Terror Attacks Statement

:00:00. > :00:00.formed, such as though in a position for us to give that information to

:00:00. > :00:11.them. Thank you to colleagues and the Prime Minister for the

:00:12. > :00:16.corporation. The Secretary of State for the Home Department, secretary

:00:17. > :00:20.Amber Road. With permission, I'd like to make a statement about the

:00:21. > :00:26.terrorist attacks we have seen since Parliament last sat. There has been

:00:27. > :00:29.no summer like it. When we rose seven weeks ago, we left this house

:00:30. > :00:34.in the wake of the worst terrorist attack our country had seen in over

:00:35. > :00:40.a decade. With the attacker striking at the heart of our democracy. He

:00:41. > :00:44.was foiled that day by one of our brave police officers, but

:00:45. > :00:50.tragically, it has proved to be the first of many attempts to bring

:00:51. > :00:54.terror and hate to our streets. Two months later, a cowardly and

:00:55. > :01:00.devastating attack on Manchester left 22 people dead and 59 injured,

:01:01. > :01:05.after a suicide bomber targeted children at a concert in the

:01:06. > :01:10.Manchester Arena. On the 3rd of June, a van was deliberately driven

:01:11. > :01:15.into pedestrians on London Bridge, before three men got out of the

:01:16. > :01:21.vehicle and began stabbing people in nearby borough market. Eight people

:01:22. > :01:27.were killed and 40 injured. On Monday, one year after Jo Cox was

:01:28. > :01:30.brutally murdered, we walked to the news of the return of far right

:01:31. > :01:36.terror, when a man viciously drove into a group of Muslim worshippers

:01:37. > :01:42.in north London. One man, who had fallen ill before the attack, died

:01:43. > :01:47.and nine others were treated in hospital. Westminster, the

:01:48. > :01:52.Manchester Arena, London Bridge and now Finsbury Park. 36 innocent

:01:53. > :01:58.people dead and over 150 hospitalised. A tragic loss of

:01:59. > :02:02.innocent life. Last week, I met a mother and father who had lost

:02:03. > :02:06.daughter in the vicious attacks on London Bridge. She'd been stabbed

:02:07. > :02:13.while out celebrating her new job with a friend. Just under two weeks

:02:14. > :02:16.before, she planned to be at the Arena in Manchester when the

:02:17. > :02:23.attacker committed his heinous crimes, but she decided not to use a

:02:24. > :02:26.ticket. She came to London for a once-in-a-lifetime experience, but

:02:27. > :02:30.instead, it was the last trip she ever made. I know everyone in this

:02:31. > :02:34.house will want to join me in expressing our sorrow for the paying

:02:35. > :02:40.her family will be feeling, and all those families who have lost loved

:02:41. > :02:42.ones. As well as passing on our thoughts and prayers are with those

:02:43. > :02:47.victims who are still trying to recover from the trauma and tragedy

:02:48. > :02:52.of these events, I also know the house will want to join me in

:02:53. > :02:56.acknowledging the incredible efforts of our emergency services during

:02:57. > :03:01.this difficult period. The events of recent months served to remind us of

:03:02. > :03:07.the brevity, professionalism and above all, incredible sacrifice made

:03:08. > :03:10.by those who work to keep us safe. As Home Secretary, there is nothing

:03:11. > :03:16.more saddening than standing before Parliament to deliver a statement

:03:17. > :03:20.like this. These acts of terrorism represented the very worst of

:03:21. > :03:26.humanity. They seek to spread fear, intolerance, hate. Countering this

:03:27. > :03:30.threat has always been a crucial part of the work of this government.

:03:31. > :03:35.That's why we have introduced measures to disrupt foreign fighters

:03:36. > :03:38.and that's why we have passed the investigatory Powers act, which

:03:39. > :03:42.gives the police and intelligence service more powers and tools that

:03:43. > :03:48.they need to keep the public safe. And that is why, just seven weeks

:03:49. > :03:53.ago, we legislated to strengthen our response to terrorist financing,

:03:54. > :04:02.with the Criminal Finances Act. We have also protected police spending

:04:03. > :04:05.in real terms since 2015, increased counterterrorism budgets and funded

:04:06. > :04:10.an uplift in armed police officers. We are now in the process of

:04:11. > :04:14.recruiting over 1900 additional security and intelligence staff.

:04:15. > :04:31.The Channel programme which offers support for people at assessed for

:04:32. > :04:37.risk of extremism... Social media providers have removed 270,000

:04:38. > :04:41.pieces of illegal terrorist material since feathery, 2010. But we are

:04:42. > :04:48.entering a new phase of global terrorism and many of the challenges

:04:49. > :04:53.we face are unprecedented. -- February, 2010. We are experiencing

:04:54. > :04:56.a new trend in the threat we face. Between June, 2013, and the

:04:57. > :05:02.Westminster Bridge attack in March of this year, the security services

:05:03. > :05:08.foiled 13 plots linked to or inspired by Islamist extremists, but

:05:09. > :05:11.since just then, we have seen five plots prevented as well as three

:05:12. > :05:17.such Islamist extremist plots succeeding and the appalling attack

:05:18. > :05:22.of course at Finsbury Park earlier this week. We must do more, we must

:05:23. > :05:26.do more to defeat ideologies of hatred by turning people's minds

:05:27. > :05:30.away from violence towards pluralistic British values. We must

:05:31. > :05:36.make sure these ideologies are not able to flourish in the first place.

:05:37. > :05:39.We must do more to force technology companies to take down terror

:05:40. > :05:44.related content from their platforms. We must also do more to

:05:45. > :05:49.identify a challenge and stamp out the extremism that lurks in our

:05:50. > :05:53.communities. That is why we will be setting up a commission for

:05:54. > :05:57.countering extremism. But just as the Labour government in the 1970s

:05:58. > :06:01.set us on a course to tackling racial inequality in this country,

:06:02. > :06:07.by setting up the commission for racial equality, we need and must do

:06:08. > :06:12.more to tackle these extremists who seek to radicalise and weaponised

:06:13. > :06:17.young people in Britain today. Doing more also means asking difficult

:06:18. > :06:21.questions about what has gone wrong. In light of the terrorist attacks in

:06:22. > :06:24.London and Manchester, Britain's counterterrorism strategy will be

:06:25. > :06:31.reviewed to make sure the police and the security services have what they

:06:32. > :06:34.need to keep us safe. In addition to this, there will be a review of the

:06:35. > :06:38.handling of recent terror attacks to look at whether lessons can be

:06:39. > :06:43.learnt about our approach. I am pleased to announce David Anderson,

:06:44. > :06:49.former independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, will be

:06:50. > :06:53.overseeing it. What we have witnessed in Manchester, and in

:06:54. > :06:59.London, are the depraved actions of murderers, intend to tear apart the

:07:00. > :07:06.country. But each act of hate has been met by overwhelming defiance.

