --

:07:45. > :07:53.capital. The importance of security and maintaining the freedoms people

:07:54. > :07:59.cherish, never more challenging. I'm joined at the police cordon at

:08:00. > :08:03.Westminster by Lord Carlile. Thank you for being us with. What do you

:08:04. > :08:10.think of the significance of the fact that the Prime Minister said

:08:11. > :08:15.this assailant was British born and had been on the Security Services'

:08:16. > :08:20.radar. We will have to look at the evidence and there are issues about

:08:21. > :08:27.whether MI5 has sufficient staffing to track people who come on to its

:08:28. > :08:35.radar for long enough. We have the investigatory powers act to empower

:08:36. > :08:38.the security services to follow the internet traffic of people

:08:39. > :08:45.interested in being radicalised. We have to see fit was sufficient. She

:08:46. > :08:50.said he was a peripheral figure, the Security Services cannot track

:08:51. > :08:55.everyone. No and they make judgments and make judgments on the whole. The

:08:56. > :09:01.Security Services are often then sung heros who keep the public safe

:09:02. > :09:05.and they will be examining what occurred and looking at the

:09:06. > :09:10.perpetrator and asking the Government for the resources they

:09:11. > :09:15.need. What has been demonstrated is that there is a real severe threat

:09:16. > :09:19.and we must protect the public, not just Parliament, but the public from

:09:20. > :09:24.this kind of threat. Because it was members of public as well as a much

:09:25. > :09:30.loved police officer who suffered yesterday. An attacker using a car

:09:31. > :09:37.and knives, so hard to stop. And to get intelligence on. Yes, things

:09:38. > :09:41.have changed a lot, at one time we were looking at improvised

:09:42. > :09:48.electronic explosive devices, now it is cars and knives. It is much more

:09:49. > :09:52.difficult to detect that kind of event, because it is so simple to

:09:53. > :09:58.perpetrate. Do you think there needs to be changes in legislation? On the

:09:59. > :10:01.face of it no, I think anti-terror legislation is strong and complete

:10:02. > :10:06.and we may have to look at the way it is applied and the extent to

:10:07. > :10:11.which the radicalising sites are taken from the internet. It is right

:10:12. > :10:15.to say that over 50,000 such sites were removed by the British

:10:16. > :10:19.authorities in the last two quarters, so the Government's staff

:10:20. > :10:24.are working hard at this. But it may that more can be done. The public,

:10:25. > :10:34.communities, must be more vigilant than they have been, as this event

:10:35. > :10:38.has shown. Thank you. Let's go to our assistant political editor

:10:39. > :10:43.norman Smith who is in the palace Palace of Westminster and was

:10:44. > :10:47.listening to that debate. Very dignified and an agreement on all

:10:48. > :10:51.sides it was important for MPs to sit today, just the day after the

:10:52. > :10:56.attack to show they wouldn't be cowed by terrorism. Yes, it was

:10:57. > :11:03.clear that many MPs made a real effort to make sure they were in the

:11:04. > :11:11.chamber to cancel trips away, as a visible symbol of defines. --

:11:12. > :11:16.defiance. But we have been getting more detail about events yesterday

:11:17. > :11:22.and the BBC understands that the attacker was shot dead by one of the

:11:23. > :11:27.Defence Secretary's security detail. That would fit in, it has not been

:11:28. > :11:31.confirmed, but that would #23i9 with -- fit with what we know from

:11:32. > :11:34.yesterday, because MPs and the ministers and the Prime Minister

:11:35. > :11:40.were voting as the attack took place. They would have been going

:11:41. > :11:48.along, many of them at the back of palace yard through t area, many MPs

:11:49. > :11:54.were told they were told to get down. We know it was a plain clothes

:11:55. > :11:59.officer who shot the attacker. Now it seems it was part of Defence

:12:00. > :12:02.Secretary's own security detail. I stress that has not been confirmed,

:12:03. > :12:08.but what is what we understand. That would seem to fit in what appears to

:12:09. > :12:13.be a likely possibility. Elsewhere we are getting more details about

:12:14. > :12:15.the Monday himself -- man himself and we know, because the Prime

:12:16. > :12:20.Minister told us he is a British national and he had xom to attention

:12:21. > :12:26.of the -- come to the attention of security forces understanding but s

:12:27. > :12:30.but he was a peripheral figure and not part of their current

:12:31. > :12:35.investigations and was not seen as an immediate threat. But I imagine

:12:36. > :12:43.that will be one area that people will want to look at. In terms of

:12:44. > :12:49.mood, it was captured by a Conservative MP, James Cleverley,

:12:50. > :12:55.who knew PC Keith Palmer as a former colleague in the artillery regiment.

:12:56. > :13:02.He seemed close to tears as he urged Mrs May to consider some sort of

:13:03. > :13:07.recognition, I assume a medal for PC Palmer. There was calms for some

:13:08. > :13:13.sort of monument to recognise his courage and bravery. But you know

:13:14. > :13:18.there was a common theme apart from the sense of defiance that democracy

:13:19. > :13:23.will not be cow and that was the plea for people not to react and

:13:24. > :13:33.respond to those seeking to divide different communities. Thank you

:13:34. > :13:39.very much. Norman Smith there. The police are urging anyone with any

:13:40. > :13:44.information at all about the events here yesterday to get in touch with

:13:45. > :13:46.them and members of public being asked to call the anti-terrorist

:13:47. > :13:59.hotline. It is there on screen. That is the same number if people

:14:00. > :14:02.want to report anything else suspicious they have spotted. We

:14:03. > :14:03.leave viewers on