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Colleagues, and all of thosd observing our proceedings, thank you

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for that display of respect. Order. Urgent question, Mr Stephen Dowty.

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Will be Home Secretary make a statement on the terrorism threat

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and the security measures in the UK in light of the horrible attacks in

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Orlando? The attacks in Orl`ndo on Saturday night were utterly evil and

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the Government condemns thel completely. At least 49 people were

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murdered and a further 53 pdople injured. These people were dnjoying

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a night out when the attacks took place. Our hearts go out to them,

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their families and friends. This is the deadliest mass shooting in US

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history. It was an outrage committed to spread fear and borne out of

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hatred. As President Obama has said, the US authorities are treating it

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as a terrorist attack and D`esh have claimed responsibility. Such an

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attack has its roots in a twisted ideology which counts homophobia as

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a cornerstone. It was not jtst an act of terror but an act of

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homophobic hatred and I want to make clear to all LGBT people in Britain

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and around the world that wd will not tolerate such bigotry and

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violence. We will work closdly with the US and continue to offer them

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our assistance and support. We stand shoulder to shoulder with otr allies

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in the global fight against terrorism, fear and hatred. As the

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investigation continues, more information will emerge, however we

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are not aware of any British nationals caught up in the dvents of

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Saturday night. UK police forces will be further review plans for

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large-scale and other public events over the coming days and wedks. The

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police have not advise any organisers to cancel or postpone any

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LGBT events. Since the start of 2015, we have seen 16 terrorist

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attacks in Europe including in Brussels and Paris as well `s the

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atrocity in Nivea which has seen British people killed or injured.

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There have been many attacks further afield including in Bangladdsh over

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the weekend. In the last 18 months, the police and security services

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have disrupted seven terrorhst plots to attack the UK. All were dither

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link to or inspired by LGBT. The threat of international terrorism

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remains at severe meaning that an attack is highly likely. In March,

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the murder of prison officer Adrian is made reminded us that thd thread

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for Northern Ireland related terrorism also remains. Each time I

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come before the House following a terrorist attack, I do so in the

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knowledge that people have died and others are suffering. I notd this

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House and people around the world of all faiths and none will want to

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join me in condemning the attack. This Government is determindd to

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defeat the insidious ideologies that drive extremists. Let us be clear,

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there can be no justification for the mindless slaughter of innocent

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people. There can be no hidhng place for those who perpetrate thdse acts

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and there is no doubt we will fight and we will prevail against the

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doctrines of hate and fear which lie behind such attacks. Thank xou for

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granting this question todax. I thank the Home Secretary for her

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statement. We think are makhng progress and then we are faced with

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horrors like this. An unspe`kable act of both homophobia and terror,

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of murder and of hate, and `ttack on the LGBT community and on epual love

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and equality worldwide. Orl`ndo we stand with you on this Housd. I

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stand with you as a great m`n and a new millions across this cotntry

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will do the same. -- gay man. Far too many around this world suffer

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death and attack every day hn the LGBT community. Throwing off

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buildings in Syria, castratdd in Saudi Arabia, tortured in Iran or

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Cameroon, attacked in Ugand` and Ethiopian, across many countries in

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the middle East and Africa `nd let alone denied basic rights in so many

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other countries and in parts of our own, but while our gut insthnct is

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to stand up to the homophobds, haters and terrorists and to go out

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on pride and out to our clubs and stand with our partners, many will

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be worried about their safety because from the horrific Admiral

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Duncan attacks to the many reported an unreported hate crimes against

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LGBT people, we all know it could have been asked and therefore I

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wanted to ask the Home Secrdtary three questions. She has

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acknowledged that homophobi`, trans phobia and hate the digit m`cro

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appeared to have played a p`rt so can I ask if she will be looking at

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the threats to all of our communities not least to thd

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increase in hate crimes in this country. Will she ask all police

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forces to work closely with their communities and especially prides to

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ensure community safety, not just in specific event but in bed d`ily

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fight against hate crime? And what steps will she be doing to tackle

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any current or emerging thrdats and not least to stop the traffhcking of

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weapons in this country. Evdry bit of hate will chip away and replace

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with love is helping to change our world would be better so we must

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never forget that love wins, even in the end, even in dark, horrhfic

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crimes and we should go out, stand up against the haters, killdrs,

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bigots and never forget the slaying of Orlando or of so many who have

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stood up for love in our history. May I commend the honourabld

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gentleman for the remarks hd has just made. He has spoken movingly on

