23/03/2017

:00:00. > :00:13.Good morning. As you can see and hear, we are live at Westminster

:00:14. > :00:17.this morning, the day after a man brought terror and chaos to the

:00:18. > :00:23.heart of the capital city. After Brussels, after Paris and Istanbul,

:00:24. > :00:29.after Berlin, it was inevitable, say some, this would happen again in

:00:30. > :00:34.London. We are about 100 metres from the Palace of Westminster. This is

:00:35. > :00:38.the House of Lords end and beyond that the House of Commons and over

:00:39. > :00:42.to my left, Westminster Bridge, where hundreds of tourists,

:00:43. > :00:46.Londoners, people from around the world were going about their daily

:00:47. > :00:53.business as they cross that bridge and a man drove onto the pavement

:00:54. > :00:56.and moved down dozens of people, killing some and critically injuring

:00:57. > :00:57.others. Police have made their first arrests in connection with the

:00:58. > :01:00.attack. Raids were carried out

:01:01. > :01:11.in Birmingham overnight - The Metropolitan Police a four

:01:12. > :01:15.people died in the incident including the attacker. A man and

:01:16. > :01:16.woman died when the attacker drove a car at pedestrians on Westminster

:01:17. > :01:21.Bridge. PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death

:01:22. > :01:24.as he tried to stop the attacker The suspect was then shot dead

:01:25. > :01:28.by plain-clothes police officers. 29 people are being treated

:01:29. > :01:31.in hospital - seven of them A minute's silence will be

:01:32. > :01:46.held across Westminster The moment of the attack on

:01:47. > :01:51.Westminster Bridge. On the right-hand side we see a car moving

:01:52. > :01:56.at speed along the pavement in front of a slow-moving line of traffic. A

:01:57. > :02:03.figure, we now know it is a woman, falls into the water. And then panic

:02:04. > :02:09.as members of the public realise something is wrong. Three shots rang

:02:10. > :02:15.out. A photograph shows the immediate aftermath. An armed police

:02:16. > :02:20.officer stands poised over the attacker. At the foot is a knife and

:02:21. > :02:26.another knife is found on the ground. The police officer stabbed

:02:27. > :02:30.to death was Keith Palmer, 48, a husband and father. He was a member

:02:31. > :02:37.of the Parliamentary and diplomatic police command. The major terror

:02:38. > :02:41.investigation is under way in the capital and West Midlands. Overnight

:02:42. > :02:46.there was a raid on a flat in East Birmingham, the area closed off for

:02:47. > :02:50.more than two hours. The car used in the attack is believed to be hired

:02:51. > :02:56.in Solihull. Hundreds of detectives have worked through the night and we

:02:57. > :03:00.have searched six addresses and made seven arrests. The inquiries in

:03:01. > :03:07.Birmingham, London and other parts of the country continue. It is our

:03:08. > :03:13.belief that this attacker acted alone and was inspired by

:03:14. > :03:17.international terrorism. Two people died on the bridge. At least 29

:03:18. > :03:22.others were wounded, seven are in critical condition. The Prime

:03:23. > :03:27.Minister said parliament would meet as normal today. She urged the

:03:28. > :03:30.people of London and its visitors to do the same. And we will move

:03:31. > :03:37.forward together. Never giving in to terror. And never allowing the

:03:38. > :03:44.voices of hate and evil to drive us apart. Police have not named the

:03:45. > :03:49.attacker, but they believe they know his identity. They are treating it

:03:50. > :03:54.as a case of Islamist-related terrorism. My message to those who

:03:55. > :04:00.want to harm us and destroy our way of life is you will not succeed, you

:04:01. > :04:04.will not divide us, we will not be cowed by terrorists. Overnight a

:04:05. > :04:08.show of solidarity from the French capital, a city that has also

:04:09. > :04:12.suffered from the scourge of terrorism. The lights of the Eiffel

:04:13. > :04:16.Tower was switched off. The Prime Minister called the incident sick

:04:17. > :04:21.and depraved, but the official terror alert level has not been

:04:22. > :04:33.raised. The priority for the police now will be to find out if the

:04:34. > :04:39.attacker was working alone. Good morning. What is the feeling in

:04:40. > :04:46.Westminster this morning, Nicky Morgan? Clearly there is disruption.

:04:47. > :04:50.People are having to get into the Houses of Parliament by a different

:04:51. > :04:56.route. I think a sense of shock and a sense of, did this really

:04:57. > :05:01.happening? And yes it did. But also a determination we will get on with

:05:02. > :05:05.life which is why the Commons will sit this morning. People going

:05:06. > :05:11.around their normal daily lives. In terms of the House of Commons

:05:12. > :05:15.sitting as usual. At 9:30am there will be a minute's silence and then

:05:16. > :05:19.an opportunity for you and your colleagues to pay tribute to those

:05:20. > :05:23.who lost their lives, but the significance of those going about

:05:24. > :05:30.their business as normal, what is that? It is business as usual. If

:05:31. > :05:33.the terrorists win, we start affecting our daily lives when we

:05:34. > :05:37.allow the terror they attempt to create to stop us going about our

:05:38. > :05:42.usual business. It is significant that after the minute's silence we

:05:43. > :05:44.will continue to discuss the business we were going to discuss

:05:45. > :05:49.which is international trade questions. The first hour of every

:05:50. > :05:53.day we have question to administer and we will continue with that and

:05:54. > :05:59.then a statement from the Prime Minister. It is deeply significant

:06:00. > :06:03.the message you send is of course a moment of sombre reflection about

:06:04. > :06:05.heroism, the police officer who died, the tragedy of people

:06:06. > :06:14.innocently murdered, but also that we go on. The terrorist struck at

:06:15. > :06:18.the heart of Westminster, but, many of those who lost their lives were

:06:19. > :06:22.on Westminster Bridge, tourists, people going about their daily

:06:23. > :06:29.business. They were innocent victims. That is what makes this

:06:30. > :06:31.particularly awful. We are guarded at Westminster by fantastic

:06:32. > :06:37.policemen and security personnel and one of them lay down his life

:06:38. > :06:41.yesterday and ran towards the danger as others did. This seems on

:06:42. > :06:46.Westminster Bridge of innocent people and many will watch the

:06:47. > :06:50.programme, who will have walked over the bridge and visited London, live

:06:51. > :06:54.in London, come from overseas, and the thought that they can suddenly

:06:55. > :06:59.be struck down in such a terrible way I think will weigh heavily on

:07:00. > :07:04.all of us. I would like to say London is still open, we would like

:07:05. > :07:09.people to come and visit. The Palace of Westminster is a World Heritage

:07:10. > :07:18.site and it is important it remains open. I want to ask about your

:07:19. > :07:26.colleague who tried to help save the life of the police officer. Tobias

:07:27. > :07:32.Ellwood. That is a picture used by many newspapers today. He is an

:07:33. > :07:39.extraordinary man. His family has faced personal tragedy. He lost a

:07:40. > :07:42.brother in the Balie bombings. I was in Bangladesh when we had an

:07:43. > :07:47.earthquake and there he was telling everybody where to go, how to be

:07:48. > :07:51.safe. It is typical of the man he would run to that event and try to

:07:52. > :07:56.help, based I think on his army background. You say it is important

:07:57. > :08:01.people get the message London is open as usual. I have spoken to

:08:02. > :08:07.people on their way to work, college, university, this morning,

:08:08. > :08:12.and a number said, yes, I am scared, I am anxious. My heart goes out to

:08:13. > :08:18.the people who lost loved ones yesterday but you have to go on with

:08:19. > :08:25.your life. Precisely. There is reason to be cautious and to be

:08:26. > :08:31.vigilant, but, what the terrorists want, the moment they win is the

:08:32. > :08:35.moment we cease to be a civilised society, the moment we cease to

:08:36. > :08:40.operate as business as usual. One of the most telling things about

:08:41. > :08:46.yesterday, after the police shot the terrorist, they attempted to save

:08:47. > :08:50.his life. That is what we do in civilised, Western society. We do

:08:51. > :08:55.not try to operate in the same way the murderers do, we show a

:08:56. > :09:00.different example. People can hear the sirens and see the activity

:09:01. > :09:03.behind us 150 metres away from the Palace of Westminster, does it feel

:09:04. > :09:10.different to you this morning? Of course. We have a huge media scrum

:09:11. > :09:15.here, things are different. We live under the shadow of what happened

:09:16. > :09:22.yesterday. But we will simultaneously be vigilant and

:09:23. > :09:27.defiant and we will carry on doing our best. Unfortunately, the forces

:09:28. > :09:32.of darkness may continue to do their worst. What about security at the

:09:33. > :09:38.Palace of Westminster? Is it inevitable it will be reviewed? It

:09:39. > :09:44.is always kept under review and I am sure they will book, in time, at

:09:45. > :09:49.what happened, and what was breached. As somebody pointed out,

:09:50. > :09:55.it did hold because the attacker only got 20 metres inside and then

:09:56. > :10:00.was stopped by police and tackled. There may be other areas, ways that

:10:01. > :10:06.people responded to this that will be needed to be looked at. It is

:10:07. > :10:12.important that Parliament, it is a place of work, not just MPs there,

:10:13. > :10:16.there are thousands of members of staff, journalists, members of the

:10:17. > :10:21.Public come for beatings. We have school tours, and it is important it

:10:22. > :10:29.continues -- members of the public come in for meetings. Things are

:10:30. > :10:34.taken off people when they can come in, if there is a sense of danger,

:10:35. > :10:38.which can be inconvenient, like an airport, but that balance has two

:10:39. > :10:46.continue. You do not want it to be a fortress? Not at all. It worked. The

:10:47. > :10:55.tragic circumstances as a result of that, but the security stood up.

:10:56. > :11:00.This attack happened almost exactly at the time we had a vote and you

:11:01. > :11:04.had 600 members of Parliament travelling across the Parliamentary

:11:05. > :11:11.estate at that moment. We may need to consider the gates are constantly

:11:12. > :11:17.opening because you have ministerial cars arriving. Those gates were not

:11:18. > :11:22.locked because of the frequent use? The majority of the day the gates

:11:23. > :11:26.are locked. You have to beep your horn to get access. The time of the

:11:27. > :11:32.vote they opened and shut because you have ministerial cars arriving

:11:33. > :11:38.will stop whether that was a factor I am not certain but all those

:11:39. > :11:43.things will be reviewed. The balance will continue. For viewers watching

:11:44. > :12:54.on BBC Two, coverage continues now on BBC One.

:12:55. > :13:10.We can say good morning to viewers on BBC One. We are live from

:13:11. > :13:13.Westminster. Both have been talking about their desire that the Palace

:13:14. > :13:24.of Westminster does not become a fortress after what happened

:13:25. > :13:28.yesterday. We will talk to Phil Mackie who is in Birmingham, where

:13:29. > :13:33.police have carried out raids overnight we are told. We are

:13:34. > :13:36.expecting a minute's silence, and then an opportunity for you and your

:13:37. > :13:38.colleagues to pay tribute to those who try to help yesterday, and to

:13:39. > :13:58.those who lost their lives. to offer support to our police and

:13:59. > :14:02.security services in the continuing investigations. This will be a

:14:03. > :14:10.long-running investigation. This is only the start of it. Thanks for

:14:11. > :14:15.your time. We will go live to Birmingham and our correspondent.

:14:16. > :14:20.Tell us the latest from there. I have just seen three plain clothes

:14:21. > :14:24.and one uniformed police officers go through the brown door, the door to

:14:25. > :14:28.the flats above this Iranian restaurant, where armed officers

:14:29. > :14:32.came at around 11 o'clock last night. People in the other flats say

:14:33. > :14:40.they saw them here, certainly until the early hours, when three people

:14:41. > :14:45.were taken away. We also know that during the night officers were seen

:14:46. > :15:24.taking out boxes of what we presume is evidence in this investigation.

:15:25. > :15:29.There are several police vans parked up here and one presumes inside they

:15:30. > :15:40.are still carrying out forensically investigations. There you can see

:15:41. > :15:46.the Prime Minister leaving Downing Street. Making her way to the House

:15:47. > :15:49.of Commons where the assistant political editor Norman Smith is.

:15:50. > :16:14.What is the atmosphere like this morning. It is quieter than usual.

:16:15. > :16:19.Life is continuing as normal. People are determined to carry on as usual.

:16:20. > :16:30.Ordinary staff at Westminster waiting to get back with their work.

:16:31. > :16:36.Starting with questions to Liam Fox. At 10:30am we will get the statement

:16:37. > :16:42.by the Prime Minister when she will lead tributes to those killed

:16:43. > :17:01.yesterday. That will be a sombre moment.