:07:07. > :07:11.In Borough Market recently, I saw stallholders dishing out olives into

:07:12. > :07:14.plastic pots, shoppers searching for delicious treats and tourists

:07:15. > :07:22.flicking through guidebooks in the shadow of the Shard. Rather than

:07:23. > :07:28.being divided, people seemed even closer together. We should follow

:07:29. > :07:31.that example of the traders and shoppers Borough Market. What

:07:32. > :07:36.terrorists want is for us to fear and to turn in on one another. But

:07:37. > :07:40.we will never give terrorists what they want. We will stand together

:07:41. > :07:48.and we will make the point that terrorists will never win, that our

:07:49. > :07:54.values, our country, our unity will prevail. I commend this statement to

:07:55. > :07:57.the house. On this side of the House, we are grateful to the Home

:07:58. > :08:02.Secretary for her statement. We would like to offer our condolences

:08:03. > :08:08.to all the victims and their families of the Westminster,

:08:09. > :08:12.Manchester, London Bridge and Borough Market attacks and most

:08:13. > :08:22.recently, Finsbury Park. 36 innocent people dead, 150 people

:08:23. > :08:26.hospitalised, too many families were children or parents will never come

:08:27. > :08:30.home and too many people, particularly children, who have seen

:08:31. > :08:37.sites which they may never be able to once. And whole communities have

:08:38. > :08:43.been traumatised. We also want to commend all of the emergency

:08:44. > :08:46.services, including police, fire, British Transport Police, and NHS

:08:47. > :08:53.staff, for their swift actions, running towards danger, coming in

:08:54. > :08:57.off shift which undoubtably prevented with injuries and saved

:08:58. > :09:07.lives, and I would like to say a word about the Imam at the Finsbury

:09:08. > :09:15.Park Mosque. This was an Imam who put himself at risk to protect and

:09:16. > :09:19.defend the alleged assailant who had driven over so many people outside

:09:20. > :09:27.the mosque and I believe this imam exemplifies the best of the values

:09:28. > :09:31.of Islam in relation to peace and justice but also the best of British

:09:32. > :09:37.values. I would also like to say about the community around the

:09:38. > :09:43.Finsbury Park Mosque, I was there this week, I met people of all

:09:44. > :09:50.faiths, Christian leaders, Jewish leaders, including my constituents,

:09:51. > :09:56.and of course, Muslim leaders, working together to heal the

:09:57. > :10:04.community and take the community forward. And I believe the way that

:10:05. > :10:10.multi-faith and into community cooperation is working in practice

:10:11. > :10:17.in that area of London shows us the way forward in the end in the long

:10:18. > :10:25.run, in contesting the ideology of sea and violence and terror. -- sea

:10:26. > :10:30.and violence. The variety of these attacks and their different type and

:10:31. > :10:37.varied backgrounds of perpetrators reveal that we face multiple

:10:38. > :10:44.threats. No single type of person and no single community is the sole

:10:45. > :10:52.source of these attacks. We all face these attacks and we must all face

:10:53. > :10:56.them together. Of course, the blame for the attacks lies solely with the

:10:57. > :11:01.perpetrators and any murderous supporters they may have. But it is

:11:02. > :11:04.reasonable for this House to say that the role of government is to

:11:05. > :11:09.secure the safety of our citizens and it is reasonable of the House to

:11:10. > :11:15.ask, has everything been done that could reasonably have been done? I

:11:16. > :11:19.noted the actions the Government has taken in the Home Secretary was that

:11:20. > :11:23.statement and largely on the side of the House we support them. But we

:11:24. > :11:31.would warn against an emphasis on more legislation rather than looking

:11:32. > :11:36.at the issue of resources. We will look at all legislative proposals

:11:37. > :11:42.that the Government brings forward on their merits, but we believe that

:11:43. > :11:49.resources is at the heart of this, not just new legislation. And in

:11:50. > :11:54.that view, we are supported by Max Hill, the independent reviewer of

:11:55. > :11:59.terrorism legislation. His objective view current powers are sufficient,

:12:00. > :12:03.he told the BBC, after the Prime Minister's speech calling for more

:12:04. > :12:07.powers, I quote, my view, coming into the scrutiny which we are told

:12:08. > :12:14.the Prime Minister wants to conduct is that we do have the appropriate

:12:15. > :12:17.laws in place and eventually the police and security services and

:12:18. > :12:22.those whose job it is to keep us safe to have the powers at their

:12:23. > :12:31.disposal. But he did add, there was a case for increased used of TPIMs.

:12:32. > :12:36.On the question of resources, it is one thing to talk about specialist

:12:37. > :12:40.policing and security resources, but we cannot overstate on this side of

:12:41. > :12:46.the House the importance of neighbourhood policing. It is that

:12:47. > :12:50.neighbourhood engagement, at all levels, often on what might seem

:12:51. > :12:56.simple ways, that build the confidence in communities of

:12:57. > :13:02.officialdom and the government and encourages people to come forward

:13:03. > :13:06.with information which may help us to stop future terrorist activity

:13:07. > :13:15.happening. And we have said, and we continue to say, it was wrong that

:13:16. > :13:19.since 2010, we have lost 20,000 in police numbers, and we oppose

:13:20. > :13:24.further cuts to the police budget is now in the pipeline. The Home

:13:25. > :13:27.Secretary keeps saying that this government has protected police

:13:28. > :13:33.budgets. I have to tell the Home Secretary, there are no policing

:13:34. > :13:37.stakeholders, including the Police Federation, that supports her in

:13:38. > :13:44.saying police budgets and resources have not been hit. Will the Home

:13:45. > :13:48.Secretary now, when we are being told austerity must end, commit to

:13:49. > :13:53.halting these cuts or does austerity still apply to our safety? Senior

:13:54. > :13:57.retired officers have said the police cuts have gone too far will

:13:58. > :14:02.stop the Home Secretary will have heard, like myself, that Mark

:14:03. > :14:07.Rowley, the Assistant Commissioner at the Met Police, he has written to

:14:08. > :14:10.you saying in terms that counterterrorism is not able to

:14:11. > :14:15.operate effectively because of demands in other areas of policing

:14:16. > :14:20.and if these resources were diverted to counterterrorism, other areas of

:14:21. > :14:26.policing would suffer. What Mark Rowley is saying is that cuts have

:14:27. > :14:31.consequences. Your cuts run the risk of putting us all in danger. Our

:14:32. > :14:42.understanding on this side is you will cut again. Order. Order. Can I

:14:43. > :14:45.just at this very early stage of the Parliament say something that I

:14:46. > :14:50.think is quite important for future reference? There are time limits for

:14:51. > :14:55.questioning on statements and in the last Parliament they were very

:14:56. > :14:58.substantially disregarded and that cannot happen in this parliament

:14:59. > :15:03.because it is not further back benches. Forgive me, the honourable

:15:04. > :15:07.lady is extraordinarily articulate and very experienced, it is a point

:15:08. > :15:11.that opposition spokespersons frequently do not seem to

:15:12. > :15:19.understand. In responding to a statement, we are not looking for a

:15:20. > :15:24.counter statement. What the chair is looking to hear, as provided for in

:15:25. > :15:28.our procedures, is a very, very brief response, followed by a series

:15:29. > :15:32.of questions. And that is the character of the response. On this

:15:33. > :15:35.occasion, I will allow the honourable lady to finish, but I

:15:36. > :15:40.hope she will be sensitive to quite a widespread feeling in the House

:15:41. > :15:45.that she is approaching her peroration. But thereafter, we must

:15:46. > :15:51.observe these limits. If they are not observed, very regretfully, I

:15:52. > :15:57.will have to ask the spokesperson concerned to take his seat. Does the

:15:58. > :16:02.Home Secretary accept that resources are as important as new institutions

:16:03. > :16:09.and legislation? We welcome the measures to get internet companies

:16:10. > :16:15.to block and takedown content promoting terrorism, but does the

:16:16. > :16:19.Home Secretary accept the debate around the Prevent programme and a

:16:20. > :16:22.need for a review and a need to refrain it is not just relating to

:16:23. > :16:29.the Muslim community, but also the the Muslim community, but also the

:16:30. > :16:34.far right terrorism? We would say on this side of the House that these

:16:35. > :16:39.are issues on which there is considerable unity in the country as

:16:40. > :16:46.a whole and we believe that the country as a whole wants to know

:16:47. > :16:53.that we will not play into the terrorists' hands by stoking

:16:54. > :17:00.divisions, demonising communities or rescinding our hard-won freedoms

:17:01. > :17:04.under the law. I thank the right honourable lady for her comments and

:17:05. > :17:09.the constructive way in which she has approached this and for my part,

:17:10. > :17:14.we look forward to working with her, to make sure we do have a

:17:15. > :17:20.constructive united approach to this enemy that is trying to attack us.