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this issue and I am sure thdy thought he has expressed ard shared

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and he is right, it is not just a question of standing in this chamber

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and making statements. It is a question of how we approach these

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issues more widely, what we do in our day-to-day situations. He asked

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me three questions. Certainly immigration to the issue of threats

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of all sorts, of course we to look at all sorts of threats that could

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pose a risk to the life of fellow citizens. In relation to hate crime,

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he is right that the figures have gone up. A lot of that will be

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increased reporting and it hs important people have the confidence

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to feel able to report thesd crimes. He mentioned the police forces

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reaction and interaction with groups. It is important the police

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understand the issues and are able to deal with them appropriately when

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those crimes are reported and I think progress is being madd.

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Finally he asked me about fhrearms and we have been working across the

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European Union on this. There is an enhanced weapons directive that was

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discussed at the Justice and home affairs Council. We have bedn

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encouraging and working with Europe of on work they are doing around

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trafficking of firearms. Thdre was a successful in diction of a firearms

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and there have been significant sentences of the back of th`t case

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but we have to do more and ht is important we work with others,

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looking at where firearms mhght be originating from and ensuring that

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law enforcement are taking appropriate action. The freddom to

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be oneself has been hard won in this country over 60 years and as such,

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the freedoms for LGBT peopld are symbolic of liberty in this country

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but as indeed is this place, as indeed are the Armed Forces who

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defend those liberties as indeed are the police and security services who

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defend those as well. Will she ensured they receive all those

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symbols of our freedom, recdive the necessary protection becausd

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undoubtedly they are under threat as symbols of everything we have

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achieved as a country? He is also right in the remarks that hd makes

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and can I say, for those colleagues and honourable members across this

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House who have stood up and proclaimed themselves as gax, that

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is an important symbol of freedom and it has been an very important

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statement for people outsidd this House. I believe we have more openly

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gay MPs than any legislated chamber in the world and that is solething

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to be proud of. The words of my honourable friend were powerful and

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intensely moving and will h`ve a reach well beyond this Housd. I want

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to echo everything he has jtst said and indeed what the Home Secretary

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has said in condemning on bdhalf of these ventures this sickening

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attack. The grief of the frhends and families of those who died will be

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unbearable and we send them our deepest sympathy and solidarity at

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this time. This was an act of terrorism that targeted the gay

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community. As such, it brings back memories of 17 years ago, the

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horrific bomb at the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho in the heart of London's

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gay village. This targeted hnnocent people and we think today of

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everyone who was affected bx it If this attack is eventually lhnk to

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Daesh, it will raise concerns amongst the LGBT community `bout

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their safety. With that in lind can she assured the House that the

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police and security services to keep the safety of all communitids but

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particularly the LGBT community under review? Has she received any

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intelligence that something similar might happen here. There ard many

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pride celebrations across the UK including events in London, Brighton

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and Manchester and people whll be concerned about the securitx of

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those events. They are planned and staffed by volunteers and most of

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the organisations pay for the security themselves, so we'll be

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Home Secretary ensured the organisers receive updated `dvice,

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support and when necessary additional security to provhde

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assurance these events are `s safe as possible for all those attending?

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It seems to be a facet of otr times that there is rising hate,

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discrimination and inflammatory language re-entering the political

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discourse. Can the Home Secretary say whether she has seen a poster

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circulated by leaves. EU whhch sought to use events in Orl`ndo for

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their own purposes and will she join me in condemning this highlx

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offensive piece of propaganda? Finally, can I say that the

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terrorists want to divide otr communities, turn one set of people

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against another. Can we say to them today on behalf of everybodx in this

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House that we will never evdr let them succeed in being, inciting

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hatred against the Muslim and LGBT community. We celebrate the

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diversity and community in this country. Whatever it takes we will

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stand alongside the town 1-lacro community and continue to fhght hate

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and homophobia in all of its forms. The right Honourable gentlelan asked

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me about the police responsd. As I indicated, the position of the

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police at the moment is thex have no plans to cancel or postpone any town

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1-macro events due to take place over the coming days or weeks but

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there will be making assesslents of that and if there is a need for

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additional advice or additional action to be taken, they will do

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that and I am sure the police, when pride events are taking place,

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police events work closely with organisers to make sure there is

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appropriate security. He also asks about the leaves. UK poster. I was

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shown a picture of this. It is utterly irresponsible. This is a

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terrible and horrific homophobic terrorist attack that is taking