:17:02. > :17:10.Democracy faces a challenge from those who reject its values. The

:17:11. > :17:15.desire to almost send a visible symbol of democracy that is not

:17:16. > :17:21.going to be cowed, that will not speak tailed and is carrying on as

:17:22. > :17:25.usual. We will have the speaker's procession going through shortly,

:17:26. > :17:30.and there will be the Chaplin, Sergeant at Arms. They have done

:17:31. > :17:34.that route week in, week out, it has been the same for sentries and will

:17:35. > :17:43.continue today. Members of the public will come here to ask to see

:17:44. > :17:47.their MP and raise issues with them. They will still be able to queue up

:17:48. > :17:51.to go to the public gallery and hear debates. The only thing they will

:17:52. > :18:02.not be able to do is go on the tours. That is a crime scene. That

:18:03. > :18:08.is the only thing curtailed. Apart from that, democracy continues as

:18:09. > :18:14.usual as it has done for centuries. We will be back with you at 9:30am,

:18:15. > :18:24.just ahead of that minute silence. The police have just named one of

:18:25. > :18:27.the victims of the attack yesterday. According to a member of staff at

:18:28. > :18:33.the college she went to she was a highly

:18:34. > :18:45.In fact it is her principal, the head of DLD College London, one of

:18:46. > :18:58.the victims named in the last few minutes. This is BBC News, we are

:18:59. > :19:12.live from Westminster. Also with us, leader bridge, your reflections,

:19:13. > :19:18.having experience what you extends 12 years ago? It has taken me right

:19:19. > :19:21.back. I was in the tube that got bombed, and when the news broke

:19:22. > :19:27.yesterday and the photo started appearing on the net, I was at my

:19:28. > :19:32.office and I said I can't see this. It was just like rewinding back in

:19:33. > :19:36.time, and seeing those bodies and injured people, I just started

:19:37. > :19:41.thinking about what happened on the Piccadilly tube when the bomb went

:19:42. > :19:47.off. But what did stand out, and what really hit me was how London

:19:48. > :19:52.came together yesterday. We unfortunately lost a police officer

:19:53. > :19:58.yesterday who tragically was killed. For me, 12 years ago, what stood out

:19:59. > :20:02.was that one voice saying it is the police, we are coming to get you. It

:20:03. > :20:05.was a male police officer. When the bomb went off, it felt like there

:20:06. > :20:11.was a noose around my heart and it was being tightened, but when I

:20:12. > :20:15.heard that voice, it is police, we are coming to get you, I felt the

:20:16. > :20:19.most reassurance and my life. To lose a police officer, those who

:20:20. > :20:26.make London and the UK say for us, has released truck me and everyone.

:20:27. > :20:31.It is unfortunate we have lost his life and others with him as well,

:20:32. > :20:34.but it has been 12 years on, we have faced another attack, we can't let

:20:35. > :20:38.this divide us in any way. In fact, let's be the London that we are. We

:20:39. > :20:41.stand together. We will not be defeated, because if we are we are

:20:42. > :20:47.feeding right into the hands of those who want to divide us. Which

:20:48. > :20:51.is an echo of what the Prime Minister Theresa May said. Lee.

:20:52. > :20:59.Average, a former national security adviser. This attack hired a 4x4 and

:21:00. > :21:04.could have got a knife from anywhere. That is almost impossible

:21:05. > :21:11.to protect people against, isn't it? It is very difficult. Last year, Al

:21:12. > :21:16.Baghdad Ebert out a call to all their supporters from ISAs, and they

:21:17. > :21:21.used the term household terrorism, to use but ever resources you have,

:21:22. > :21:24.knives, axes, hammers, your vehicles, they didn't have to look

:21:25. > :21:31.at complicated attacks like expose of all requiring firearms. A very

:21:32. > :21:35.low technical approach to an attack. In their eyes, a successful outcome

:21:36. > :21:41.to yesterday, tragic from our perspective. Could have been a lot

:21:42. > :21:45.worse. But very difficult for us to identify that activity, the main

:21:46. > :21:48.thing we can do as we saw fantastically well was the police

:21:49. > :21:54.response and the emergency services, the medics and members of the

:21:55. > :21:55.public. It was a very cohesive response to that tragic event

:21:56. > :22:13.yesterday. Which the Accu -- acting they prepared, they knew what they

:22:14. > :22:17.would do. They train on a regular basis around the country, not just

:22:18. > :22:21.at iconic sites. They are training and rehearsing all the time for

:22:22. > :22:25.these sorts of incidents. Is this also train. Yesterday we saw the

:22:26. > :22:30.dynamic lockdown kick in at Westminster. This is where normal

:22:31. > :22:34.businesses should be doing this on a regular basis, just in case, and it

:22:35. > :22:39.is a rare incident that you will be involved, but so they can protect

:22:40. > :22:44.you and members of the public. We will talk to you much more in the

:22:45. > :22:46.next half an hour or so. You can probably hear the police helicopters

:22:47. > :22:52.across and also the media helicopters above. The road ahead of

:22:53. > :22:57.me is jam-packed because this main thoroughfare through Westminster is

:22:58. > :23:00.obviously shutdown. We are just in front of a police called in because

:23:01. > :23:04.that is where a major investigation is going on. On the other side of

:23:05. > :23:18.the Palace of Westminster is Annita McVeigh.

:23:19. > :23:23.I am just outside. The Forces Chaplain, the Reverend Jonathan

:23:24. > :23:39.Osborne in the service of the force. We are

:23:40. > :23:46.told that Craig Mackey will make some brief statement. We heard from

:23:47. > :23:52.the acting deputy head of the Met police.

:23:53. > :23:58.The latest figures I now have are currently only four dead, and 29

:23:59. > :24:01.were treated in hospital. We are also still collating numbers of

:24:02. > :24:06.walking wounded. Sadly seven of those in hospital are still in

:24:07. > :24:12.critical condition. Tragically, the deaths included PC Keith Palmer who

:24:13. > :24:17.was protecting Parliament, two members of the public, a woman in

:24:18. > :24:20.her mid-40s and a man in his mid-50s. The fourth man of course

:24:21. > :24:24.was the terrorist who was shot dead by armed police at the scene.

:24:25. > :24:28.Hundreds of detectives have been working through the night, and

:24:29. > :24:32.during that time I can confirm we have searched six addresses and made

:24:33. > :24:37.seven arrests. The enquiries in Birmingham, London and other parts

:24:38. > :24:40.of the country are continuing. It is still our belief, which continues to

:24:41. > :24:45.be borne out by our investigation, that this attack at acted alone and

:24:46. > :24:49.was inspired by international terrorism. To be explicit at this

:24:50. > :24:54.stage we have no specific information about further threats to

:24:55. > :24:59.the public. The investigation is ongoing and developing all the time,

:25:00. > :25:05.and we continue to focus on his motivation, his preparation and his

:25:06. > :25:08.associates. The latest from the police at New Scotland Yard. It is

:25:09. > :25:12.coming up to 930 on this Thursday morning, we are live from

:25:13. > :25:18.Westminster. It is a cold, bright morning here in the capital. In the

:25:19. > :25:24.heart of the city, the morning after the terrorist attack on the seat of

:25:25. > :25:28.government, the seat of Parliament, four people were killed, including

:25:29. > :25:32.the attacker, the man who took his car onto the pavement of Westminster

:25:33. > :25:35.Bridge and mowed down dozens and dozens of pedestrians before making

:25:36. > :25:43.his way into the Palace of Westminster, into the the environs,

:25:44. > :25:47.the railings behind the gates, where he stabbed a police officer, PC

:25:48. > :25:52.Keith Palmer. And after that he was shot by armed police. In a moment or

:25:53. > :25:57.two we will go live to the Commons, where we are expecting a minute's

:25:58. > :26:01.silence, and then we are expecting politicians to mark what happened

:26:02. > :26:12.yesterday, and to pay tribute to those who lost their lives. Former

:26:13. > :26:17.national counter terrorist adviser Lee Dodderidge is with me. What

:26:18. > :26:22.would you want to hear from your elected representatives this

:26:23. > :26:30.morning? I would like them to send out a message, we are London, we are

:26:31. > :26:34.united. I survived 7-712 years ago and we did not let that the foetus.

:26:35. > :26:40.I will post you there because MPs are filing in to the chamber, the

:26:41. > :26:48.House of Commons, as you can see. A sombre mood, clearly. And in the

:26:49. > :26:54.next moment or two, they will pause for 60 seconds to remember the three

:26:55. > :26:59.people killed by the attacker yesterday. Norman, what is the

:27:00. > :27:08.feeling amongst politicians right now? Obviously shock, anger too, but

:27:09. > :27:13.the two other emotions I think our, one, that sense of defiance,

:27:14. > :27:16.determination that Parliament is not going to be disrupted, it will carry

:27:17. > :27:24.on as usual. It always does whenever it is under attack. And of course it

:27:25. > :27:27.is a moment for reflection, and really for people to be given an

:27:28. > :27:30.opportunity because we will have that statement from the Prime

:27:31. > :27:36.Minister in about an hour's time, for MPs to be able to reflect on the

:27:37. > :27:40.courage of the police officer who died, but also the bravery of other

:27:41. > :27:49.officers, and the work they do, date in, day out, giving this place safe,

:27:50. > :27:53.and to reflect too the sense of horror at the terrible, pointless

:27:54. > :27:57.slaughter of innocent people, many tourists, just enjoying London on a

:27:58. > :28:06.beautiful spring day, crossing Westminster Bridge, taking in the

:28:07. > :28:10.iconic views. And just how precious and fragile democracy is, that there

:28:11. > :28:17.are those who reject the values of democracy, and the fact come as the

:28:18. > :28:19.Prime Minister said yesterday that Westminster was targeted, it

:28:20. > :28:23.underlines the fact that Westminster, the way it is seen

:28:24. > :28:28.around the world because it was the first sort of modern parliament, and

:28:29. > :28:32.it is seen as emblematic of aspirations around freedom, freedom

:28:33. > :28:37.of expression, tolerance, all those sort of values, which may be we take

:28:38. > :28:41.for granted, but which events like yesterday bring home just help

:28:42. > :28:47.precious those values are and how they have to be defended. I expect

:28:48. > :28:51.when the Prime Minister delivers her tribute, much of it will be similar

:28:52. > :28:56.to watch said last night but I also suspect she will urge people to be

:28:57. > :29:01.vigilant. Although we have 30,000 police officers in the capital, they

:29:02. > :29:06.cannot be everywhere guarding everyone at all times. Much of the

:29:07. > :29:12.responsibility for safeguarding the city falls on individual citizens to

:29:13. > :29:15.be alert, to be aware, to respond to concerns, and I suspect that too

:29:16. > :29:23.will form part of the message that she gives to MPs when we hear from

:29:24. > :29:30.her in about one hour's time. Before then, we should have very soon a

:29:31. > :29:36.minute's silence in parliament, but also along Whitehall too, to give

:29:37. > :29:43.people, people who can't come in here, a chance to just reflect on

:29:44. > :29:48.what happened yesterday, to pause, to take stock, I think we may well

:29:49. > :29:52.hear the division that Bell signed here before the minute's silence

:29:53. > :29:58.just to alert MPs and staff were ever they are -- the division Bell.

:29:59. > :30:04.Many will still be in their offices, to give them an opportunity to let

:30:05. > :30:10.them know that the minute's silence is taking place. And of course in

:30:11. > :30:14.the police enquiry, that continues, going ahead not just here in London

:30:15. > :30:29.but there have been investigations in Birmingham, where that was that

:30:30. > :30:36.raid. Still no firm details about the attacker. The police not

:30:37. > :30:38.confirming his nationality, but again suggesting they believe he was

:30:39. > :31:49.acting on his own. We gather to join in prayer is for

:31:50. > :31:55.those who mourn Keith and victims of yesterday's incident. We give thanks

:31:56. > :32:02.for Keith, who, as we honour his memory, we put our trust in the

:32:03. > :32:08.future. Loving God, we remember all people of faith and no faith. We ask

:32:09. > :32:12.you to protect and guard all those who are called to serve at the

:32:13. > :32:16.Metropolitan Police Service and other emergency services. Grant them

:32:17. > :32:22.the spirit of wisdom and discernment. Make them strong,

:32:23. > :32:30.upright and compassionate for the welfare of all who they serve.

:32:31. > :33:45.Order, order. Questions to the Secretary of State for international

:33:46. > :33:56.trade, Mr Bob Blackman. Question number one, Mr Speaker. Mr Speaker,

:33:57. > :34:01.as we begin... As we begin our questions today it is appropriate we

:34:02. > :34:03.recommit ourselves to the values this parliament represents. Those

:34:04. > :34:12.who carry out such wicked and depraved actions. We must ensure it

:34:13. > :34:15.is not violence, hatred or division, but decency, forgiveness and

:34:16. > :34:36.tolerance that prevails in our country.

:34:37. > :34:44.A minute's silence at Scotland Yard and also along Whitehall and here in

:34:45. > :34:56.parliament in Central lobby, where officers and MPs, staff, stood,

:34:57. > :35:02.heads bowed, the business coming to a standstill. Marked by the division

:35:03. > :35:05.bell, to say the silence will begin and a division bell at the end

:35:06. > :35:13.markets ending. I think we can cross now to Scotland Yard. As part of my

:35:14. > :35:18.leadership role, I will be going to Cobra later this morning for the

:35:19. > :35:22.next meeting for an update in relation to the various elements of

:35:23. > :35:29.this investigation and response. You will be aware that I personally was

:35:30. > :35:34.a witness to yesterday's events. Part of yesterday's events,

:35:35. > :35:40.including part of the tragic attack on PC Palmer. As with all police

:35:41. > :35:44.officers, I have a duty to secure my evidence and give statements

:35:45. > :35:50.yesterday evening, which I did before resuming our role, leading

:35:51. > :35:53.the response to this incident. I know I will have the opportunity

:35:54. > :35:56.later to take questions but thank you for being with us this morning

:35:57. > :36:14.and thank you for that act of remembrance.