:17:21. > :17:26.She asked particularly about new legislation. She is right Max Hill

:17:27. > :17:29.has said he does not see the need for new legislation, but he has also

:17:30. > :17:33.said he does see the need for a review of the sentences, so we will

:17:34. > :17:37.certainly be looking at whether we can have tougher sentences. In terms

:17:38. > :17:43.of new potential legislation, I would ask her just to hold fire for

:17:44. > :17:47.now on concluding that to be the case until we have done the review.

:17:48. > :17:53.The critical element that we have to do over the next few months is the

:17:54. > :17:57.review of why so many terror attacks took place, looking backwards, and

:17:58. > :18:00.for that, we will have this independent assurance in the form of

:18:01. > :18:06.David Anderson, and also review looking ahead to what else we can

:18:07. > :18:11.do. As I have said in my earlier statement, we feel we have entered a

:18:12. > :18:14.new phase, it may mean we need new legislation, but we will not rush to

:18:15. > :18:19.do that based on the attacks, we will look at doing that depending on

:18:20. > :18:23.what we find out from the reviews. I would ask her to keep an open mind

:18:24. > :18:28.depending on what conclusions are reached by the reviews. In terms of

:18:29. > :18:33.resources, I bow to no one in my respect for the work the police do

:18:34. > :18:37.and the work particularly the counterterrorism police have done

:18:38. > :18:42.over the past few months. We all recognise the enormous extra work

:18:43. > :18:48.and effort that has gone into making sure that they follow upon these

:18:49. > :18:52.attacks and keep us safe. We have protected the police budget from

:18:53. > :18:57.2015. There has been a lot of scaremongering about changes to the

:18:58. > :19:01.budget. I can repeat here in the House that the budget will be

:19:02. > :19:05.protected and we will make sure we always give the security services

:19:06. > :19:07.and the police who do such work to keep us safe the resources that they

:19:08. > :19:19.need. I greatly welcome her statements.

:19:20. > :19:24.There were just two or three points I wanted to raise. The first days, I

:19:25. > :19:27.particularly welcome that the sentencing guidelines will be

:19:28. > :19:33.reviewed. I think that's something that ought to happen because of the

:19:34. > :19:36.evidence that individuals may be receiving sentences that are

:19:37. > :19:44.insufficient, although clearly they also need to be proportionate. The

:19:45. > :19:46.second issue concerns the response and how our security services are

:19:47. > :19:53.working to deal with this threat. She will be aware that this is an

:19:54. > :19:57.area where the government has made very considerable investment. There

:19:58. > :20:02.has been a great enhancement in money spent and the numbers of

:20:03. > :20:06.officers available. Equally, it's right that because of the classified

:20:07. > :20:11.nature of the work they do, some of the details cannot be given to this

:20:12. > :20:15.house. That does emphasise to me that one of the problems we've had

:20:16. > :20:19.over the last three and a half months, is that in reality, we have

:20:20. > :20:23.not had an intelligence and Security committee in parliament able to

:20:24. > :20:27.provide the scrutiny that might be helpful to members in understanding

:20:28. > :20:37.what has been going on and what should be done in future and whether

:20:38. > :20:39.there are improvements that could be made. Therefore, I gently urge her

:20:40. > :20:46.to make representations to the Prime Minister that this should be given

:20:47. > :20:51.priority. I thank him for his comments and I know he is well

:20:52. > :20:55.experienced in this, having been chair of the intelligence and

:20:56. > :20:59.Security committee. It's a very good point and I will follow up on his

:21:00. > :21:02.suggestion that we get that committee established as soon as

:21:03. > :21:10.possible, so we can give the house the confidence and providing the

:21:11. > :21:14.assurance that they want. Can I start by adding the voice of the

:21:15. > :21:18.Scottish National Party to those who condemn these terrible attacks and

:21:19. > :21:23.also our sincere condolences to the family and friends of the dead and

:21:24. > :21:27.our best wishes for a full recovery to those injured? They are also

:21:28. > :21:32.welcome the Home Secretary back to place and say I look forward to

:21:33. > :21:36.working with her on this and other important issues? The Finsbury Park

:21:37. > :21:40.attack reminds us that terrorism is a threat to all communities in the

:21:41. > :21:45.United Kingdom and therefore it's important that measures to

:21:46. > :21:50.counteract extremism must never segregate or stigmatised communities

:21:51. > :21:54.within the UK. I three questions. Firstly, I'm concerned that the

:21:55. > :21:58.government's plans to establish a commission, while commendable,

:21:59. > :22:02.without legislation, risk bypassing parliamentary scrutiny of the need

:22:03. > :22:07.for legal certainty on the definition of terms such as

:22:08. > :22:13.extremism and British values. How will she ensure that Parliament gets

:22:14. > :22:15.to scrutinise these measures? Secondly, to fight terrorism

:22:16. > :22:22.effectively, we believe we can use the legislation currently in place,

:22:23. > :22:25.but what really matters is that the police and security services have

:22:26. > :22:29.the resources necessary to act effectively under that legislation.

:22:30. > :22:34.Will she confirm that such resources will in future be made available?

:22:35. > :22:39.Finally, during the election campaign, the Prime Minister spoke

:22:40. > :22:44.of ripping up human rights to fight terrorism. Will the Home Secretary

:22:45. > :22:46.confirmed that there is nothing in the Human Rights Act or European

:22:47. > :22:52.Convention on human rights that would prevent us in our approach to

:22:53. > :23:04.terrorism, and will she confirm that there is no plan to take up human

:23:05. > :23:11.rights? Thank you. I thank her for her question and for her kind

:23:12. > :23:15.welcome. The commission for extremism, with the recommendations

:23:16. > :23:18.it decides to make, will need to be brought back to Parliament. I would

:23:19. > :23:24.expect there will be full-screen trio of what the recommendations are

:23:25. > :23:29.when they are brought back to be taken forward by Parliament. In

:23:30. > :23:32.terms of resources, I can confirm we will always provide resources

:23:33. > :23:37.necessary to keep our citizens safe. We have already announced

:23:38. > :23:43.substantial uplift to the security services. There are 1900 new people

:23:44. > :23:46.joining the security services up till 2020. There is an increase in

:23:47. > :23:52.the number of armed officers being made available in the country. Later

:23:53. > :23:57.this year, we will be doing a full-scale counterterrorism

:23:58. > :24:04.operation involving Scotland and we've always worked with them to

:24:05. > :24:09.make sure we keep all parts of the UK safe. Will there be an

:24:10. > :24:13.opportunity to give evidence to the commission for a countering

:24:14. > :24:17.terrorism and extremism, based on the lessons we have learned in the