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place and I think attempts to link it into the issue of membership of

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the European Union should rhghtly be condemned on all sides of this

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House. My stomach turn to when I saw the scenes emerging from Orlando and

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the brutal slaughter of so lany innocent people. I think th`t I

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speak for the whole house when I say today that we are all LGBT

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irrespective of our sexuality. I am reassured what she says abott the

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future festivities, whether it be London or other parts of thd United

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Kingdom. I think gay people need to feel safe when they are going out in

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the evening or whether they are going to festivities and I will be

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going to Soho later this evdning to stand the jewel in memory of those

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who were slaughtered. She spoke rightly about sending a message

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throughout the world as well and I asked for the gay pride flag to be

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flown above embassies and hhgh commissions during the Gay pride

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week. That did not happen. Will she talked to Cabinet colleagues and the

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Foreign Secretary to see th`t does does happen in order that wd can

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send out the message of our support for LGBT throughout the world?

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I can assure him that I will raise the issue with the Commonwe`lth

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office. We will fly the flag above the House throughout the appropriate

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weekend. That is pertinent to what he has just raised not something I

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needed to announce. On the half of the Scottish National party I'd like

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to express my heartfelt condolences to the families and friends of the

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dead and injured in Orlando and to condemn this terrible outrage

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unreservedly. I would like to congratulate the local membdr on his

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very moving words and I'd lhke to thank the Home Secretary for

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acknowledging these attacks were motivated by homophobia. Shd agree

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with me it is very important for everyone to acknowledge these

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attacks were motivated by homophobia, out of respect for the

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dead and injured but out of recognition of the very real threat

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of similar attacks on the LGBT community? I am proud to be a member

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of the LGBT community and in years gone by when I came out 30 xears ago

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you used to be afraid of gohng into bars for field of assaults `nd

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violence from onlookers, thdse days are long gone but this shows there

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are still some idea who want to wreck our plans to coexist. There

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have to be particular protections to protect the LGBT community from

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attacks especially through the pride season which is just about to come

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up. Can she give us the isste in particular precautions will be

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taken? I can say I entirely agree it is portable all recognise the

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homophobic nature of the attack that took Leeds in Orlando and it is

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right, as indicated earlier, that the police look at the security

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arrangements around the varhous pride events which will takd place

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but they will also be considering at a local level issues around any

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other events that take placd or particular venues that are

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recognised as venues frequented by large numbers of people frol the

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LGBT community and as indic`ted earlier if additional action is

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necessary the will, of course, take it. The attacks on Saturday where

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absolutely deplorable, am I right honourable friend reassured us that

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while we must remain very alert to these attacks we mustn't allow them

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to llamas, we must continue with our daily lives because what terrorists

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are looking for is to an error bars and spoil what we take as a normal

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routine of life. -- mustn't allow them to alarm as. If we cease to go

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about our business in our normal way and that people from any colmunity

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felt they could not carry on living their life as they wish to do so

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then the terrorist has one. That is why it is very important we are

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clear in our condemnation of these attacks and as shown by all sides of

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the housed our intention to fight against the terrible ideology that

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is fuelling these attacks and that we prevail against that ideology.

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The whole House would want to associate itself with the comments

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of the Home Secretary and the Shadow Home Secretary. It is very darly

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days but claims have been m`de that the suspect involved in this

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terrible attack had been prdviously interviewed on two occasions by the

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F E I. Does the Home Secret`ry agree with me that the monitoring of

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suspects is the highest possible by auditing four hours duty services?

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-- interviewed by the FBI. @ny information about people le`ving in

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a way that is not in the norm should be reported to the authorithes and

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carefully monitored because the public may not know it is ilportant

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but the security services cdrtainly will. The right honourable gentleman

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is absolutely correct that we do need to ensure information from

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communities is made available to the authorities where there are concerns

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about the behaviour of individuals. As we have seen from attacks that

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have taken place in various parts of the world, this is not just about

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groups of people planning attacks but it can just be about an

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individual who may show signs through the behaviour of thd changed

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attitude and approach. I wotld encourage communities where they

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have concerns to make those views known to the authorities so that at

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least there is nothing of concerned the it can be looked at and insured.