:36:15. > :36:21.Craig Mackey from the Scotland Yard, from the Metropolitan Police with

:36:22. > :36:27.the latest on the investigation. After what happened yesterday. I

:36:28. > :36:40.will introduce you now to three Londoners, Olivia, Neil and Ali.

:36:41. > :36:44.What is your feeling? Travelling around London it is a sombre mood.

:36:45. > :36:51.People have lost their lives and families affected. There is also a

:36:52. > :36:57.feeling of resilience and determination in the air. I think

:36:58. > :37:01.Londoners are fairly, I suppose resilient to these sorts of things

:37:02. > :37:05.and life has to go one and we have to get on with life. Just walking

:37:06. > :37:10.around London, people are going about their business, which is

:37:11. > :37:14.fantastic to see. I really noticed this morning a level of nervousness

:37:15. > :37:20.but people determined to go about their daily life and that is

:37:21. > :37:25.crucial. My concern is what are the repercussions of this, where do

:37:26. > :37:30.people take this story and start the investigations and peoples views,

:37:31. > :37:36.particularly at a time when the country feels divided and what will

:37:37. > :37:38.happen in terms of people'sconversations and

:37:39. > :37:42.perceptions of others in the community, which is concerning, but

:37:43. > :37:49.in terms of daily life it is about getting on with it. To not allow it

:37:50. > :37:57.to take us away from what we do in our daily life. Good morning. What

:37:58. > :38:05.is your attitude today? As the guests summarised, nervousness.

:38:06. > :38:09.There was definitely a sense of people getting on with things but my

:38:10. > :38:12.thoughts are also of course with what happened yesterday with the

:38:13. > :38:18.people of the bridge and the potential backlash that other

:38:19. > :38:21.Londoners might experience, especially in the Muslim community,

:38:22. > :38:27.the more visible members of the community. But life goes on. Who's

:38:28. > :38:32.responsibility do you think it is to draw people together? Primarily the

:38:33. > :38:38.politicians, the Mayor of London. He has done a good job so far. The most

:38:39. > :38:41.important thing they need to do is show unity and leadership and bring

:38:42. > :38:48.everyone together and I think they are doing that so far. I have spoken

:38:49. > :38:53.to lots of people, schoolchildren, students, people going to work, and

:38:54. > :39:02.you talk about nervousness. Some said, I am scared, but I have to go

:39:03. > :39:06.to work. Inevitably there is a nervousness, your senses are

:39:07. > :39:10.heightened that somehow we have to move through that. There is a fear.

:39:11. > :39:17.Last night when I heard the news and I was in central London, there was

:39:18. > :39:22.fear for my family and friends. How will I get home? Who do I know in

:39:23. > :39:29.that area? But that was a quick thought process and now it was, I

:39:30. > :39:35.have to get home. As Londoners, we have become sadly prepared for

:39:36. > :39:39.things like this. We are very aware of our surroundings and people

:39:40. > :39:47.around us. It has been hammered over the past 12 years. Keeping an eye

:39:48. > :39:54.out for things, be vigilant, and Londoners are prepared. Of course

:39:55. > :39:57.people might be nervous. I place faith in the emergency services and

:39:58. > :40:03.intelligence services and I'm sure they are doing the best they can. As

:40:04. > :40:06.people who come into the city we have a responsibility to keep an eye

:40:07. > :40:10.out for things and people will continue to do that. It is a

:40:11. > :40:16.collective responsibility, you are right about politicians and leaders

:40:17. > :40:19.but as individuals we have a collective responsibility to watch

:40:20. > :40:24.out for each other but not be concerned about reporting things we

:40:25. > :40:30.are concerned about. How can you be so aware of people driving badly

:40:31. > :40:37.down a bridge? It is a car, not the traditional terrorism we have been

:40:38. > :40:46.Euston the pass. Although sadly they are getting used to in other

:40:47. > :40:56.European cities. We saw it last July in Nice. At the Christmas markets.

:40:57. > :41:02.In Germany. It is something you cannot predict or forecasts. There

:41:03. > :41:10.is so much you can do. It is a random act. Talking about

:41:11. > :41:17.responsibility and politicians. I am a teacher and a big part of what we

:41:18. > :41:22.do as teachers is trying to create a culture of a acceptance, awareness,

:41:23. > :41:27.diversity, multicultural aspects, and that is important. I'm sure

:41:28. > :41:33.children this morning have woken up whose families work in London are

:41:34. > :41:39.scared. I spoke to boys between 13 and 15, on their phones, obviously,

:41:40. > :41:45.and I said, what is your attitude this morning? They said, we are a

:41:46. > :41:48.bit scared and our mums and dads have said be aware. But they are

:41:49. > :41:56.walking to school as they do every day. It is a testimony to Londoners

:41:57. > :42:01.that all the terror attacks we have experience through the IRA days,

:42:02. > :42:07.onwards, people go about their daily lives. There is a remarkable level

:42:08. > :42:12.of resilience. We spoke about Londoners and that is testament to

:42:13. > :42:15.them and it is the best thing anybody can do, having the fear and

:42:16. > :42:24.sense of proportion and continuing with daily life. And for those

:42:25. > :42:29.tragically affected. They will not be feeling resilient today. Fear was

:42:30. > :42:33.one of those things but last night, watching the news, I was close to

:42:34. > :42:39.tears listening to stories about the policeman, who is a father. And all

:42:40. > :42:44.the others. We have heard one of the women killed yesterday is a member

:42:45. > :42:50.of staff at a college in London and the principal said she was a loved

:42:51. > :42:57.colleague. Absolutely. And the devastation. They will need support

:42:58. > :43:01.at some point. They have family and friends, but as a society we have a

:43:02. > :43:03.responsibility to reach out to people when they have been through

:43:04. > :43:13.such tragic circumstances. Did the Prime Minister get it right

:43:14. > :43:17.when she talked about in a defiant way, the will have said, that this

:43:18. > :43:27.evil will not so divisions in our society? It was a very powerful

:43:28. > :43:32.speech, but to claim it won't divide us, it is a big claim. I think there

:43:33. > :43:38.is a level of division that we have to face in this country anyway, and

:43:39. > :43:42.it is easy to make those statements, but what you practically do? It is

:43:43. > :43:46.one thing to say that outside Downing Street but what are the

:43:47. > :43:49.practical actions, how are we bridging those divisions and gaps

:43:50. > :43:55.between different communities and individuals? But aside from the

:43:56. > :43:58.practical realities besides this challenge, as a symbol of the leader

:43:59. > :44:03.of the United Kingdom she was absolutely right and she had to make

:44:04. > :44:07.that statement as the symbol of Britain. Of course. She was right to

:44:08. > :44:12.say that but it is to a certain extent rhetoric and it is

:44:13. > :44:22.translating that into actionable outcomes. No one should

:44:23. > :44:29.underestimate how difficult that task is. Thank you very much. I

:44:30. > :44:35.appreciate your time. We are live at Westminster and the terror attack

:44:36. > :44:40.here yesterday began at around 20 to three yesterday afternoon with a car

:44:41. > :44:44.travelling at high speed North across the bridge towards

:44:45. > :44:45.Parliament. This is how the story unfolded, and a warning that you

:44:46. > :44:56.might find some scenes upsetting. This appalling incident began when a

:44:57. > :44:57.single attacker drove his vehicle into pedestrians walking across

:44:58. > :45:10.Westminster Bridge. We have details of a potentially

:45:11. > :45:15.serious incident coming from various news agencies of two people shot

:45:16. > :45:21.outside the Westminster Parliament. The building is apparently in

:45:22. > :45:28.lockdown. You like, get undercover now! Police are currently evacuating

:45:29. > :45:29.the street outside Parliament, amidst reports someone has been

:45:30. > :45:41.shot. There is blood everywhere. People

:45:42. > :45:51.have been shot or stabbed all over the place. I am now going to suspend

:45:52. > :45:56.the sitting of the house, this house is now suspended but please wait

:45:57. > :46:01.here. We heard what we thought were gunshots, turned around and we saw

:46:02. > :46:05.the car had ploughed into a lady, I think it was a lady, I'm not 100%

:46:06. > :46:10.sure, but underneath the wheel, and you could hear screams. On the other

:46:11. > :46:15.side of the red there was a body and when I looked further up there was

:46:16. > :46:20.another body. When I looked over the side of the bridge there appeared to

:46:21. > :46:24.be a body in the water as well. Bodies of military must have been

:46:25. > :46:32.about ten or 12 bodies in different places along the bridge. It seems a

:46:33. > :46:36.police officer has been stabbed. This man had something in his hand,

:46:37. > :46:42.it looked like a stick of some sort. We could see the man in Black moving

:46:43. > :46:48.his arm in a way that suggested he was either starving or striking the

:46:49. > :46:53.yellow jacketed policeman. We do not yet know the full impact of this

:46:54. > :46:56.terrible incident, but I know that the whole country will be thinking

:46:57. > :47:01.and praying for those who are affected, as I am. We have declared

:47:02. > :47:04.this as a terrorist incident, and the counterterrorism command are

:47:05. > :47:08.carrying out a full-scale investigation into the events today.

:47:09. > :47:12.Sadly I can confirm that now four people have died. One of those who

:47:13. > :47:16.died today was a police officer, PC Keith Palmer, a member of our

:47:17. > :47:23.Parliamentary and diplomatic protection command. Aged 48, Keith

:47:24. > :47:26.had 15 years service and was a husband and father. Let me make it

:47:27. > :47:33.clear today, as I have had cause to do before, any attempt to defeat

:47:34. > :47:40.those values through violence and terror is doomed to failure. We will

:47:41. > :47:44.all move forward together. Never giving in to terror, and never

:47:45. > :47:52.allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart.

:47:53. > :47:58.Theresa May V Prime Minister Maliki last night, this morning at

:47:59. > :48:00.Westminster is it is a cruel, blow each morning, you can hear the

:48:01. > :48:10.sounds of the police helicopters above us. We are at the House of

:48:11. > :48:12.Lords end of Westminster, this is normally a very busy thoroughfare,

:48:13. > :48:17.completely closed off as you would expect. Let me introduce you to Ben

:48:18. > :48:20.Wallace, the security minister, and Kevin Scocco from politics home, who

:48:21. > :48:28.saw the events unfold yesterday within the parameters of

:48:29. > :48:33.Westminster. Ben Wallace, as security minister, how safe is

:48:34. > :48:38.London? London is safe, we have some of the best security services of the

:48:39. > :48:42.world, some of the best police. They have cancelled leave, there is more

:48:43. > :48:45.police on the streets, reassurance patrols, and we are following up any

:48:46. > :48:49.leads we have found from this attack. We are determined to make

:48:50. > :48:55.sure that London goes back to work. Parliament is taking part of that

:48:56. > :48:58.lead, we are back in business, and I think what Londoners who have been

:48:59. > :49:02.here before over many decades and I'm afraid we'll probably be here

:49:03. > :49:06.again at some stage, that we are getting on with business. We should

:49:07. > :49:09.reassure the public that we really have some of the best people well

:49:10. > :49:13.invested over the decades to make sure we have the tools they need to

:49:14. > :49:18.follow up and see off any other danger. The police say they believe

:49:19. > :49:25.at this stage that this man was acting alone, that he was inspired,

:49:26. > :49:29.they say, by international Islamist ideology, but he was acting alone.

:49:30. > :49:37.Yes, that is the evident point at the moment, that it was a single

:49:38. > :49:42.person in that car who then carried out the attack on poor old PC Keith

:49:43. > :49:45.Palmer, and that is why the incident is effectively over here, but of

:49:46. > :49:49.course no one does anything without a trace, no one does things entirely

:49:50. > :49:52.on their own. If he was radicalised committee had support elsewhere, and

:49:53. > :50:00.that is what the police will following up. Kevin, hello to you,

:50:01. > :50:05.you watched this unfold. What is it like to see this from your office

:50:06. > :50:10.window? It is a very strange experience, you can't really take it

:50:11. > :50:16.in. I saw that the man forced his way through a security gate, and

:50:17. > :50:21.attack the police officer. And at that point it didn't make any sense.