:24:18. > :24:23.past for countering other totalitarian ideologies, like

:24:24. > :24:34.commoners and Nazism? And does she the fact that these organisations

:24:35. > :24:40.like Al-Qaeda rise and fall, but the underlying doctrine of what ought to

:24:41. > :24:45.be called non-Islamic extremism exists and that has to be countered

:24:46. > :24:51.and a government agency to counter it is what is required? He is

:24:52. > :25:02.absolutely right, this comes in many different forms. I would expect the

:25:03. > :25:05.commission for extremism to as for people to give evidence, so we can

:25:06. > :25:11.make sure we collect the best information in order to do the best

:25:12. > :25:15.job for our communities. Can I join with the Home Secretary in

:25:16. > :25:18.remembering the victims and also paying tribute to the immense

:25:19. > :25:24.bravery of the emergency services and also of the public, as well, and

:25:25. > :25:31.join her in saying that extremists and terrorists must never divide us,

:25:32. > :25:35.BB Islamist extremists or far right extremists. I welcome the proposal

:25:36. > :25:41.for the review by David Anderson into these attacks. But she also

:25:42. > :25:46.tell us a bit more about them and for example, the Manchester attacker

:25:47. > :25:50.is reported to have been known to the intelligence services and also

:25:51. > :25:58.to have travelled repeatedly to Libya. Could she tell us whether

:25:59. > :26:03.this man was on a watchlist? Whether he was ever stopped by the border

:26:04. > :26:05.force as part of those journeys, and also ensure that the relationship

:26:06. > :26:14.between the intelligence services and border force is looked at as

:26:15. > :26:18.part of David Anderson's review? I thank her, and she is right to draw

:26:19. > :26:23.attention to this relationship with the border forces and the security

:26:24. > :26:27.services. I would expect that is something we will look at as well. I

:26:28. > :26:32.can give the additional details she is seeking at the moment. It is one

:26:33. > :26:36.of the natures of the security services, that they do so much good

:26:37. > :26:40.work, and were not really at liberty to talk too much about it, but I

:26:41. > :26:47.would hope that the work he does with them, and really, it is getting

:26:48. > :26:52.off to start almost immediately, will help find the answers to some

:26:53. > :26:55.of those questions. How much they did know about him, whether there

:26:56. > :26:59.were incidences that by Mr whether this was just part of a much greater

:27:00. > :27:08.level of attacks we are sadly witnessing at the moment. Home

:27:09. > :27:16.Secretary, can Askew in joining me in expressing condolences to Elaine

:27:17. > :27:21.McIver, who was killed in the Manchester attack, an off-duty

:27:22. > :27:24.police officer, who worked at police headquarters in my constituency. And

:27:25. > :27:30.joining in the praise of Cheshire police, who went to the aid of their

:27:31. > :27:36.Manchester colleagues, assisting in what was the desperate attack as

:27:37. > :27:41.having a devastating effect on the local community. Can I ask the Home

:27:42. > :27:47.Secretary to confirm that the additional armed officers will be

:27:48. > :27:53.officers allocated across the country, including to Manchester and

:27:54. > :27:56.Cheshire? I thank her for her question and of course, I will join

:27:57. > :28:02.with her in paying tribute to the immense bravery of the example

:28:03. > :28:08.particularly she gave of the off-duty policewoman. And also other

:28:09. > :28:13.members of the public, who joined in to protect people. The work that

:28:14. > :28:17.Manchester did in responding to the attack was heroic. I particularly

:28:18. > :28:23.commend the Chief con is to Ian Hopkins, who did such good work, and

:28:24. > :28:28.it was part of a very well practised and operated scheme, where other

:28:29. > :28:32.forces came in to assist, they surged that assistance to make sure

:28:33. > :28:36.that in police terms and emergencies terms that the resources were there

:28:37. > :28:43.to protect people and look after people looking, going forward. I

:28:44. > :28:49.welcome her statement. In the days following both the Manchester and

:28:50. > :28:55.London Bridge attacks, a number of my constituents were arrested, with

:28:56. > :29:02.suspicions around terrorism. This is the first time that has happened in

:29:03. > :29:05.Barking and Dagenham. Most of my constituents, of all religions and

:29:06. > :29:12.creeds and ethnicities, share with all of us the horror at the

:29:13. > :29:17.outrages, the praise for the services and the feelings of empathy

:29:18. > :29:22.for those that have been affected by it. However, she said in her

:29:23. > :29:26.statement that those who perpetrated terrorism seek to spread fear,

:29:27. > :29:31.intolerance and hatred. And I have concerns that in the aftermath of

:29:32. > :29:35.the attacks, that that is precisely what could happen in my own

:29:36. > :29:39.constituency. The Muslim community in particular are feeling very

:29:40. > :29:43.vulnerable and very isolated. And the police have not been able to

:29:44. > :29:50.give them the reassurance that they wanted. Will she take steps to make

:29:51. > :29:55.sure that police resources are made available, so that there is a police

:29:56. > :30:04.presence there, so that the allegations of race hate crimes that

:30:05. > :30:09.are already growing, so that other instances to provide security for

:30:10. > :30:12.all communities and therefore promote tolerance, are brought into

:30:13. > :30:19.place rapidly and not left to fester. I have long known that the

:30:20. > :30:24.right Honourable Lady is magnificent, but I had momentarily

:30:25. > :30:33.forgotten that she is indeed a Dame. I hope she will forgive me. I thank

:30:34. > :30:38.her for her question. I share her concerns that we have to make sure

:30:39. > :30:42.we do not see an increase in Islam phobia. We must be a country that

:30:43. > :30:49.can deal fairly with all communities. The Minister for

:30:50. > :30:53.policing is meeting with the Met commissioner this afternoon and he

:30:54. > :31:00.will make sure the reasons it with her. Thinking particularly of your

:31:01. > :31:03.constituency in Barking. Can I thank her and threw her, the police and

:31:04. > :31:11.security services, who put their lives on the line to keep us all

:31:12. > :31:15.safe. Following on from the question to the Home Secretary, I think the

:31:16. > :31:18.Home Secretary acknowledges that all our communities, and particularly

:31:19. > :31:22.our Muslim communities, including mine in Cheshire, need to have

:31:23. > :31:28.confidence in the protections afforded by those services. Will she

:31:29. > :31:33.make sure that all our police forces have the resources to provide the

:31:34. > :31:37.continuous training required for those officers needed to engage in

:31:38. > :31:47.providing those assurances across our communities? She builds on the

:31:48. > :31:52.question from the honourable lady about hate crime and boat what we

:31:53. > :31:55.can do in our communities. I do agree with you that we have to make

:31:56. > :31:59.sure our police have the best training, so they are aware of the

:32:00. > :32:03.best way to approach what could be sensitive issues. We have the

:32:04. > :32:07.National College of policing, which does provide that sort of training,

:32:08. > :32:11.to make sure they have the information and they can learn the

:32:12. > :32:16.best way to approach sensitive situations. I would also say that

:32:17. > :32:20.last year, we published a hate action plan, to make sure people

:32:21. > :32:24.have the confidence to report and we have the procedures to follow it up,

:32:25. > :32:29.because we are in no way complacent about the need to always be on the

:32:30. > :32:35.front foot, to reassure communities we will take seriously any instances

:32:36. > :32:40.of hate crime. I associate myself and my party with the expressions of

:32:41. > :32:44.the Home Secretary of sorrow and condolence for the victims of these

:32:45. > :32:49.horrific attacks in Manchester and London. During my visit to the

:32:50. > :32:54.Muslim welfare house in London, one of the messages from the leaders

:32:55. > :32:58.there is that the strong message from the government on counter

:32:59. > :33:01.extremism had so far failed to bring together all the voices from

:33:02. > :33:05.different communities. Will the Home Secretary today guarantee that the

:33:06. > :33:10.new commission for countering extremism will engage with all

:33:11. > :33:16.groups and that no group that wants to help the government defeat

:33:17. > :33:19.extremism will be excluded? I think it is absolutely essential to make

:33:20. > :33:28.sure people are aware that the government's counter counter

:33:29. > :33:33.extremism initiatives are not focused on any particular group.