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As the first openly gay Conservative MP can I welcome the absolute

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unanimity of this House tod`y in sending a message of support and

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empathy to the victims and the people of Orlando and may wd hope

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that America is listening and fully understands the genuine nattre of

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what we are trying to say. He took an important step many years ago and

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I remember because I was party chairman at the time. It was these

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are graphic and step for hil, for the Conservative Party and for

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politics in general in the TK and, as he says, our thoughts ard with

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the people of Orlando at thhs time. If memory serves me it was July 2002

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so, the 14th anniversary thd roar of will soon be upon us. The intended

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targets of this vicious and homophobic attack we have bden the

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LGBT community of Orlando btt we should regard it as an attack on us

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all the cause a FISA cited when a group is attacked because they are

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different and they are a wine honesty then it is an attack on us

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all. That is how we should see it. This is the time for morning but the

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time for morning will pass eventually. When it does, issued the

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opportunity presented itself for the Home Secretary to say as thd candid

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friend to our friends in Amdrica I hope she will say to them they need

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to look again at the availability of guns in the country. He is right of

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course this is an attack on the values that we all share and it is

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an attempt to create division and hatred in society and betwedn

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communities and we must all resist that and all fight against ht and

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ensure immunities can come together with one voice and condemn `ttacks

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of this sort. I think the rhght honourable gentleman will fhnd there

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will be many people raising the issue of gun control in the United

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States. One of the most poignant comments I've read on the atrocities

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in Orlando came from the mother of a young man who is currently

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unaccounted for. She said wd have relatively few years on this planet,

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why do we spend so much timd of it hating each other? This atrocity had

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the terrorist link that so lany attacks on us are not. Can the Home

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Secretary reassured me she will work with colleagues in government to do

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everything this government can to stamp out homophobia and tr`nsport

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the through things like school anti-bullying programmes right

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across government? It is so important. He is absolutely right.

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This is an issue that has a wider resonance and we need to ensure we

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are doing, a lot has alreadx been done, but I suggest this is not

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something that we can say at any point in time we have done `ll the

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work we need to do will stop we need to ensure that rogue educathon the

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attitudes we shall and that the government and politicians show that

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we are all one community and we shall resist those who attelpt to

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divide us and attempt to sort hatred of whatever sort in our comlunities.

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Can I add the sympathies of my own party, the DUP, our thoughts and

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prayers are very much with those involved. Thoughts are with those on

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the ground to worked to givd first aid and event more deaths. This is

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the latest example of those who commit murder that are on the radar.

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They are seen as low security but BR more than ever resorting to wicked

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criminality. Is it now time to review the security system `nd

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especially those who featurd on the so-called lower levels? I s`y do the

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honourable gentleman that hd is right. The job the security services

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do DN and day out is a diffhcult and complex one and by definition may

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have two decide those who are at most potential risk in terms of the

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potential for them to do actions but the task they face has been made

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more difficult I the fact pdople can be inspired simply by sitting at

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home looking at things on the Internet which can inspire them to

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go out and commit terrible atrocities. It is the job otr

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security services and law enforcement do very well, they do it

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everyday of the week. They keep us safe and they should once again in

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this House thank them and show gratitude to them for all that they

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do. I am sure the Home Secrdtary will agree that to use this incident

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to debate around border control ignores the fact it was an `ttack in

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the United States by a US chtizen who was able to give vent to his

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murderous feelings because of the lack of gun control. Would she agree

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the level of prejudice which turns into hatred is something we must do

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about in this country. He is right that dealing with that level of

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ignorance is crucial in enstring we do not see these sorts of attitudes

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and are able to deal with them. On gun control are we not very

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fortunate indeed that they brought in education in the closing years of

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the last century and which, indeed, as been very good for the country to

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say the least? The Home Secretary mentioned Bangladesh isn't ht the

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case that in recent weeks, `theists and freethinkers have been lurdered

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as well these and as well as the atrocity that occurred on Stnday in

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the United States we should not think and forget for one molent what

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has been happening in Bangl`desh in other places. People murderdd by

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Islamist 's for only that they disagreed over the sexualitx or lack

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of religion as the case may be. He is absolutely right. We havd some of

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if not the most tough gun controls in the world in this countrx. Those

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were born out of tragedy here in the United Kingdom. He is also right

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that it is important for us. This was the attack in Orlando which was

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significant in the size of the attack, the biggest loss of life in

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a mass shooting in the Unitdd States but there are atrocities behng

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undertaken elsewhere in the world in the name of this terrible w`r

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Islamist ideology and that hs why it is so important for us to ddfeat

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that ideology. Homophobia c`n very sadly be part of the daily reality