:50:22. > :50:25.We had heard a crash just before it, but thought they had maybe been a

:50:26. > :50:30.smash on Westminster Bridge Road or something like that. But I saw him

:50:31. > :50:36.come through, almost like it was in slow motion. He wrestled the police

:50:37. > :50:39.officer the ground and then another police officer approached he got up

:50:40. > :50:43.and produced a knife, or what looked like a knife anyway, his

:50:44. > :50:46.outstretched arm towards the second police officer. Then my view was

:50:47. > :50:51.obscured and then if you seconds later I heard gunfire. That was the

:50:52. > :50:55.moment it became obvious that it was some kind of terror attack. Just

:50:56. > :51:00.trying to take it on board was very strange. So you work right there in

:51:01. > :51:05.the heart of what happened, what is your attitude about that today? I

:51:06. > :51:09.think it is great that Parliament is back. We just had a minute was like

:51:10. > :51:15.silence of MPs, you send out a strong message that Britain and

:51:16. > :51:19.London won't be cowed by events like yesterday. We can go back to

:51:20. > :51:22.business as normal. We have seen all around people in London walking to

:51:23. > :51:28.work as if nothing happened, which is very good to see and sends out a

:51:29. > :51:34.strong message. Hello Ann McLauchlan, SNP MP. What is your

:51:35. > :51:39.attitude this morning? I just feel very sad for the people who have

:51:40. > :51:42.died, and the people who have what is described as catastrophic

:51:43. > :51:47.injuries. Who knows how their lives will change? The families of Keith

:51:48. > :51:55.Palmer and others who died, just utter sadness. How do you view this

:51:56. > :52:02.attack, is it about striking at democracy, harming innocent people

:52:03. > :52:07.going about their business at a bridge? It is a murderer, murdering

:52:08. > :52:10.people for no good reason. None of those people are known to the guy, I

:52:11. > :52:13.assume. They did nothing to him and I don't think we should allow

:52:14. > :52:19.anything else to get in the way of the fact that this person has

:52:20. > :52:23.murdered these people. The attacker was able to get through carriage

:52:24. > :52:31.gate, which one MP described as a weak spot, in terms of security. It

:52:32. > :52:34.is a gate in frequent use, it isn't locked, there is a bolt that could

:52:35. > :52:41.go straight across it. That is going to have to change, isn't it? I don't

:52:42. > :52:43.think they will on the hoof look at the overall protective security of

:52:44. > :52:48.Parliament but we shouldn't forget that this individual did not get

:52:49. > :52:54.into Parliament. He was stopped with little -- lethal force, PC Keith

:52:55. > :52:59.Palmer made sure that he gave his life and protected me and those who

:53:00. > :53:04.work in Parliament. We are a Parliament of the people, we are

:53:05. > :53:06.open for the people. My constituents, trade unions, people

:53:07. > :53:10.come and see us every day and that is what we are there to do.

:53:11. > :53:14.Entrances are always vulnerable in every place, that is why we have

:53:15. > :53:20.armed police there, that is why we have police on the gate. But of

:53:21. > :53:23.course all these things are reviewed. The meeting I had before

:53:24. > :53:31.this incident was with the head of security in Parliament about what we

:53:32. > :53:36.can do to keep MPs and their staff say. All of that is always under

:53:37. > :53:41.constant review. After this, we should give the space for the

:53:42. > :53:44.professionals to do their job, to make sure we pursue any other

:53:45. > :53:47.suspects or certainly make sure it is safer throughout the United

:53:48. > :53:52.Kingdom, and then in the cold light of day, further on, of course these

:53:53. > :53:56.things will continue to be reviewed. But I think the best thing for now

:53:57. > :54:00.is to remember that this assailant did not get into the House of

:54:01. > :54:06.Commons, did not get more than a few metres into the front gate. PC Keith

:54:07. > :54:09.Palmer did his duty, and more so saved many other lives by what he

:54:10. > :54:15.did, and I think that is the key point about it. We are expecting the

:54:16. > :54:20.Prime Minister to make a statement to the Commons and we will ring that

:54:21. > :54:26.to our viewers live. What are we expecting from Mrs May this morning?

:54:27. > :54:31.The Prime Minister's speech gave last night I thought was incredibly

:54:32. > :54:34.moving but powerful. Reiterating what British values are all about,

:54:35. > :54:40.reiterating that people who try to twist religion, or try to make an

:54:41. > :54:43.attack on our values and the people in Parliament, will always fail. And

:54:44. > :54:48.that we are supported, and we are very lucky to be supported in this

:54:49. > :54:51.country by police and intelligence services who are some of the best of

:54:52. > :54:56.the world, and many governments have invested in their capability. I

:54:57. > :54:58.would just reassure your viewers, the counterterrorism strategy is

:54:59. > :55:03.about not just catching people, it is about preventing people being

:55:04. > :55:07.radicalised, and about delivering all over the United Kingdom, in

:55:08. > :55:10.Scotland, Lancashire, where I represent, and in the capital and in

:55:11. > :55:14.the very iconic buildings we see here. It is about making sure people

:55:15. > :55:18.understand that the best thing we can do is to go back to work and be

:55:19. > :55:22.confident that they have underneath them the net of some of the most

:55:23. > :55:26.professional people in the world in this area of counterterrorism. Thank

:55:27. > :55:33.you very much, Ben Wallace, Devon Schofield and Ann McLauchlan, SNP

:55:34. > :55:37.MP. As you heard Mr Wallace say, the best thing that people can do is go

:55:38. > :55:42.back to work. We will bring you the very latest news at ten o'clock this

:55:43. > :55:47.morning live from Westminster. As you can hear, police helicopters

:55:48. > :55:51.overhead, and the media helicopters overhead going about their business.

:55:52. > :55:57.One of the women who died in the attack has been named as Aysha

:55:58. > :56:05.Frade, who worked at a sixth form college close to Westminster Bridge.

:56:06. > :56:09.The principle of DLD College said Aysha Frade was highly regarded and

:56:10. > :56:12.loved and would be deeply missed. We can get the latest from New Scotland

:56:13. > :56:15.Yard where Annita McVeigh is this morning.

:56:16. > :56:23.Yes, the police are the public and the public the Pliskova those were

:56:24. > :56:27.the words a few minutes ago of Craig Mackey, Acting Commissioner of the

:56:28. > :56:33.Metropolitan and, as he stood alongside colleagues in front of the

:56:34. > :56:36.eternal flame, the flame that commemorates those who have lost

:56:37. > :56:41.their lives in the service of the Metropolitan Police, and of course

:56:42. > :56:44.uppermost in their thoughts, the loss of their colleague, PC Keith

:56:45. > :56:52.Palmer, yesterday in the Westminster attack. Of course 24 hours a day,

:56:53. > :56:57.every day of the year, the men and women of the Met collect -- protect

:56:58. > :57:02.people in London. That protection continues today amidst the huge

:57:03. > :57:08.investigation of yesterday's attack and the loss of their colleague, one

:57:09. > :57:11.of their own, in the line of duty. Craig Mackey, Acting Commissioner,

:57:12. > :57:16.went on to say that investigation continues. It is also about

:57:17. > :57:21.reassurance for the public and Hi-Vis ability of officers on the

:57:22. > :57:27.streets, many more officers on duty. He said although the police practice

:57:28. > :57:29.for all sorts of scenarios in response to different possible

:57:30. > :57:37.terrorist attacks, nothing he said, could prepare them as officers or

:57:38. > :57:42.the public for the reality of yesterday's attack and of course the

:57:43. > :57:48.loss of one of their own. That is the latest from New Scotland Yard.

:57:49. > :58:01.We can hear the chimes of Big Ben live from Westminster where an

:58:02. > :58:03.attack by a man thought to be inspired by so-called Islamic State

:58:04. > :58:09.brought chaos and terror to the heart of London yesterday.

:58:10. > :58:15.The man killed three people and left 29 others needing hospital treatment

:58:16. > :58:17.before being shot dead outside the Houses of Parliament.

:58:18. > :58:19.Anti-terror police have not released the attacker's name,

:58:20. > :58:26.but confirm they've made seven arrests in raids around the UK.

:58:27. > :58:28.Hundreds of detectives have been working through the night,

:58:29. > :58:31.and during that time I can confirm we have searched six addresses

:58:32. > :58:45.London and other parts of the country are continuing.

:58:46. > :58:49.In the past hour, the second victim is named as mother Aysha Frade.

:58:50. > :58:52.She was reportedly on her way to pick up her children from school.

:58:53. > :59:00.has been named as the police officer who was killed.

:59:01. > :59:04.MPs held a minute's silence to remember the victims.

:59:05. > :59:10.The Government's emergency Cobra committee will meet later.

:59:11. > :59:13.The Prime Minister has left Downing Street

:59:14. > :59:18.and will address the House of Commons in around half an hour.

:59:19. > :59:23.Last night, she described the attack as "sick and depraved."

:59:24. > :59:29.We will all move forward together, never giving in to terror.

:59:30. > :59:38.And never allowing the voices of hate and evil to drive us apart.

:59:39. > :59:48.Inside Parliament, staff, MPs and peers return to work as normal in a

:59:49. > :59:51.calculated act of defiance, with tributes to be lead shortly by the

:59:52. > :00:15.Prime Minister for those murdered in yesterday's slaughter.

:00:16. > :00:21.Police have made their first arrests in connection with the attack in

:00:22. > :00:26.Westminster in which four people were killed, including the attacker.

:00:27. > :00:27.Raids were carried out in Birmingham. Seven people have been

:00:28. > :00:28.arrested. In the past half an hour,

:00:29. > :00:30.silences and prayers were held in Parliament

:00:31. > :00:33.and at New Scotland Yard to reflect Two people died when the attacker

:00:34. > :00:40.drove a car at pedestrians One of the victims has been named

:00:41. > :00:45.this morning as Aysha Frade. She's been described by her college

:00:46. > :00:48.principal PC Keith Palmer was stabbed to death

:00:49. > :00:57.as he tried to stop the attacker The suspect was then shot dead

:00:58. > :01:03.by plain-clothes police officers. 29 people are being treated

:01:04. > :01:06.in hospital, seven of them The moment of the attack

:01:07. > :01:17.on Westminster Bridge. On the right-hand side we see a car

:01:18. > :01:21.moving at speed along the pavement in front of a slow-moving

:01:22. > :01:23.line of traffic. A figure, we now know it is a woman,

:01:24. > :01:29.falls into the water. And then panic as members

:01:30. > :01:31.of the public realise A photograph shows

:01:32. > :01:41.the immediate aftermath. An armed police officer stands

:01:42. > :01:47.poised over the attacker. Under his foot is a knife

:01:48. > :01:49.and another knife is The police officer stabbed to death

:01:50. > :01:55.was Keith Palmer, 48, He was a member of the Parliamentary

:01:56. > :02:03.and Diplomatic Police Command. A major terror investigation

:02:04. > :02:06.is under way in the capital Overnight there was a raid

:02:07. > :02:09.on a flat in East Birmingham, the area closed off for more

:02:10. > :02:14.than two hours. Hundreds of detectives have worked

:02:15. > :02:17.through the night and we have searched six addresses

:02:18. > :02:22.and made seven arrests. The inquiries in Birmingham,

:02:23. > :02:24.London and other parts It is our belief that this attacker

:02:25. > :02:46.acted alone and was inspired They included mother of two Aysha

:02:47. > :02:47.Frade, a Spanish teacher who worked at a college a few hundred metres

:02:48. > :02:48.away. At least 29 others were wounded,

:02:49. > :02:52.seven are in critical condition. The Prime Minister said parliament

:02:53. > :02:56.would meet as normal today. She urged the people of London

:02:57. > :03:00.and its visitors to do the same. And we will all move

:03:01. > :03:02.forward together. And never allowing the voices

:03:03. > :03:13.of hate and evil to drive us apart. Police have not named

:03:14. > :03:15.the attacker, but they believe They are treating it as a case

:03:16. > :03:22.of Islamist-related terrorism. My message to those who want to harm

:03:23. > :03:25.us and destroy our way of life is you will not succeed,

:03:26. > :03:28.you will not divide us, Overnight a show of solidarity

:03:29. > :03:36.from the French capital, Paris, a city that has also suffered

:03:37. > :03:41.from the scourge of terrorism. The lights of the Eiffel Tower

:03:42. > :03:43.were switched off. The Prime Minister called

:03:44. > :03:47.the incident sick and depraved, but the official terror alert level

:03:48. > :03:51.has not been raised. The priority for the police

:03:52. > :04:10.now will be to find out You can hear sirens going off and

:04:11. > :04:14.that is the sound that will accompany London life for the rest

:04:15. > :04:20.of today and the next few days possibly. It is really busy. The

:04:21. > :04:24.road behind me that leads to the Palace of Westminster obviously that

:04:25. > :04:28.is cordoned off and completely empty and it is normally a main

:04:29. > :04:34.thoroughfare. A high the camera, the roads are jam-packed, because

:04:35. > :04:38.commuters, tourists and the like are trying to find their way around

:04:39. > :04:45.London roads because so many in the heart of the city are shut. We will

:04:46. > :04:50.now speak to a former counterterrorism detective who was

:04:51. > :05:03.part of the 7/7 investigation. Also Chris Carley, and a doctor from the

:05:04. > :05:10.counter extremism group Quilliam. I want to talk about PC Keith Palmer.