:33:34. > :33:41.They are focused on all extremism. I would like to remind people that 25%

:33:42. > :33:46.of the additional part of Prevent that some people are put on are in

:33:47. > :33:50.fact extreme right wing, and there are parts of the country where it is

:33:51. > :33:54.extreme right wing that is the danger, rather than radical

:33:55. > :33:59.extremist Islamist terrorism. I would assure him that we will make

:34:00. > :34:03.sure we listen to all parts of the community to make sure that the

:34:04. > :34:04.counter extremism commission has the opportunity to gather all the

:34:05. > :34:16.information necessary. We have all seen images on our TV

:34:17. > :34:21.screens of desperate families and friends going from hospital to

:34:22. > :34:57.hospital catching ollie trying to get more information about their

:34:58. > :35:24.loved ones -- trying to get. I appreciate helplines were set up an

:35:25. > :35:24.I understand people can sometimes have injuries whereby they are not

:35:25. > :35:45.recognisable, people often do My contempt for the bomb was that

:35:46. > :35:53.this was not a thrash metal gate, it was meant for little girls. Do you

:35:54. > :35:57.share my concern that far right hate preachers, that we need to

:35:58. > :36:04.tightening some of their activities as well to prevent further Islam

:36:05. > :36:11.phobia? He is absolutely right, we must recite hate, extreme right-wing

:36:12. > :36:16.pilot hate as well as radical Islamic terrorism, whenever we find

:36:17. > :36:23.it. I was the first Home Secretary to ban a far right group, National

:36:24. > :36:30.Action, which was prescribed last year. We will continue to be

:36:31. > :36:35.vigilant. I would like to thank her for coming to the Chamber today and

:36:36. > :36:40.giving us the statement, an opportunity in this new parliament

:36:41. > :36:46.to ask questions about these horrific attacks. My question is

:36:47. > :36:49.very simple. And short. Can she update us on the progress in

:36:50. > :36:58.recruiting the extra armed police officers? Yes, we have done I think

:36:59. > :37:04.it is 650 so far, we are on schedule to do the rest as planned, and given

:37:05. > :37:10.the circumstances we now find ourselves under, I will make sure we

:37:11. > :37:16.do. Time is tight, I want to focus on Borough Market, the horrific

:37:17. > :37:22.attack was meant with bacon -- a response that was second to none.

:37:23. > :37:26.The Home Secretary said again today the terrorists will never win but it

:37:27. > :37:31.does require more action so how is the Government ensuring tourists are

:37:32. > :37:35.better protected and what budget is being made available to fit our

:37:36. > :37:43.Lord's on bollards to protect civilians? How is the government

:37:44. > :37:53.tremendous effort covered? We need ensuring the NHS is not a victim

:37:54. > :37:56.tremendous effort covered? We need to prevent atrocities and also act

:37:57. > :38:00.when they occur. The short, brutal attack was over quite quickly at

:38:01. > :38:05.Borough Market, but it was closed for over a week, costing some of the

:38:06. > :38:12.small traders tens of thousands of pounds. What is the Government doing

:38:13. > :38:18.to make insurance companies pay out? Can I say how much I enjoyed my

:38:19. > :38:23.visit to Borough Market recently? It was a pleasure to see it so vibrant

:38:24. > :38:30.and I hope everyone will continue or go there to shop for the first time.

:38:31. > :38:33.In terms of resources, we have put additional resources into the

:38:34. > :38:38.security services and we will continue to do that. There is

:38:39. > :38:43.additional money going into the armed police uplifts. We are doing

:38:44. > :38:48.this review. The essential thing is to wait for the review so that we

:38:49. > :38:51.know where we have polls, where we should be putting additional

:38:52. > :38:58.support, rather than rushing in to do so? Can I tell him that after the

:38:59. > :39:04.event at Southwark Cathedral, the memorial, I met some people who had

:39:05. > :39:07.been out the hospital and it was a privilege to speak to them and hear

:39:08. > :39:11.about the fantastic work they had done? At the weekend, I drove my

:39:12. > :39:15.family back to London from my constituency, my wife and daughters

:39:16. > :39:20.are Jewish, we were met by a protest where there were anti-Semitic

:39:21. > :39:27.banners and chance and there were people waving Hezbollah flags which

:39:28. > :39:32.has a big machine gun on it. To make a mockery of the law, somebody had

:39:33. > :39:37.put a post-it note on one of the flags saying, you cannot arrest me

:39:38. > :39:45.because I support the political wing of Hezbollah not the military wing.

:39:46. > :39:49.If enough really is enough, will the Home Secretary Begin by taking

:39:50. > :39:53.action against these rallies, ban them so they cannot happen on the

:39:54. > :39:58.streets of London again and ensure the whole of Hezbollah is made a

:39:59. > :40:02.proscribed organisation? I thank him for his question. It is always

:40:03. > :40:07.distressing to see that sort of March going on and that sort of

:40:08. > :40:10.provocation that he has described must have been very upsetting for

:40:11. > :40:13.him and his family and I will certainly consider what he has

:40:14. > :40:17.suggested and come back to discuss it will.

:40:18. > :40:22.suggested and come back to discuss it On the one hand, I am keen to

:40:23. > :40:26.accommodate the extensive interest in this matter, but I should advise

:40:27. > :40:30.the House the business statement follows in which there is usually

:40:31. > :40:45.interest and no fewer than 29 colleagues wish to speak in the

:40:46. > :40:45.debate on the speech this afternoon debate on the speech

:40:46. > :40:46.accommodate them. Brevity, please. of whom five would be

:40:47. > :40:49.accommodate them. Brevity, please. One bit of advice. Be careful about

:40:50. > :40:53.language. A lot of people are alienating when people talk about

:40:54. > :40:59.careful about language. Are we going careful about language. Are we going

:41:00. > :41:06.to just have one commission? As a West Yorkshire MP, neighbour of Jo

:41:07. > :41:10.Cox, hard-working MPs working with communities, we know the Muslim

:41:11. > :41:15.community is absolutely disgusted by the terrorist outrages. Could we not

:41:16. > :41:20.have up and down the country local commissions working together? One

:41:21. > :41:25.national one... Local ones would be a great advantage. I thank him for

:41:26. > :41:29.his suggestion. When the commission gets started, I can put it to them

:41:30. > :41:35.to see if it would enhance their work. I am fortunate to know the

:41:36. > :41:38.Muslim community in West Yorkshire well and I wonder if the Home

:41:39. > :41:43.Secretary could give further details of how the commission will work with

:41:44. > :41:49.local communities for mutual benefit? We have an open mind to

:41:50. > :41:54.working out the best way to approach the commission for extremism. We

:41:55. > :41:58.will make sure it covers, as has been suggested, all parts of the

:41:59. > :42:01.country, and that it clearly applies itself to rooting out and to

:42:02. > :42:05.discovering information about extremism wherever it is found. When

:42:06. > :42:13.we have more information, I will come back to you. According to

:42:14. > :42:16.security sources, there are 150 Isis terrorists living either together or

:42:17. > :42:21.working together or singling in Northern Ireland and the republic.