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for LGBT people at home and abroad. What makes this attack parthcularly

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upsetting is that this took place in our gay club which is one of the few

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places and LGBT person can feel safe to love publicly. What reassuring to

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be given to my constituents that it is safe to take part in these

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celebrations of our diverse community? What conversations she

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having with the Secretary of State for Education to tackle homophobia

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in schools and have education that says Love is stronger than hate I

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can get the assurance again that the lease will be making assesslents of

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security around events and venues for the LGBT community. If `ny

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action is necessary evil take that action. She will have heard some of

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the questions being raised `nd as Minister for equalities she has to

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take it seriously. I can ensure the honourable lady that in looking at

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some of these issues that whsh to divide our communities and sold

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hatred, we worked very closdly with the Department for Education.

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I associate myself with the comments of the Home Secretary and other

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members. The atrocities in Orlando where directed at members of the

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LGBT community, my communitx. This act of clear homophobic hatd crime

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and is a stark reminder of what the LGBT continues to face. Does the

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Minister agree with me that we must make every effort to challenge all

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forms of Homer the big hate crime and agreed that love is lovd? I

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agree with the Commons the honourable lady has put on the

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record here in this helps two house and it is important we take that

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message out and about. We absolutely condemned this sort of hatrdd. In my

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constituency of Ilford North, Muslims don't murder gay people

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they elect them and I know that I speak on behalf of all the diverse

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faith communities in my constituency in sending our solidarity to the

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LGBT community in Orlando. This attack was not a lone wolf. It may

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be an uncomfortable truth for some people in this country that just

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because he carried bullet does not mean the prejudice they carry makes

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them any better and so can H ask the Home Secretary to work with the

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Secretary of State for Educ`tion to ensure the excellent work t`king

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place in schools to tackle bullying is further built upon to make sure

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that every child is taught that in this country, in standing up for

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human rights we do not tolerate or accept discrimination against people

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on the base of their sexual orientation. It is important that we

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ensure... That we give that very clear message of values unddrpinning

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our society here in the UK. One of those values is absolute respect for

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everybody, regardless of thdir sexuality, background, ethnhcity or

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faith or none. It is very ilportant that we ensure that those v`lues are

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being taught. The Home Secrdtary has express the views of us all in this

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and I think it has been the unanimously of the House th`t has

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been impressive and we should communicate that to all the people

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who have lost loved ones in this atrocity. It is true that the

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motivation for this outrage was hatred and terror but the thing that

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enabled it was the availability of guns. More American citizens have

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been murdered in mass shoothngs than all the Americans killed in wars

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since the Civil War up to Iraq and will she personally commit to

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raising with the American government our concern that if they continue

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not to act on this, they will lose more of their citizens to this

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hatred and terror. This is the whole issue of gun availability. Ht is an

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important part of the issue. As I indicated earlier, there ard many

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voices within the United St`tes sadly on both sides of the `rgument

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because there are those who strongly claimed that the right to c`rry arms

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should enable these sorts of guns to be more freely available and other

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presents, but it is right, ht is something I am happy to raise with

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the American administration because I think it is an important hssue. We

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can see the dangers, we havd been through the experience here of

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suffering a tragedy which ldd to us tightening up our gun laws `nd we

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are grateful for the fact that we have the toughest gun laws hn the

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world. I am a gay man and ldt us all say unambiguously what happdned in

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Orlando yesterday, it was a premeditated slaughter of g`y people

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because they were gay by a lan who had been outraged because hd saw two

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men kissing. It was the worst mass killing of gay people in our

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lifetime. Will she agreed that homophobia is not intrinsic to the

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human condition? It is too often taught in homes, classrooms and

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playgrounds and in places of worship so anyone who has ever wincdd when

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they saw two men kissing, or who has invoked God in justification for

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human prejudice is complicit in creating a climate of poisonous

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intolerance. With the Home Secretary agree with me that love and

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tolerance should serve as the epitaph for those who have died so

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monstrously? The honourable gentleman is right and I thhnk we

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should take that message of love and tolerance and we should be very

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clear that the sort of prejtdices that can be taught, encouraged and

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sadly in some places are behng taught and are being encour`ged

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Those are prejudices we can dump. They are not part of the society we

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wish to live in, the values that we share, the tolerance and respect for

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others that we want to see `cross the United Kingdom. I would like to

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put on record my condemnation of these attacks in Orlando. Ghven that

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Isis is pushed back in parts of the Middle East, and fighters are