:05:11. > :05:15.A 48-year-old officer with over a decade of service, a husband and

:05:16. > :05:24.dad, an unarmed officer who tried to stop the attacker. How do you pay

:05:25. > :05:30.tribute? He paid the ultimate sacrifice. We should be thankful

:05:31. > :05:37.there are people like him who stand in the way of a man who wanted to

:05:38. > :05:41.hurt many people. It is a tragic event and the ultimate sacrifice

:05:42. > :05:44.that hopefully all police officers hope they will never have too pay

:05:45. > :05:51.but he did his duty and it is a great tragedy. What is the priority

:05:52. > :05:56.for officers in terms of the investigation? The biggest thing to

:05:57. > :06:01.find out is to identify the man who drove the car on the bridge, where

:06:02. > :06:06.the car came from. They believe they know who he is and they believe he

:06:07. > :06:11.was acting alone. The next thing is to find out where he lives and

:06:12. > :06:16.searches home and gain as much intelligence from thereabout who he

:06:17. > :06:20.has been in contact with. He is dead, there will be no criminal

:06:21. > :06:24.prosecution of him, the police will look at his wider circle and who he

:06:25. > :06:30.has been associating with and see if they can find evidence against

:06:31. > :06:35.those. Do you question how the attacker could have got into Palace

:06:36. > :06:41.Yard? This is like a pedestrianised area and a car park for members of

:06:42. > :06:48.Parliament. Surrounded by metal fencing, but it appears he got

:06:49. > :06:51.through an unlocked gate, manned by two unarmed officers and unlocked

:06:52. > :06:57.because it is in frequent use, I am told. It is one of these bizarre

:06:58. > :07:03.things that happens. The individual has moved rapidly and people would

:07:04. > :07:07.have been focused on what was going on on the bridge and suddenly you

:07:08. > :07:12.have an individual moving at speed through a gate that is open. It

:07:13. > :07:21.happens. Hard and fast and quickly, that is how these events occur. I

:07:22. > :07:26.can bring in the doctor from counter extremism group Quilliam. How does

:07:27. > :07:32.somebody become radicalised? The core message that terrorist groups

:07:33. > :07:36.promote worldwide is that Muslims are separate and Muslims need their

:07:37. > :07:43.own state and to live under their own law and oh no allegiance for a

:07:44. > :07:47.garden -- Raiola no allegiance to for example of British Governor --

:07:48. > :08:00.payola no allegiance. That is a basic message used to

:08:01. > :08:05.promote this kind of radicalisation. The message from Al-Qaeda and IS in

:08:06. > :08:10.recent months has been to use vehicles to cause carnage? We saw

:08:11. > :08:16.that in Nice and Berlin and we must take that threat seriously. When

:08:17. > :08:19.they say it they mean it, to use cars and trucks as murderous

:08:20. > :08:28.weapons. It is important to come together. We are united as citizens

:08:29. > :08:37.of Britain and society is built on trust, including that vehicles do

:08:38. > :08:42.not become weapons of murder. Society is based on mutual trust and

:08:43. > :08:47.we must work harder on our sense of shared values and what brings us

:08:48. > :08:51.together as a society and nation. If people use vehicles as lethal

:08:52. > :08:57.weapons, how do you protect the public? It is almost impossible.

:08:58. > :09:02.People walking across the bridge, tourists, people going about their

:09:03. > :09:07.business and suddenly a car drives down the pavement. Trying to stop it

:09:08. > :09:13.and mitigate against it is almost impossible. Westminster Bridge is

:09:14. > :09:21.unusual. We have a lot of street furniture. Lamp posts, rubbish bins,

:09:22. > :09:24.benches. Westminster Bridge is unusual, there is nothing on it and

:09:25. > :09:29.if you have a long run of nothing and can get a vehicle on a pavement

:09:30. > :09:35.with hundreds of people on the pavement looking at Big Ben, if you

:09:36. > :09:42.get a vehicle up there there is a free run. It is a weakness we need

:09:43. > :09:46.to identify. In mainland Europe, it is low-grade attacks with knives,

:09:47. > :09:54.blunt weapons, cars and lorries and that is where we need to invest our

:09:55. > :10:00.money. As a former counterterrorism officer, for you, what security

:10:01. > :10:05.flaws have been exposed as a result of the attack? I would not say it

:10:06. > :10:11.has exposed any flaws. It is interesting to see where the vehicle

:10:12. > :10:16.hit the outer perimeter walls. Where the hostile mitigation stops. When

:10:17. > :10:21.we look at security, it should be based on how the response will kick

:10:22. > :10:26.in after. People say the gate was open, but it is meant to be open for

:10:27. > :10:30.people to walk inside but the proof of the response was when they dealt

:10:31. > :10:37.with the attacker, albeit he was inside. There are no flaws. We can

:10:38. > :10:42.look back in hindsight. This morning additional measures were taken down

:10:43. > :10:46.the road behind us. It will be interesting to see where the

:10:47. > :10:50.barriers will be positioned through the day. The acting Deputy

:10:51. > :10:54.Commissioner said there will be more armed police on the streets.

:10:55. > :11:00.Something people will have to to get used to for the short-term. We need

:11:01. > :11:05.to give support to officers. There has been a lot of bad press about

:11:06. > :11:09.them walking out and buying sandwiches in Tesco but these people

:11:10. > :11:18.are doing an important job and we need full support behind them.

:11:19. > :11:23.Thanks. We can go to Birmingham now. Police say they have made several

:11:24. > :11:27.arrests. Our correspondent is there. I am in front of the flats where the

:11:28. > :11:34.arrests happened last night. The brown door leads upstairs to two

:11:35. > :11:44.flats above a Persian restaurant. It happened around 11pm in the busy

:11:45. > :11:47.Hagley Road. They closed it. People in the restaurants and the shops and

:11:48. > :11:52.the pub at that time were told to stay put. They were held on lockdown

:11:53. > :11:57.until about 1am when they were let go. I have spoken to someone living

:11:58. > :12:05.in the neighbouring flat who took pictures from his window. Around

:12:06. > :12:10.11pm, two or three unmarked vehicles pulled in and armed officers got out

:12:11. > :12:16.and went in through that door. Later witnesses said they saw three people

:12:17. > :12:19.take it away. We have not had it confirmed they were arrested but we

:12:20. > :12:25.are assuming that three people were part of the investigations to which

:12:26. > :12:31.the Met police referred to today. Several hours later, police officers

:12:32. > :12:35.brought out sealed boxes of evidence from the flat. There is still police

:12:36. > :12:42.activity this morning with several vehicles parked along the street.

:12:43. > :12:46.About an hour ago, a uniformed officer and three plainclothes

:12:47. > :12:49.officers went back into the flats and there is still clearly forensics

:12:50. > :12:58.work going on. There is another line of enquiry in the West Midlands over

:12:59. > :13:02.towards Solihull, where it is believed there is a link to a rental

:13:03. > :13:07.car company and the car involved in the attack on Westminster Bridge

:13:08. > :13:13.yesterday. We do not have any of the names of people taken out of that

:13:14. > :13:18.flat. Although we are in Edgbaston, we are on the north side of Hagley

:13:19. > :13:23.Road, on the edge of Ladywood will stop Edgbaston one of the most

:13:24. > :13:26.expensive places to live in the city, Ladywood certainly one of the

:13:27. > :13:31.poorest districts in the whole country. This is an area where you

:13:32. > :13:35.get people from different countries living, a transient area with people

:13:36. > :13:41.coming and going all the time. Neighbours I spoke to were not

:13:42. > :13:44.necessarily sure of who lived in the flat that was the scene of

:13:45. > :13:53.investigations last night, and it continues to be so today. Thank you.

:13:54. > :13:58.Phil Mackie reporting live from Birmingham. BBC News live from

:13:59. > :14:03.Westminster. Yesterday an attack paralysed the heart of government,

:14:04. > :14:07.as MPs and hundreds of government officials were held in lockdown for

:14:08. > :14:13.hours in the House of Commons, and yet this morning the House of

:14:14. > :14:19.Commons sits as normal, the usual time at 930. Let me introduce you to

:14:20. > :14:23.two Labour MPs, Barbara Keeley and Clive Lewis, and what do you think

:14:24. > :14:43.of that, the fact it was business as usual at 9:30am today? It was very

:14:44. > :14:45.good. It was very moving. It sends the right message that London

:14:46. > :15:02.carries on and business carries on as usual. I would agree. It does

:15:03. > :15:06.send a clear message. Clearly there is a tenseness, you can see the

:15:07. > :15:09.police helicopters and the police presence. There was quiet and empty

:15:10. > :15:12.on the trends this morning but people are going about their

:15:13. > :15:31.business. This reflects in what is happening.

:15:32. > :15:37.A mum reportedly going to pick up her kids from school. She's a normal

:15:38. > :15:42.woman trying to get on with her life. Life.. Their parents must have

:15:43. > :15:45.been really worried about them. They were fantastic in spirit. Sipping,

:15:46. > :15:49.wavings to us. It was great to have them there. It is very important

:15:50. > :15:54.everything carries on as usual. People still visit and London is

:15:55. > :16:00.open. But I think what we have to reflect on is because of the police,

:16:01. > :16:04.they are our human shield and they protect us so we can do this work as

:16:05. > :16:08.MPs that we are able to carry on. It is very touching. I really feel for

:16:09. > :16:13.these guys this morning who've lost one of their own and everybody in

:16:14. > :16:18.the Westminster village feels that. It is very important we pay tribute,

:16:19. > :16:26.the most important people today are the families of those victims. PC

:16:27. > :16:30.Keith Palmer and his family. Important messages have come from

:16:31. > :16:34.people like Brendan Brendan Cox who lost Jo last year. They've

:16:35. > :16:37.experienced the biggest loss. You're on your way to the House of Commons

:16:38. > :16:40.now. We're expecting the Prime Minister to give a statement in

:16:41. > :16:46.about ten minutes' or so time. You'll be walking back up there into

:16:47. > :16:50.a street which is cordoned off. A street which is quiet compared to a

:16:51. > :16:56.normal Thursday morning. What would you like to hear from the Prime

:16:57. > :17:01.Minister this morning? She will pay respects to those who've died. We

:17:02. > :17:06.will pay our respects in a minute's silence. It is time to pause for

:17:07. > :17:11.reflection on the work the security service do to protect us every day.

:17:12. > :17:15.They run towards shots. We run away from them, if anything. Every day

:17:16. > :17:18.we're in there, we speak to these people, talk to them, say good

:17:19. > :17:22.morning to them. I think, at the back of your mind, you always know

:17:23. > :17:27.that something like this can happen. At the back of your mind sub

:17:28. > :17:32.consciously. Today, a day we half expected has occurred. I want to

:17:33. > :17:36.hear from the Prime Minister a pause. I don't want to see a knee

:17:37. > :17:40.jerk reaction. Do you mean in terms of security? I think so. Changing

:17:41. > :17:46.the way we live our lives? Completely. I don't think we'd hear

:17:47. > :17:50.that today. It will be a reflection, on update on the security situation,

:17:51. > :17:55.the investigation on the latest we know that she can explain. I think

:17:56. > :17:59.she'll read the public mood which is one of reflection and thinking about

:18:00. > :18:04.those who've lost their lives and where we go from here in a positive

:18:05. > :18:08.and practical way. How important is to you both as politicians that the

:18:09. > :18:12.House of Commons stays relatively open? Clearly, there's airport-style

:18:13. > :18:17.security, concrete bollards outside. All those things you'd expect. But

:18:18. > :18:21.it's full of members of the public in there? That's right. The most

:18:22. > :18:25.important thing is we keep access. We all though that was important

:18:26. > :18:30.after we lost Jo last year. We've carried on with extra security.

:18:31. > :18:36.Seeing our constituents, doing our campaigning work. It is important

:18:37. > :18:41.Parliament reflects the way wee behave in our constituencies. We did

:18:42. > :18:46.have that cordon of police. Amazing emergency services people. People

:18:47. > :18:49.ran over from St Thomas' Hospital. We have remarkable capacity to cope.

:18:50. > :18:53.Westminster are a village. We'll pull together. There is a really

:18:54. > :18:58.important message in the fact we're back there this morning working. It

:18:59. > :19:02.is a balancing act. When people from my constituency come down to visit,

:19:03. > :19:07.I say, this is your place. It is a people's palace. We work here but

:19:08. > :19:13.you own it. That mustn't change. We've already seen changing over the

:19:14. > :19:16.years from very little security. We now see bollards, gates, armed

:19:17. > :19:21.police which are there permanently now. We've seen chose changing. If

:19:22. > :19:27.there needs for a few changes, that's acceptable. But the principle

:19:28. > :19:31.of people being able to come in as the public and enjoy what is their

:19:32. > :19:38.palace is right and proper. That needs to happen. Thank you very

:19:39. > :19:45.much. I better let you go. Two Labour MPs on their way to the House

:19:46. > :19:51.of Commons to hear Theresa May before she gives her statement to

:19:52. > :19:57.the Commons and tries to sum up the mood of a nation, as well as paying

:19:58. > :20:03.tribute to those who lost their lives, including 48-year-old PC

:20:04. > :20:08.Keith Palmer who we know was a husband, a dad, who'd served in the

:20:09. > :20:12.Metropolitan Police for over ten years. We'll take you live to the

:20:13. > :20:15.House of Commons, of course, at 10.30 as you'd expect ahead of that

:20:16. > :20:23.statement from Theresa May. We can talk now to the former Mayor of

:20:24. > :20:28.London, Ken Livingstone. Who was the mayor during the 7/7 attacks. What's

:20:29. > :20:31.your attitude this morning? The important thing is Londoners

:20:32. > :20:39.shouldn't Czech the way we live our lives or turn against each other.