:42:22. > :42:25.Can I ask whether she would ensure the security forces in Northern

:42:26. > :42:28.Ireland, those in the UK mainland and the republic work together to

:42:29. > :42:32.monitor and resource all of the police efforts to ensure those

:42:33. > :42:37.people do not become a threat to all of us in the UK and Northern

:42:38. > :42:42.Ireland? I thank the honourable gentleman for his question and we

:42:43. > :42:46.are working with Northern Ireland and I will certainly take his

:42:47. > :42:49.suggestion under an to ensure everyone is aware of his concerns

:42:50. > :42:55.and that we continue to step up that work. -- under advisement. I welcome

:42:56. > :43:00.the statement by the Home Secretary in answer to the question that she

:43:01. > :43:04.believes she is on target to recruit the number of armed officers she is

:43:05. > :43:07.seeking. I have been speaking to armed officers who protect us on the

:43:08. > :43:10.estate and there is one piece of feedback which is they're worried

:43:11. > :43:15.about the quality of potential recruits because of the disincentive

:43:16. > :43:17.of automatic referral to the IPCC and I wonder if it is time to

:43:18. > :43:23.consider whether that should still apply in terrorist attacks. I can

:43:24. > :43:29.reassure my honourable friend but when it comes to certain terrorist

:43:30. > :43:33.attacks, like the marauding firearms attack that are sometimes declared

:43:34. > :43:40.when we have a terrorist attack, as we did here, they immediately state,

:43:41. > :43:43.the IPCC, it is not necessary. There is a particularly different approach

:43:44. > :43:47.when there is a terrorist attack, but in general, the IPCC do an

:43:48. > :43:53.important job for creating a clear line that it is as useful to the

:43:54. > :44:00.police as the rest of us. Can I say to the Home Secretary that... I join

:44:01. > :44:04.with her in her congratulations to Ian Hopkins and all our public

:44:05. > :44:09.services in both Manchester and London in the recent attacks, but

:44:10. > :44:13.can I say, I set the budget for Greater Manchester Police for this

:44:14. > :44:16.present year and that was a budget where I was faced with cuts from

:44:17. > :44:20.central government but I'm not if she wants to bring us all together

:44:21. > :44:26.to fight terrorism, she needs to recognise that combating terrorism

:44:27. > :44:33.places strain on our police service. We need more police officers to come

:44:34. > :44:38.back, not simply terrorism, but the other things modern police forces

:44:39. > :44:44.do. I welcome him back to the House. We have protected the police budget

:44:45. > :44:49.from 2015-2020. I would say to him that we will be doing this review in

:44:50. > :44:53.order to find out what else we could do better to combat terrorism. The

:44:54. > :44:57.security services or leading on the review looking at what has happened

:44:58. > :45:05.in the past. We will have an open mind to what is needed, depending on

:45:06. > :45:09.what the review reveals. At present, a person who pleads guilty to being

:45:10. > :45:11.in possession of a well-known extremist publication including

:45:12. > :45:16.instructions on making home-made bombs will be sentenced at just 14

:45:17. > :45:20.months, out in seven months, still radicalised, still a danger. Does

:45:21. > :45:25.she agree the time has come to toughen up sentences under section

:45:26. > :45:30.57 and 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000? It is fair to say that is exactly

:45:31. > :45:34.the sort of incident I was referring to in my comments earlier. We must

:45:35. > :45:41.look at how the sentencing, as Max Hill has suggested, in those sorts

:45:42. > :45:44.of instances. Can I express my deepest condolences to the victims

:45:45. > :45:48.of the terror attacks and their families? We utterly condemn, like

:45:49. > :45:52.most people in our country, the horrific attacks. Can I ask the Home

:45:53. > :45:56.Secretary if she will heed the warnings of the Mayor of London and

:45:57. > :46:03.the Metropolitan Police head about the ?400 million cuts which would

:46:04. > :46:08.put prevention at risk? And also, can she update the House on where

:46:09. > :46:12.she has got to in ensuring internet companies take down religious

:46:13. > :46:18.extremist sites and far right sites immediately that promote violence? I

:46:19. > :46:22.thank her for her important question and can I say that I have had

:46:23. > :46:25.several meetings with the mayor of London I commend him for the work he

:46:26. > :46:30.has done? He has been working closely with us to make sure we are

:46:31. > :46:37.united on that right approach. I would refer... There are no plans

:46:38. > :46:39.for police cuts. We have protected the budget and I hear those numbers,

:46:40. > :46:41.I simply do not recognise them. In I simply do not recognise them. In

:46:42. > :46:46.terms of the internet, we are making good progress, we have set up in the

:46:47. > :46:50.UK and internet forum to try to get more action, we are taking down 2000

:46:51. > :46:55.pieces of... They are taking down, after we asked them to, 2000 pieces

:46:56. > :47:00.of hate material a week. There is more to do. We are hopeful of having

:47:01. > :47:03.a constructive international agreement with them so that we can

:47:04. > :47:08.get a really proactive approach from the internet companies. Can I thank

:47:09. > :47:11.the Home Secretary for her statement? I know she will agree

:47:12. > :47:18.that the people who have committed these atrocities and the idiots who

:47:19. > :47:23.went to Torquay mosque in reprisal are two sides of the coin of hate.

:47:24. > :47:27.How do we deal with both of those threats? Very good point to make. I

:47:28. > :47:31.hope the commissioner will do exactly that, make it clear

:47:32. > :47:35.extremism of any form is, as you say, two sides to the same coin. It

:47:36. > :47:42.is unwelcome in this country and we need to find out what else we can do

:47:43. > :47:46.to make sure we reduce it. Can I thank the Minister for her

:47:47. > :47:51.statement? The recent attack on Finsbury Park Mosque, if reports are

:47:52. > :47:57.correct, was premeditated attack by a self radicalised extremist. My

:47:58. > :48:00.constituency knows more than most about the devastation that one

:48:01. > :48:05.extremist can bring. Whilst I welcome the Home Secretary's

:48:06. > :48:09.statement that 25% of the referrals to Prevent have been for far right

:48:10. > :48:16.extremists, how many of these referrals have been acted upon? Can

:48:17. > :48:24.I just take the opportunity to commend the work that the Jo Cox

:48:25. > :48:27.foundation did on the great get-together last weekend and like

:48:28. > :48:31.many members of the House, I took the opportunity of meeting many

:48:32. > :48:35.Labour members as well so we could show is on the good coming out of

:48:36. > :48:41.her horrible, terrible death? I have forgotten the question, I am so

:48:42. > :48:46.sorry. How many referrals...? Yes, the Prevent activity is referrals

:48:47. > :48:51.usually from schools can universities, community groups, and

:48:52. > :48:54.then they are mostly acted on, only a small portion of them goes through

:48:55. > :49:00.to the Channel programme and a disproportionately large number of

:49:01. > :49:04.far right wing ones go through to the Channel programme. 25% of ones

:49:05. > :49:10.that go through our extreme right wing. I can come back with more

:49:11. > :49:15.numbers if she would like. Is the Home Secretary receiving sufficient

:49:16. > :49:19.cooperation from the technology giants and social media companies in

:49:20. > :49:21.her efforts to thwart terrorism and are they themselves putting

:49:22. > :49:26.sufficient resources into removing inappropriate content?