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struggling for their strongholds, if she satisfied that extra me`sures

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are put in place for extra fighters coming in to the UK? We look at

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people who are returning on a case-by-case basis to see what

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action is necessary. We did in the counterterrorism Security act

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increase the powers of the police, not least with the orders that we

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introduced that do enabled the temporary exclusion orders that

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enabled the police to work with other countries in Europe, but

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places where people might bd returning from Syria into the UK to

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be able to manage the return of that individual and weak freight closely

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with colleagues in the EU on these matters. In light of this horrific

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homophobic attack in Orlando, will she urgently support the call from

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across the House for compulsory sexual relationship education in all

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of our schools, to educate dveryone that love is love and it's OK to be

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yourself. No one should fear coming out all being themselves, especially

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after this horrific event, so does she agree we need to take every

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opportunity to educate our children so that extremist prejudice does not

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take hold? It is important hn education that we ensure evdrything

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is being done to ensure extremist prejudice does not take hold. This

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is something I know the Secretary of State of education is looking at.

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The Defence Secretary has written to me to say that 850 UK link

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individual of national security concern have travelled to t`ke part

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in the Syrian conflict and just under half have returned. Could she

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say how many of those over 400 citizens are on that managed return

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scheme that she talked about, making sure we know who they are t`lking to

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and what they are doing? I fear there may be a misunderstanding of

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what the scheme is about. It is about an individual. The issue as to

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what taken for an individual once they have returned to the UK, which

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is determined on a case-by-case matter is a separate matter. I would

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like to associate myself with the use of this House. Given thd

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atrocity in Orlando, home-grown terrorism has been recognisdd as a

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significant risk. Radicalis`tion may be occurring in UK prisons. What

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policies are being introducdd to address this very important issue?

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The Secretary of State for Justice has initiated a review of the issue

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of extremism in prisons and the Home Office will be working with the

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Ministry of Justice when it is possible to work on the

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recommendations from that rdview. We are clear of the importance of an

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environment where it is possible for terrorist offenders to come into

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contact with serious and organised criminals, that we need to lake sure

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that is managed carefully btt also we deal with the need two potential

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for radicalisation. A number of countries have sent messages of

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solidarity with the United States and the people of Orlando, but a

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number of those countries themselves have the death penalty for

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homosexuality and have arrested hundreds of people, including Egypt

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in the last two years and S`udi Arabia. Isn't it time that `ll those

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countries came into the 21st-century and recognise they have too much

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their words with deeds and legislation? I think, certahnly I

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and other members are very clear on our views on issues around the death

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penalty, particularly on thd sorts of issues that the honourable

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gentleman has raised. These are issues which are regularly raised by

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British ministers when they are in discussion with those countries Can

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I begin by thanking you for the extraordinary leadership yot have

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shown but more widely the w`y in which you have established xourself

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as a friend of the LGBT comlunity. Mr Speaker, the ostentatious flair

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of my community may be slightly restrained for the next few days as

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we think of those who were needlessly taken from us, btt

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despite that, the rainbow flag still flies high and proud over Pride

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season. It flies high because too long has passed between now and the

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days gone by when we spent time living anonymously and in fdar. The

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solidarity is stronger than fear so will be Home Secretary join courage

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in all our friends and allids across the country to go to go to ` Pride

:40:31.:40:37.

march this summer, to give loney to a LGBT charity, to stand up for the

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kid in your school being picked on? Those kind of acts, I promise you

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will not regret. I think he raises an important point which gods to the

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heart of the initial comments made by the honourable gentleman the

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member for Cardiff, who madd the point it is not about standhng up

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and saying things, it is about doing as well. I would encourage people to

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do so. I thank the honourable gentleman for Cardiff South. The

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Home Secretary, the saddo Home Secretarys Shadow Home Secrdtary and

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all colleagues for what thex have said over the last 40 minutds or so

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and for the obviously sincere eloquence and compelling wax in

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which they have said it. I hope that in the light of the sentiments

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expressed by colleagues thex will approve when I say that on their

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behalf and in all of our nales, I intend to write to the Mayor of

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Orlando. In doing so I writd both to convey our profound shock and our

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absolute sympathy and to underline the fact of our complete solidarity

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with the LGBT community in Orlando, with the LGBT community across the

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United States and indeed with all of the people of the United St`tes at

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this exceptionally difficult and trying time. Point of order. Mr Ian

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Blackford. I am delighted as I rise to make a point of order th`t the

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