:20:40. > :20:44.That's what the terrorists want. More security, more surveillance,

:20:45. > :20:51.all that can go over the top. The simple fact is we stop almost every

:20:52. > :20:54.terrorist attack. Only about one every three or four years gets

:20:55. > :21:00.through. We've very good Sir veilance. A terrorist like this,

:21:01. > :21:05.most probably an individual acting on their own, it is very difficult

:21:06. > :21:09.to get hold of them. Most of the terror attacks have been that. An

:21:10. > :21:13.individual. Not someone taking direct orders from Isis in

:21:14. > :21:18.Afghanistan or something. We heard from Mark Rowley, Acting Deputy

:21:19. > :21:23.Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police, since the killing of Lee

:21:24. > :21:28.Rigby outside his barracks in May 2013, the Metropolitan Police

:21:29. > :21:32.counter-terrorism officers have thwart 13 terrorists attacks.

:21:33. > :21:38.Potential terrorist attacks. It's important to keep perspective, isn't

:21:39. > :21:43.it? Absolutely. It was very much like that in the immediate aftermath

:21:44. > :21:49.of the terrorist attacks in 2005. The police were still able to stop

:21:50. > :21:52.two or three attempts a year. It isn't justice lambic

:21:53. > :21:55.fundamentalists. We found extreme far right groups that were

:21:56. > :22:00.stockpiling weapons and things like that. We've been able to stop them

:22:01. > :22:09.as well. I'm going to bring in Jackaway Puttnam. Come round here.

:22:10. > :22:13.Come in. Jackie is a survivor of the London bombings in July 2005.

:22:14. > :22:21.Goodness, how were you feeling yesterday? Terrible. I was working

:22:22. > :22:28.not too far from here. Saw it on the news. And it felt as if it was

:22:29. > :22:33.happening again. What I was thinking was what I'm sure lots of us were

:22:34. > :22:43.thinking, which was oh, no, not again. It surprised me because we're

:22:44. > :22:46.11 years on. You think you're doing fine, everything's wonderful, you've

:22:47. > :22:51.got it all under control. Then it takes the legs out from under you

:22:52. > :22:57.again. I know that you're on a WhatsApp group with other survivors

:22:58. > :23:01.from 7/7. I'm guessing there were messages going around amongst you?

:23:02. > :23:06.Absolutely. Everyone wanted to check where everyone was. Is everyone OK.

:23:07. > :23:14.People were posting in, yes, I'm feeling like this. The warmth of it

:23:15. > :23:18.was tremendous. It made such a difference to know there were people

:23:19. > :23:24.who were... It was like, just the comfort of it. Support group. It was

:23:25. > :23:29.huge. I'm hearing police are now saying they have made eight arrests.

:23:30. > :23:34.We were reporting earlier it was seven. We're told from the

:23:35. > :23:37.Metropolitan Police they have made eight arrests in connection with

:23:38. > :23:42.what happened at Westminster yesterday. Jackie, you're back here

:23:43. > :23:47.today. You work not far from here. You're here. That's an amazing

:23:48. > :23:54.thing? Well, it's a fight I fight every day. Really? Some days are

:23:55. > :24:00.worse than others. Most day are fine. The first battle I had to

:24:01. > :24:03.fight was get back on the Underground. I needed to take

:24:04. > :24:08.control back. Decisions I wanted to make about my life were my decisions

:24:09. > :24:14.to make not anyone else's. So I had to get that back. It's taken a very

:24:15. > :24:21.long time. You do it to begin with minute by minute. Those minutes get

:24:22. > :24:26.longer. There is help. There is tremendous amount of help out there.

:24:27. > :24:32.Can I mention Tim, Harry Jonathan bawl foundation for peace who

:24:33. > :24:38.specialise in - they were formed after the Warrington bombings by

:24:39. > :24:40.Colin and Wendy Parry. They support people who've suffered from

:24:41. > :24:46.terrorism and support the families. There is support out there for

:24:47. > :24:51.people who suffered yesterday. In terms of your psychological recovery

:24:52. > :24:57.from that day back in 2005 to now, where would you say, Jackie, if you

:24:58. > :25:03.don't mind me asking, you are at? I'm functioning. There are days when

:25:04. > :25:08.obviously there's a lot of time when you don't think about it. Times like

:25:09. > :25:14.yesterday, when it suddenly seems as if it wasn't ten years ago, it's

:25:15. > :25:19.still going on. It's, time telescopes for you in those moments.

:25:20. > :25:23.I have to say, when the survivors meet and get together we don't talk

:25:24. > :25:35.about it unless somebody's having a bad time. It's not a hug-fest have

:25:36. > :25:39.you see what I mean. We meet for drinks, males, go to weddings.

:25:40. > :25:44.Babies have been born. It's wonderful. They're my second family.

:25:45. > :25:50.They're my extended family. It's about the future. It's not about

:25:51. > :25:53.what happened. But it's a long road. A long road to travel. There are

:25:54. > :25:59.people who suffer terribly yesterday. My heart goes out to

:26:00. > :26:07.them. The families. There is support there. Post-traumatic stress cannot

:26:08. > :26:13.necessarily kick in straightaway. You may think you're fine. Sometimes

:26:14. > :26:18.it can take years. But then you do get the effects and it is, there is

:26:19. > :26:27.help out there. You don't have to live with it the way soldiers used

:26:28. > :26:33.to in the past. There's help and it can be, my therapist says it can be

:26:34. > :26:36.fixed. We're competingness against the helicopter above us. What

:26:37. > :26:42.happened here will be reported aren't the world. The iconic Big

:26:43. > :26:45.Ben, the palace of Westminster, Westminster Bridge, those images

:26:46. > :26:51.have gone around the world, of course. London is safe. That is the

:26:52. > :26:56.message that has to be got out there? It axe luteally is. My

:26:57. > :26:59.parents went through the Second World War. The Nazis were bombing

:27:00. > :27:05.London, killing hundreds of people every night. It didn't break our

:27:06. > :27:08.will. We went on to defeat them. No amount of attacks here can change

:27:09. > :27:13.the way we are or, in the end, defeat us. What are you expecting to

:27:14. > :27:17.hear? What do you want to hear from the Prime Minister when she makes

:27:18. > :27:22.her statement in the Commons? The most important thing is to look at

:27:23. > :27:26.the success in the aftermath of the 7 selfen bombings. Not a single

:27:27. > :27:33.Muslim was attacked. No police record of a single incident. What

:27:34. > :27:38.the Muslims who did that attack wanted, was us to attack Muslims,

:27:39. > :27:41.divide us. There was no recorded incidence. No-one daubed a mosque or

:27:42. > :27:46.anything. That's the important thing. We stand together. People who

:27:47. > :27:50.come to our country come because of our values, freedom and democracy.

:27:51. > :27:53.Not to change it. We're seeing live pictures of the House of Commons

:27:54. > :27:57.now. We are expecting to hear from the Prime Minister, Theresa May,

:27:58. > :27:59.very shortly. As soon as she begins speaking, of course, you will be

:28:00. > :28:13.able to hear what she says live. Jackie, thanks for talking to us and

:28:14. > :28:18.Ken Livingstone, former Mayor of London, the mayor of this capital

:28:19. > :28:24.city during the July the 7th bombings in 2005. We expect the

:28:25. > :28:31.Prime Minister to speak in the next minute. Norman Smith, from what

:28:32. > :28:37.Theresa May said last night, she is in defiant made? She is and it is

:28:38. > :28:42.striking that the Commons chamber is more full than often on Thursday

:28:43. > :28:46.mornings when it can be relatively quiet and that reflects the fact

:28:47. > :28:53.many MPs deliberately want to be seen to be there as there being

:28:54. > :28:56.reports of MPs cancelling trips away to make sure they can be their for

:28:57. > :29:03.the statement from Theresa May and just to show Parliament continues

:29:04. > :29:08.despite yesterday's outrage. The only difference was the minute's

:29:09. > :29:12.silence, beginning with the division bell sounding so that everyone in

:29:13. > :29:19.the Palace of Westminster knew it was about to take place. We went

:29:20. > :29:25.into questions to Liam Fox, who made opening remarks about how the attack

:29:26. > :29:29.underlined the need for MPs and people who work here to reaffirm the

:29:30. > :29:33.values of democracy and then we were straight into business as usual with

:29:34. > :29:41.questions about trade with Israel, what it will mean if we leave the EU

:29:42. > :29:49.and rely on WTO terms. I think Mrs May is coming into the chamber to

:29:50. > :29:54.make a statement. A police officer, PC Keith Palmer, was killed

:29:55. > :30:00.defending us, defending Parliament, and defending Parliamentary

:30:01. > :30:06.democracy. Arrangements have been made for books of condolence in the

:30:07. > :30:12.library and Westminster Hall. Our hearts go out to all those directly

:30:13. > :30:21.and indirectly touched by yesterday's events. I should like to

:30:22. > :30:26.thank all colleagues, staff of the house, and members' staff for their

:30:27. > :30:32.forbearance in stressful circumstances yesterday. Naturally,

:30:33. > :30:37.the Parliamentary security authorities have taken measures to

:30:38. > :30:44.ensure Parliament is safe in the light of the attack. In due time,

:30:45. > :30:49.the commission that I chair will consider together with our Lord's

:30:50. > :30:55.counterparts what sort of review of lessons learned would be

:30:56. > :31:00.appropriate. However, let the security personnel who protect us,

:31:01. > :31:07.police security officers and doorkeepers, be in no doubt

:31:08. > :31:14.whatsoever as to our profound appreciation of the way in which

:31:15. > :31:20.they discharged their duties yesterday. Matched by other staff of

:31:21. > :31:27.the house. That means that this morning, the house has been able to

:31:28. > :31:34.resume its business undeterred. Border.

:31:35. > :31:40.Statement, the Prime Minister. Mr Speaker, yesterday, an act of

:31:41. > :31:46.terrorism tried to silence our democracy. But today we meet as

:31:47. > :31:50.normal. As generations have done before us and as future generations

:31:51. > :31:56.will continue to do, to deliver a simple message. We are not afraid.

:31:57. > :32:01.Our resolve will never waver in the face of terrorism. We meet here in

:32:02. > :32:06.the oldest of all parliaments because we know democracy and the

:32:07. > :32:16.values it entails will always prevail. Those values, free speech,

:32:17. > :32:20.liberty, human rights and the rule of law are embodied here in this

:32:21. > :32:28.place. That they are shared by free people around the world. A terrorist

:32:29. > :32:32.came to the place where people of all nationalities and cultures

:32:33. > :32:36.gather to celebrate what it means to be free and he took out his rage

:32:37. > :32:43.indiscriminately against innocent men, women and children. This was an

:32:44. > :32:49.attack on free people everywhere. And on behalf of the British people,

:32:50. > :32:53.I would like to thank our friends and allies around the world who have

:32:54. > :32:59.made it clear they stand with us at this time. What happened on the

:33:00. > :33:06.streets of Westminster yesterday sickened us all. While there is an

:33:07. > :33:10.ongoing police investigation, the house will understand there are

:33:11. > :33:15.limits to what I can say, but having been updated by police and security

:33:16. > :33:22.officials, let me set out what I can tell the House at this stage. At

:33:23. > :33:26.2:40pm yesterday, a single attacker drove his vehicle at speed into

:33:27. > :33:31.innocent pedestrians crossing Westminster Bridge, killing two

:33:32. > :33:38.people and injuring around 40 more. In addition to 12 Britons admitted

:33:39. > :33:45.to hospital, we know the victims include three French children, two

:33:46. > :33:53.Romanians, four South Koreans, one German, one Polish person, one

:33:54. > :33:57.Irish, one Chinese, one Italian, one American and two Greeks and we are

:33:58. > :34:02.in contact with the countries of those affected. The injured included

:34:03. > :34:08.three police officers who were returning from an event to recognise

:34:09. > :34:12.their bravery. Two of those three remain in a serious condition. The

:34:13. > :34:16.attacker then left the vehicle and approached a police officer at

:34:17. > :34:20.carriage Gates, attacking the officer with a large knife before he

:34:21. > :34:29.was shot dead by an armed police officer. Tragically, 48-year-old PC

:34:30. > :34:35.Keith Palmer was killed. PC Palmer had devoted his life to the service

:34:36. > :34:40.of his country. He had been a member of the Parliamentary and diplomatic

:34:41. > :34:45.protection command for 15 years and a soldier in the Royal Artillery

:34:46. > :34:51.before that. He was a husband and father, killed doing a job he loved.

:34:52. > :34:59.He was every inch a hero. His actions will never be forgotten. I

:35:00. > :35:03.know the house will join me in sending our deepest condolences to

:35:04. > :35:09.his family and to the families and friends of those killed or injured

:35:10. > :35:15.in yesterday's awful attacks. I know also that house will wish to thank

:35:16. > :35:18.those who acted with such speed and professionalism to secure this place

:35:19. > :35:26.and ensure we are able to meet as we are doing today. At 7:30pm, I

:35:27. > :35:31.chaired a meeting of the emergency committee Cobra and will have

:35:32. > :35:37.further briefings and meetings with security today. The threat level to

:35:38. > :35:41.the UK is set that severe, meaning attack is highly likely for

:35:42. > :35:46.sometime. This is the second-highest threat level. The highest level,

:35:47. > :35:53.critical, means there is specific intelligence and attack is imminent.