:49:27. > :49:33.I know he knows a little bit about this and I'm very grateful for his

:49:34. > :49:37.question, because a lot of it is about making sure the tech companies

:49:38. > :49:41.actually resource is sufficiently to make sure they don't just wait for

:49:42. > :49:45.us to ask them to take down the hate material, but that they take action

:49:46. > :49:49.to make sure it is not put up in the first place. We're working with

:49:50. > :49:53.them. There are signs they will take action and they are making progress,

:49:54. > :49:57.but I do not underestimate the difficulty and the challenge of

:49:58. > :50:01.making sure we get over the international agreement, which is

:50:02. > :50:07.where the big prizes. There has been a concentration in resources on

:50:08. > :50:10.London for policing, but terrorism does not respect police authority

:50:11. > :50:17.boundaries. It is not scaremongering, it is a fact. Next

:50:18. > :50:22.year, Durham Constabulary will have its budget cut by over ?1 million.

:50:23. > :50:26.Can I ask what she will do to make sure those regional forces have the

:50:27. > :50:33.resources to keep the community safe that they serve? I do believe those

:50:34. > :50:39.areas like dad do have the resources they need to keep people safe. They

:50:40. > :50:42.are all making good progress and making changes to their

:50:43. > :50:48.arrangements, so that they can save money, so they can put more police

:50:49. > :50:53.officers on the front line. If he has a particular concern, I

:50:54. > :50:58.recommend he comes and sees the Police Minister, who I am sure will

:50:59. > :51:02.want to hear his concerns. I'm confident she will agree with me

:51:03. > :51:05.that we have the best emergency services in the world. And their

:51:06. > :51:10.efforts in the last few months particularly, have been nothing

:51:11. > :51:14.short of heroic. Could she be for use her influence to try and make

:51:15. > :51:18.sure that the public sector pay freeze is ended, to make sure these

:51:19. > :51:23.workers are treated with the dignity and respect they surely deserve? I

:51:24. > :51:29.thank her for a helpful contribution for any future conversations I might

:51:30. > :51:33.have other Chancellor. Further to the question by my friend and

:51:34. > :51:40.neighbour from Barking, constituents of mine also has houses next to them

:51:41. > :51:44.raided by the police over recent days. And there are links between

:51:45. > :51:48.the people who carried out the violent murders on London Bridgend

:51:49. > :51:57.borough market and several parts of East London. We know there have been

:51:58. > :52:01.radical so-called preachers recruiting within our community for

:52:02. > :52:07.years, before they will eventually jailed. What is the government going

:52:08. > :52:15.to do to deal with the ideological issues? It's absolutely the nub of

:52:16. > :52:23.what we're trying to address, that these people are becoming weaponised

:52:24. > :52:26.by the crazed ideology of Daesh, BC hate material at home on the

:52:27. > :52:31.Internet. The message that comes Daesh is not to join them any more

:52:32. > :52:35.in that so-called caliphate, but instead to become weapons in the run

:52:36. > :52:39.communities. What we are doing is making sure we work with Internet

:52:40. > :52:42.companies to take the material down, that we have a programme that

:52:43. > :52:48.reaches out and tries to protect people in those communities so that

:52:49. > :52:51.they don't become radicalised. That's why were taking part in a

:52:52. > :52:55.review looking at the past and the future. We want to make sure we

:52:56. > :53:03.stopped that radicalisation taking place in people's communities. Can I

:53:04. > :53:09.praise the response of Cardiff communities, particularly faith

:53:10. > :53:13.communities, to the attack, including the shock news that the

:53:14. > :53:17.attacker invincibly barrack was living in Cardiff. Tackling the

:53:18. > :53:22.Internet issue, there is still far right and Islamist content on the

:53:23. > :53:26.Internet today on places like YouTube and Twitter. When will she

:53:27. > :53:33.get serious about sanctions were companies who feel under obligation

:53:34. > :53:38.to remove this contents? He will be aware that we are trying to work on

:53:39. > :53:42.a voluntary basis with them, and we're making progress. That is

:53:43. > :53:45.always a danger, if you abandon the voluntary and go straight to

:53:46. > :53:50.sanctions, the heat material will just move elsewhere. We want to make

:53:51. > :53:54.sure we have a resolution to this. Not frightened of moving to

:53:55. > :54:01.sanctions if that's where we have to go, but a better outcome would be if

:54:02. > :54:05.we have those companies working with us, putting the resources into

:54:06. > :54:11.making sure that the resources are used so that it, so that the

:54:12. > :54:16.material doesn't go up the first place. I've spoken to her before

:54:17. > :54:29.about the number of UK born fighters returning from Syria and what

:54:30. > :54:37.happens to them. Bearing in mind the low number of tools to deal with

:54:38. > :54:44.returning foreign fighters. I would say that we do it tracks the foreign

:54:45. > :54:48.fighters very carefully. We recognise that they are potentially

:54:49. > :54:54.the most dangerous cohort of people who could be returning here. The

:54:55. > :54:58.tolls can be used where necessary, and I am involved in all the

:54:59. > :55:02.decision-making around them, but it seems correct that at the moment,

:55:03. > :55:09.they have those tools and the user really need to. If it becomes

:55:10. > :55:14.necessary to use them or, we will need additional legislation and then

:55:15. > :55:29.I will come back and ask her to make that case with me. I wondered if you

:55:30. > :55:32.would join with me in wishing a full recovery to Lisa, who suffered

:55:33. > :55:38.injuries in Manchester while waiting for her daughter. Which he consider

:55:39. > :55:42.undertaking an independent review of policing resources to maintain

:55:43. > :55:51.confidence and to underpinning a set of community policing edge I would

:55:52. > :55:55.join with her in wishing Elisa a swift recovery. I can't see the need

:55:56. > :55:59.for an independent review of policing. I think they're doing an

:56:00. > :56:02.exemplary job and I think they need the support of all of us for the job

:56:03. > :56:13.they are doing at this difficult time. Is the Home Secretary in a

:56:14. > :56:17.position to update us about whether a review of the police funding

:56:18. > :56:21.formula Bobby published? And now seeks accept that it's not

:56:22. > :56:26.exclusively about powers, but about the number of police officers able

:56:27. > :56:30.to use those powers? I understand her studio city about the police

:56:31. > :56:34.funding formula. We are still reviewing its position at the

:56:35. > :56:40.moment, and I will come back to her when we have made a decision. I

:56:41. > :56:47.would like to extend our thoughts to the victims and those who were

:56:48. > :56:51.hospitalised, and their families, from the recent terrorist outrages.