:35:54. > :35:55.As there is no such intelligence, the independent joint terrorism

:35:56. > :35:59.analysis centre has decided the threat level will not change the

:36:00. > :36:04.light of the attack yesterday. The whole country will want to know who

:36:05. > :36:08.was responsible for this atrocity and the measures we are taking to

:36:09. > :36:15.strengthen security, including here in Westminster. A counterterrorism

:36:16. > :36:20.investigation is already under way. Hundreds of police and security

:36:21. > :36:24.officers have been working through the night to establish everything

:36:25. > :36:27.possible about the attack, including its preparation, motivation and

:36:28. > :36:32.whether there were any associates involved in its planning. While

:36:33. > :36:37.there remained limits on what I can say at this stage, I can confirm

:36:38. > :36:47.overnight police have searched six addresses and made eight at --

:36:48. > :36:51.arrests in Birmingham and London. It is believed still he acted alone and

:36:52. > :36:56.police have no reason to believe there are further imminent attacks

:36:57. > :37:02.on the public. His identity is known to the police and MI5 and when

:37:03. > :37:07.operational considerations allow, he will be publicly identified. I can

:37:08. > :37:13.confirm he was British-born and that, some years ago, he was once

:37:14. > :37:18.investigated by MI5 in relation to concerns about violent extremism. He

:37:19. > :37:23.was a peripheral figure. The case is historic. He was not part of the

:37:24. > :37:30.current intelligence picture. There was no prior intelligence of his

:37:31. > :37:34.intent or of the plot. Intensive investigations continue. As Acting

:37:35. > :37:40.Deputy Commissioner confirmed last night, our working assumption is the

:37:41. > :37:46.attacker was inspired by Islamist ideology. We know the threat from

:37:47. > :37:50.Islamist terrorism is very real, but while the public should remain

:37:51. > :37:57.vigilant, they should not and will not be cowed by this threat. As

:37:58. > :38:02.Acting Deputy Commissioner has made clear, we are stepping up policing

:38:03. > :38:05.to protect communities across the country and to reassure the public

:38:06. > :38:10.and as a precautionary measure this will mean increasing the number of

:38:11. > :38:17.patrols in cities across the country with more police and armed police on

:38:18. > :38:22.the streets. Since June 2013, our police, security and intelligence

:38:23. > :38:27.agencies have successfully disrupted 13 separate terrorist plots in

:38:28. > :38:31.Britain. Following the 2015 strategic defence and security

:38:32. > :38:36.review, we protected police budgets for counterterrorism and committed

:38:37. > :38:38.to increase spending on counterterrorism by 30% in real

:38:39. > :38:43.terms over the course of this Parliament and over the next five

:38:44. > :38:51.years we will invest an extra 2.5 billion in building the global

:38:52. > :38:56.security and intelligence network, employing 1900 additional staff at

:38:57. > :39:01.MI5 and MI6 and GCHQ and doubling our global network of experts

:39:02. > :39:06.working with priority countries in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and

:39:07. > :39:11.Asia. In terms of security in Westminster, we should be clear

:39:12. > :39:16.first of all that an attacker attempted to break into Parliament

:39:17. > :39:21.and was shot dead within 20 yards of the gate. If his intention was to

:39:22. > :39:30.gain access to this building, we should be clear he did not succeed.

:39:31. > :39:33.The police heroically did their job. But as is routine, the police

:39:34. > :39:39.together with the house authorities are reviewing security of the

:39:40. > :39:41.Parliamentary estate with the Cabinet Office, who have

:39:42. > :39:49.responsibility for the security measures in place. All of us in this

:39:50. > :39:52.house have a responsibility for the security and safety of staff and

:39:53. > :39:59.advice is available for members who need it. Yesterday we saw the worst

:40:00. > :40:04.of humanity, but we will remember the best. We will remember the

:40:05. > :40:08.extraordinary efforts to save the life of PC Keith Palmer, including

:40:09. > :40:15.those by my right honourable friend, the member for Bournemouth East. And

:40:16. > :40:19.we will remember the exceptional bravery of our police, security and

:40:20. > :40:24.emergency services, who once again ran towards the danger, even as they

:40:25. > :40:29.encouraged others to move the other way. On behalf of the whole country,

:40:30. > :40:33.I want to pay tribute to them for the work they have been doing to

:40:34. > :40:38.reassure the public, treat the injured, and bring security back to

:40:39. > :40:42.the streets of our capital city. That they have lost one of their own

:40:43. > :40:50.in the attack only makes their calmness and professionalism all the

:40:51. > :40:54.more remarkable. A lot has been said since Terra struck London yesterday,

:40:55. > :41:00.much more will be said in the coming days. But the greatest response lies

:41:01. > :41:06.not in the words of politicians, but in the everyday actions of ordinary

:41:07. > :41:10.people. Beyond these walls today, in scenes repeated in towns and cities

:41:11. > :41:15.across the country, millions of people are going about their days

:41:16. > :41:20.and getting on with their lives. The streets are as busy as ever, offices

:41:21. > :41:26.full and shops bustling. Millions will be boarding trains and

:41:27. > :41:30.aeroplanes to travel to London and see for themselves the greatest city

:41:31. > :41:36.on earth. It is in these actions, millions of acts of normality, we

:41:37. > :41:41.find the best response to terrorism. A response that denies enemies their

:41:42. > :41:48.victory, that refuses to let them win. That shows we will never give

:41:49. > :41:53.in. A response driven by that same spirit that drove a husband and

:41:54. > :42:00.father to put himself between us and our attacker and to pay the ultimate

:42:01. > :42:03.price. A response that says to the men and women who propagate this

:42:04. > :42:10.hate and evil, you will not defeat us. Mr Speaker, let this be the

:42:11. > :42:15.message from this house and this nation today, our values will

:42:16. > :42:23.prevail. And I commend this statement to the house.

:42:24. > :42:30.Order, colleagues, I am advised we have been joined today by French

:42:31. > :42:35.Foreign Minister who is accompanied by a number of his colleagues and

:42:36. > :42:42.also by the Deputy Foreign Secretary of the right honourable gentleman,

:42:43. > :42:47.sir, we appreciate your presence and you're very fitting display of

:42:48. > :42:56.solidarity with us. Mr Jeremy Corbyn.

:42:57. > :43:01.I'd like to associate myself with the Prime Minister's remarks that

:43:02. > :43:06.she's just made. What happened yesterday within metres of where we

:43:07. > :43:10.sit now was an appalling atrocity. The police are still piecing

:43:11. > :43:17.together what took place. And what lay behind it. It behoves us all not

:43:18. > :43:23.to rush to judgment but to wait for the police to establish the facts,

:43:24. > :43:31.to stay united in our communities and not allow fear or the voices of

:43:32. > :43:39.hatred to divide or cower us. Today, we're united by our humanity and by

:43:40. > :43:44.our democratic values. And by that human impulse of solidarity. To

:43:45. > :43:51.stand together in times of darkness and adversity. Mr Speaker, I

:43:52. > :43:55.expressed my condolences to the family and friends of police officer

:43:56. > :44:01.Keith Palmer who gave his life yesterday in defence of the public

:44:02. > :44:04.and of our democracy we thank the police and security personnel who

:44:05. > :44:10.keep us safe every day on this estate. We especially pay tribute to

:44:11. > :44:17.the bravery of those who took action to stop the perpetrator of

:44:18. > :44:21.yesterday's assault. The police and security staff lost a colleague

:44:22. > :44:26.yesterday and continue to fulfil their duties despite their shock and

:44:27. > :44:28.their grief for their fall yep colleague which many expressed to me

:44:29. > :44:35.late last night when he was talking to them. We see the police and

:44:36. > :44:39.security every day. They are our colleagues, fellow workers, they are

:44:40. > :44:45.friends and neighbours. As the Prime Minister said, when dangerous and

:44:46. > :44:49.violent incidents take place, we all instinctively run away from them for

:44:50. > :44:54.our own safety. The police and emergency services run towards them.

:44:55. > :44:58.We are grateful for the public service yesterday, today and every

:44:59. > :45:05.day that they pull on their uniforms to protect us all. I want also, Mr

:45:06. > :45:08.Speaker, to express our admiration to the honourable member for

:45:09. > :45:11.Bournemouth East whose efforts yesterday deserve special

:45:12. > :45:17.commendation. He used his skill to try and safe life. Innocent people

:45:18. > :45:24.were killed yesterday walking across Westminster Bridge. As many millions

:45:25. > :45:28.of Londoners and tourists have before them and as all of us in this

:45:29. > :45:34.chamber have. As the Prime Minister said, the injured include people of

:45:35. > :45:38.ten nationalities. We send our deepest condolences to their loved

:45:39. > :45:42.once and the loved ones of those still in a very critical condition,

:45:43. > :45:50.including the French schoolchildren so welcome in our capital visiting

:45:51. > :45:53.yesterday from corn co-in Britney. We send our sympathies to them and

:45:54. > :45:58.the people in their town and community. We thank all the

:45:59. > :46:04.dedicated National Health Service staff working to save lives,

:46:05. > :46:07.including all those from St Thomas' Hospital who rushed out O'Straight

:46:08. > :46:14.over to the scene of the incident to try and support and save lives. Many

:46:15. > :46:18.people, Mr Speaker, will have been totally traumatised by yesterday's

:46:19. > :46:22.awful events. Not joust all of us here but watching on television

:46:23. > :46:27.worried for the safety of their friends and loved ones. I ask in

:46:28. > :46:33.this House and the country, please, look after each other. Help one

:46:34. > :46:38.another and think of one another. It is by demonstrating our values

:46:39. > :46:46.solidarity, community, humanity and love, that we will defeat the poison

:46:47. > :46:52.and division of hatred. THE SPEAKER: Prime Minister. First

:46:53. > :46:57.of all may I join the right honourable gentleman in expressing

:46:58. > :47:01.our gratitude to the support and solidarity the French Government

:47:02. > :47:05.have shown us at this time, like other countries on the continent,

:47:06. > :47:09.France itself felt the horror and trauma of terrible terrorist

:47:10. > :47:13.attacks. We're grateful to the French Government for the support

:47:14. > :47:16.they've shown us. The right honourable gentleman is right in his

:47:17. > :47:20.description of the police officers. Every day when they put on that

:47:21. > :47:25.uniform, they don't know what they are going to confront in the course

:47:26. > :47:28.of their duties that day. It is a fact often forgotten when people see

:47:29. > :47:32.the police officer walking on the streets that actually, they do put

:47:33. > :47:36.their lives on the line for our safety and security. They show

:47:37. > :47:40.enormous bravery. We are grateful to them all. We're also grateful, as

:47:41. > :47:44.the right honourable gentleman said, to all those from the emergency

:47:45. > :47:48.services. To those from the hospitals who, and others, who

:47:49. > :47:52.rushed forward to give aid and support to those who had been

:47:53. > :47:57.injured at a time when they knew not what else might be happening in the

:47:58. > :48:00.vicinity and whether they might, themselves, be in danger. Finally,

:48:01. > :48:04.as the right honourable gentleman says, at this time, it is so

:48:05. > :48:09.important we show that it is our values that will prevail. That the

:48:10. > :48:15.terrorists will not win. That we will go about our lives showing that

:48:16. > :48:20.unity of purpose and the values that we share as one nation going forward

:48:21. > :48:29.and ensuring that the terrorists will be defeated.

:48:30. > :48:32.THE SPEAKER: Mr Dominic Greave. I join with my right honourable friend

:48:33. > :48:37.with everyone she said in respect of the deaths and injuries that have

:48:38. > :48:42.taken place. I join with her sending our condolences to the families and

:48:43. > :48:49.also to the injured. My right honourable friend has set exactly

:48:50. > :48:52.the right tone. Those of us who are privy to the information and

:48:53. > :48:59.background of these matters know very well that it is has been little

:49:00. > :49:03.short of a miracle over the course of the last few years we have

:49:04. > :49:09.escaped so lightly from the evil that is, I'm afraid, present in our

:49:10. > :49:14.society and manfests itself in these senseless and hideous acts of

:49:15. > :49:19.violence and evil. We have been very fortunate in that our security

:49:20. > :49:23.services have been immensely diligent and helpful in preventing

:49:24. > :49:29.such attacks. But she may agree with me that the house is going to have

:49:30. > :49:34.to simply be resolute in accepting that such attacks cannot always be

:49:35. > :49:39.prevented. And that we have as a society to accept we are going to

:49:40. > :49:42.have to fight this evil with rational, democratic principles in

:49:43. > :49:48.order to get rid of it and that there are in reality no short cuts

:49:49. > :49:55.that will ever enable us to do that. THE SPEAKER: Prime Minister. I

:49:56. > :50:00.absolutely agree with my right honourable friend. He refers to the

:50:01. > :50:04.number of plots which have been disrupted in recent years. It is

:50:05. > :50:09.easy to forget that when the threat level is at severe, what that means

:50:10. > :50:13.is an attack is highly likely. It is not possible. We live in a free and

:50:14. > :50:18.open country, we live in a democracy. It's not possible to

:50:19. > :50:22.ensure, as he says, that we can prevent any attack from taking place

:50:23. > :50:28.but we can work as hard as our security services and police do,

:50:29. > :50:32.precisely to try to prevent attacks from taking place. They have worked

:50:33. > :50:37.hard. They have been doing a good job and they continue to do a good

:50:38. > :50:43.job in keeping us safe and will do so into the future. If we are to

:50:44. > :50:46.defeat this evil, my right honourable friend is right. We'll

:50:47. > :50:53.defeat it through our democracy and our values. We must defeat, of

:50:54. > :50:58.course, the terrible ideology which leads people to conduct these

:50:59. > :51:02.terrible attacks. May I begin by associating myself and my Ron Habel

:51:03. > :51:05.and right honourable colleagues with everything that has been said by the

:51:06. > :51:13.Prime Minister, the leader of the Labour Party and by you, Mr Speaker.