:56:52. > :56:55.The attacks were indiscriminate. People of all faiths were killed and

:56:56. > :56:59.injured. People of all faiths went to hell, whether that be on the

:57:00. > :57:04.scene or in our hospitals and other emergency services. But we know as

:57:05. > :57:10.well that is a ripple effect of hate crime that carries on afterwards,

:57:11. > :57:14.and that reaches out much white and affects other communities. Muslims

:57:15. > :57:17.in my constituency have told be about how they felt more, rubble and

:57:18. > :57:22.less secure. Wilshere agree with me it's important for us to reiterate

:57:23. > :57:27.the message of peace, the message that Islam is a religion of peace,

:57:28. > :57:33.and to also reassure this house, if she can, that in the final days of

:57:34. > :57:38.Ramadan, if more support is needed for Muslim communities, she will

:57:39. > :57:43.ensure that support is provided. I thank the Honourable lady and she is

:57:44. > :57:47.absolutely right in her comments. In terms of her specific requests for

:57:48. > :57:51.more support, we'll ready have a fund of ?2.4 million for places of

:57:52. > :57:55.worship, which number of mosques have applied to, to make sure they

:57:56. > :58:02.are safe. I can announce that next week, I will be opening an

:58:03. > :58:06.additional ?1 million for places of worship, which does address the

:58:07. > :58:10.particular concern in some people have had, concerns that in order to

:58:11. > :58:14.apply for the funds, you had to have already had a hate crime in your

:58:15. > :58:17.area. When I'm making sure additional funds are available, so

:58:18. > :58:21.that people concerned about their mosques can apply for money to

:58:22. > :58:28.support them in their endeavours to keep them safe. The police have been

:58:29. > :58:32.magnificent, the faiths have stood together in this house in unity and

:58:33. > :58:38.the Home Secretary is right that we face a unique threat of terrorism in

:58:39. > :58:43.this generation. But can I ask this, the foremost police officers have

:58:44. > :58:46.written to her expressing their concern. They have put in place an

:58:47. > :58:51.emergency plan to protect the public, but they say it's not

:58:52. > :58:55.sustainable. They are having to divert police officers from serious

:58:56. > :59:01.and organised crime and historic enquiries, including in relation to

:59:02. > :59:05.child sexual abuse. The first duty of any government must be the safety

:59:06. > :59:09.and security of its citizens. Does the Home Secretary and the time has

:59:10. > :59:17.come to reverse those deeply damaging cuts of 20,000 to our

:59:18. > :59:22.police service? I have, of course, got that letter from the four senior

:59:23. > :59:27.police officers about their concerns about resource saying. I would point

:59:28. > :59:34.out to him and this house that the emergency matters that they refer to

:59:35. > :59:39.were part of the well organised plan in case these situations took place,

:59:40. > :59:44.like the operation which took place. So the system is working. They

:59:45. > :59:48.needed the additional support, because of course, under these

:59:49. > :59:51.circumstances, resources have been pulled very tight given the

:59:52. > :59:54.additional work needed. There are different ways of addressing this.

:59:55. > :59:58.Before rushing in with the additional money, I want to make

:59:59. > :00:03.sure we get the right targets and the right answers. I would say to

:00:04. > :00:08.him that I recognise what they are saying, I recognise that we cannot

:00:09. > :00:11.carry on at that emergency level indefinitely, but we will be working

:00:12. > :00:17.with those police officers to make sure we get the right response.

:00:18. > :00:22.Would the Home Secretary confirmed that she has received a letter from

:00:23. > :00:28.Andy Burnham, then mayor of greater Manchester, which is speaking on

:00:29. > :00:31.behalf of all the PPC is in the north-west, pointing out the drastic

:00:32. > :00:42.cuts in policing numbers and the impact on services. There is growing

:00:43. > :00:50.gun crime and also the daily fracking processed in Lancashire.

:00:51. > :00:54.What they are saying is that in future, if the reductions are not

:00:55. > :00:59.put right and if there's not a commitment to further funding, are

:01:00. > :01:06.policing as we it now will continue to deteriorate any further -- even

:01:07. > :01:10.further. I will be responding to the letter and I do take seriously the

:01:11. > :01:15.points raised. We must make sure people are kept safe. I must commend

:01:16. > :01:19.the new mayor of Manchester for the work you did during the atrocious

:01:20. > :01:23.attack in Manchester. We will be coming back to him. If she would

:01:24. > :01:29.like, I will make sure she's copied in on any correspondence in answer

:01:30. > :01:33.to that letter. The Prevents training programme has come under

:01:34. > :01:38.much criticism. Can the Home Secretary say how this will be

:01:39. > :01:43.critiqued and will be Anderson Commission address this? I thank her

:01:44. > :01:48.for her question. Prevent has been a great success to many families. I

:01:49. > :01:52.would refer particularly to 150 people who were stopped from

:01:53. > :01:56.travelling to Syria last year, 50 of whom were children. I have been

:01:57. > :01:59.myself and met families who have managed to stop their children

:02:00. > :02:03.travelling to Syria and becoming radicalised because of engaging with

:02:04. > :02:08.that. But I recognise there is always more to learn, so I will make

:02:09. > :02:13.sure we build on Prevent and improve it we we need to, and it will be

:02:14. > :02:21.part of our review going forward to see whether it works. We are not

:02:22. > :02:25.complacent about thinking that Prevent has all the answers, but

:02:26. > :02:27.please don't underestimate the fact it has done fantastically important

:02:28. > :02:33.work in many different communities up and down the country. Does the

:02:34. > :02:36.Home Secretary agree with me that what the terrible events of recent

:02:37. > :02:39.months sure more than ever and is the need to continue to promote

:02:40. > :02:45.tolerance between people of different faiths and between people

:02:46. > :02:52.of faith and none? Absolutely, and the more we can do in the house to

:02:53. > :02:57.reiterate that message, the better. As has been said, overseas travel is

:02:58. > :03:01.a frequent factor in radicalisation, so I was very interested to hear

:03:02. > :03:08.what the Home Secretary has just said about trying to prevent such

:03:09. > :03:11.travel, rather than just using Tpims. What does she have to say

:03:12. > :03:17.about families and particularly young men who have been radicalised

:03:18. > :03:21.and then going overseas and then turning into terrorists as a result?

:03:22. > :03:28.The best examples I have seen, and I've seen them both in Manchester,

:03:29. > :03:32.Leeds, Birmingham, is a community groups led within the community, so

:03:33. > :03:37.often led by Muslim men and women, about giving a clear direction and

:03:38. > :03:42.reasons not to become radicalised, by talking to people on a level, by

:03:43. > :03:48.engaging them in their activities. This is the sort of work that

:03:49. > :03:51.Prevent does, that has been successful, is about motivating and

:03:52. > :03:55.resourcing community leaders and people with good ideas about how to

:03:56. > :04:02.deep radicalised right at the source of where the young men are. I think

:04:03. > :04:07.that's the best work we can do as a government.

:04:08. > :04:17.There is consternation at reports that members, particularly of the

:04:18. > :04:21.Didsbury mocks could, which Salman Abedi and his family attended, they

:04:22. > :04:27.made reports which were not acted upon. -- the Didsbury mosque. What

:04:28. > :04:32.assurance can she give the community that where they make these reports,

:04:33. > :04:36.they will be acted on and lack of resources will not present a

:04:37. > :04:40.barrier. It is a very fair question and I have been asking it naturally

:04:41. > :04:45.as well of the security services. We should not rush to believe

:04:46. > :04:49.everything said about what was and not done during that period, that is

:04:50. > :04:52.one reason for the review. It has not been about resources, it has

:04:53. > :04:57.been about the scale sometimes of the number of people and calls

:04:58. > :05:03.coming in, but I would say people should still encourage people

:05:04. > :05:05.their communities to make those their communities to make those

:05:06. > :05:08.calls, to use the terrorist hotline. calls, to use the terrorist hotline.

:05:09. > :05:11.respect, to ensure we do what we can respect, to ensure we do what we can

:05:12. > :05:14.to make sure people call out the type of activity that could lead to

:05:15. > :05:15.terrorism