:51:14. > :51:17.Today of all days, we are reminded notwithstanding our difficulties on

:51:18. > :51:23.political and constitutional issues we, we are as one in democracy, the

:51:24. > :51:31.rule of law and harmonies between people of all faiths and none. May I

:51:32. > :51:36.begin personally by wishing the Home Secretary and Prime Minister well as

:51:37. > :51:39.they deal on our behalf with the aftermath of the appalling

:51:40. > :51:44.indiscriminate terrorist act yesterday. Our hearts go out to the

:51:45. > :51:50.family, friends and colleagues of PC Keith Palmer and all other

:51:51. > :51:52.casualties. We are hugely grateful to all police, security and

:51:53. > :51:56.intelligence staff and first responders who ran towards danger

:51:57. > :52:03.without western for their own safety. I include our colleague

:52:04. > :52:08.Tobias Ellwood. Today is not a day for detailed questions. Will the

:52:09. > :52:12.Prime Minister accept on behalf of the Scottish National Party and no

:52:13. > :52:15.doubt every member of this House, our huge debt of gratitude to all

:52:16. > :52:20.police and security agency staff who are working so hard to keep everyone

:52:21. > :52:27.in the country safe. Does she agree with me, no terrorist outrage is

:52:28. > :52:32.representative of any faith or of any faith community and we recommit

:52:33. > :52:37.ourselves to strengthening the bonds of tolerance and understanding?

:52:38. > :52:42.Finally s it not best to follow the advice of Brendan Cox, the husband

:52:43. > :52:47.of our murdered MP colleague Jo Cox, who has said in the days to come, I

:52:48. > :52:52.hope we will remember the love and bravery of the victim not just the

:52:53. > :52:58.hatred and cowardice of the attacker. May I thank the right

:52:59. > :53:03.honourable gentleman for his words. He absolutely correct. Now is a time

:53:04. > :53:07.for us to come together to promote those values of tolerance and

:53:08. > :53:14.understanding he has referred to. To recognise that what motivates the

:53:15. > :53:19.terrorist is a warped ideology and a desire to destroy the values that we

:53:20. > :53:25.share and the values that underpins our democracy. Those values of the

:53:26. > :53:30.rule of law of human rights, of tolerance and understanding and

:53:31. > :53:33.democracy itself. We should be at one in ensuring those values

:53:34. > :53:38.prevail. Finally, as he says, we should remember the bravery of the

:53:39. > :53:45.victims and the bravery of those who keep us safe day in and day out.

:53:46. > :53:49.THE SPEAKER: Mr Iain Duncan Smith. Mr Speaker, may I commend my right

:53:50. > :53:54.honourable friend's powerful statement. I add my prayers to those

:53:55. > :54:00.of hers for those who have died and who are suffering. Also,

:54:01. > :54:05.particularly, for Keith Palmer, our wonderful and brave police officer.

:54:06. > :54:09.We have faced such threats before. By those of twisted and violent

:54:10. > :54:15.ideologies and the broken stones of the arch that we enter through on a

:54:16. > :54:19.daily basis bear testament to time and again. They have failed. They

:54:20. > :54:24.will always fail because we are a beacon of freedom in this place.

:54:25. > :54:29.That is why they target us. But as they fail, may I urge my right

:54:30. > :54:36.honourable friend to ensure that as we extoll our righteous defiance in

:54:37. > :54:43.the face of such evil, we also lace it with compassion, tolerance and

:54:44. > :54:46.hope. Well, I absolutely share the thoughts that my right honourable

:54:47. > :54:51.friend has set out. He is right, this place is a beacon of freedom.

:54:52. > :54:55.We should never forget that. We should be absolutely resolute in our

:54:56. > :55:00.determination to defeat this evil. But we should also be optimistic and

:55:01. > :55:05.hopeful for our democracy and our society in the future.

:55:06. > :55:09.THE SPEAKER: Mr Tim Farron. Thank you. Can I thank the Prime Minister

:55:10. > :55:15.for her statement and early sight of it. Can I also thank her for her

:55:16. > :55:21.words from the steps of 10 Downing Street last Knight. They were

:55:22. > :55:25.unifying and defiance. She did speak for us all. We know the police keep

:55:26. > :55:32.us safe. Yesterday, in the most shocking of ways, we saw how true

:55:33. > :55:36.that really is. In my prayers are Keith Palmer, his family and all the

:55:37. > :55:41.victims of yesterday's outrage. They will continue to be there. We are

:55:42. > :55:44.beyond thankful to the police, the NHS, emergency services, actually,

:55:45. > :55:51.to the staff of this House in keeping us safe and being so utterly

:55:52. > :55:57.dedicated to their roles. Those who attack us hate our freedom, our

:55:58. > :56:03.peaceful democracy, our love of country, our tolerance, openness and

:56:04. > :56:07.unity. As we work to unravel how this unspeakable attack happened,

:56:08. > :56:12.will she agree with me that we must not, either in our laws or by our

:56:13. > :56:17.actions curtail these values. Indeed, we should have more of them.

:56:18. > :56:21.I thank the right honourable gentleman for his comments. He is

:56:22. > :56:27.right, of course, as others have said, we should ensure that our

:56:28. > :56:31.values, those values of democracy and tolerance, freedom prevail, it

:56:32. > :56:35.is those values which the terrorists are trying to attack. It is our very

:56:36. > :56:39.way of life that they wish to destroy. That is why it is so

:56:40. > :56:44.important out there, those millions of citizens going about their lives

:56:45. > :56:49.as they would do normally showing, in the very smallst of ways, but

:56:50. > :56:54.each of every one of them, a defiance of the terrorists.

:56:55. > :56:59.THE SPEAKER: Mark Field. Whilst the dreadful events of yesterday took

:57:00. > :57:02.place within the boundaries of my own constituency, the Palace of

:57:03. > :57:08.Westminster is close to the hearts of not just the 650 of us but many

:57:09. > :57:13.millions of our country men and people who live abroad. May I thank

:57:14. > :57:16.the Prime Minister for speaking so eloquently for our nation on the

:57:17. > :57:21.steps of Downing Street yesterday and in the House today. She reminds

:57:22. > :57:25.us all the greatest tribute we collectively can pay to those so

:57:26. > :57:30.tragically murdered is to ensure we go about our business as normally as

:57:31. > :57:37.possible and maintain the values and liberties our forefathers have

:57:38. > :57:41.fought so hard to win on our behalf. I agree with my honourable friend.

:57:42. > :57:51.It is so important we continue to show that we, not just value but

:57:52. > :57:56.espouse in every action embody those pre-Domes and liberties. Those

:57:57. > :58:00.freedoms were hard fought. There are parts of this palace where there

:58:01. > :58:05.have been many arguments in the past about those very freedoms and

:58:06. > :58:10.liberties. We must ensure that they remain and that we show in our

:58:11. > :58:12.actions in our deeds and in our words that they remain at the heart

:58:13. > :58:22.of our democracy. Can I thank the Prime Minister for

:58:23. > :58:27.her words here today and also her words on the steps of Downing Street

:58:28. > :58:31.yesterday. At this very difficult and important time she spoke froth

:58:32. > :58:40.all, so I thank her for that. We are so proud of the bravery of PC Keith

:58:41. > :58:45.Palmer, so grateful for what he did to keep us safe and I would like to

:58:46. > :58:49.add my tribute to all the policing here at Westminster and the

:58:50. > :58:53.parliamentary staff who acted with such calmness and professionalism

:58:54. > :58:57.yesterday, and I would like to pay tribute to the emergency trauma team

:58:58. > :59:05.at Kings College Hospital who are caring the injured. This was an

:59:06. > :59:10.horrific crime and it has cost lives and caused injury, but as an act of

:59:11. > :59:15.terror, it has failed. It has failed because we are here and we are going

:59:16. > :59:20.to go about our business. It has failed because despite the trauma

:59:21. > :59:24.that they witnessed outside their windows, our staff are here and they

:59:25. > :59:28.are getting on with their work. It failed because as the Prime Minister

:59:29. > :59:45.so rightly said, we are not going to allow this to be used as a pretext

:59:46. > :59:47.for division, hatred and Islamophobia. This democracy is

:59:48. > :59:50.strong and this Parliament is robust. This was an horrific crime

:59:51. > :59:53.but as an act of terror, it has failed. The right honourable lady

:59:54. > :00:00.speaks very well and I utterly agree with the words she has spoken. Some

:00:01. > :00:06.of us were present 38 years ago and where nearby when Airey Neave was

:00:07. > :00:11.murdered. The message then was not to condemn a whole group of people.

:00:12. > :00:16.The message I got from my imam was we will always be with those who

:00:17. > :00:20.work for peace. Can I suggest we try and disappoint those who try to

:00:21. > :00:24.calculate the publicity will work in their favour and make sure we work

:00:25. > :00:28.together to disappoint them? My honourable friend makes a very

:00:29. > :00:31.important point. The Metropolitan Police are bringing a number of

:00:32. > :00:36.faith leaders together for a meeting with them today to show the

:00:37. > :00:50.importance of that coming together of faith leaders, and they are, of

:00:51. > :00:53.course, working with communities up and down the country both to

:00:54. > :00:55.reassure, because there will be communities concerned about the

:00:56. > :00:57.possible reaction, that might take place, to reassure those

:00:58. > :01:02.communities, the job of the police is to keep us all safe. Ed Miliband.

:01:03. > :01:06.Can I join others in commending the prime Mr for her statement last

:01:07. > :01:09.night and today. In her tone and substance she has spoken for the

:01:10. > :01:15.whole country and I commend her for it. Can I also echoed those who have

:01:16. > :01:19.said that we must not allow in the coming days and weeks, anyone to try

:01:20. > :01:24.and divide our country on the basis of faith or nationality after these

:01:25. > :01:30.attacks, because the reality is, but across London, across the country,

:01:31. > :01:36.we are a country united against these attacks. That is who we are.

:01:37. > :01:40.The right honourable gentleman was absolutely right. The country is

:01:41. > :01:44.united. People of all faiths and none are going about their business

:01:45. > :01:49.in defiance of the terrorists. They have a very clear message, they will

:01:50. > :01:53.not be cowed and this is a message the House gives very clearly today,

:01:54. > :02:00.that this country will not be cowed by these terrorists.

:02:01. > :02:03.Theresa Villiers. I to send my sympathies to all those bereaved in

:02:04. > :02:29.yesterday's horrific attack. And as we reflect on what happened,

:02:30. > :02:31.is it time to consider whether the police who guard sensitive sites

:02:32. > :02:33.known to be of interest to terrorists, like Parliament or a

:02:34. > :02:35.airport is, should routinely carry personal protection weapons, even

:02:36. > :02:38.when those offices are not part of the units formerly tasked with armed

:02:39. > :02:40.response? Over the 20 years since I have been in this House, the level

:02:41. > :02:42.of security has been enhanced significantly and the number of

:02:43. > :02:45.offices on the parliamentary estate has been enhanced significantly. As

:02:46. > :02:50.to whether offices are routinely armed, that is an operational matter

:02:51. > :02:55.for the police themselves. They are the best able to judge the

:02:56. > :03:01.circumstances in which it is best for individuals to have those arms.

:03:02. > :03:06.But of course, we have seen a significant increase in the number

:03:07. > :03:09.of armed response vehicles, specialist firearms officers and

:03:10. > :03:16.counterterrorism officers. It is a sad reflection that it is necessary

:03:17. > :03:18.to do that. The question that my right honourable friend specifically

:03:19. > :03:25.raises is really an operational matter for the police. Mr Nigel

:03:26. > :03:29.Dodds. Can I to commend the prime Mr for her words last evening and today

:03:30. > :03:36.and she spoke for the entire country. PC Keith Palmer was and is,

:03:37. > :03:40.and his colleagues are the reason we are here today and any other day,

:03:41. > :03:44.and he embodied the rule of law which we stand for. He stood in

:03:45. > :03:48.harms way for all of us and we remember and pray for his family and

:03:49. > :03:54.all those victims who suffered yesterday and the Arriva. We must

:03:55. > :03:59.remember as well the bravery and always will of the emergency

:04:00. > :04:08.services and the parliamentary staff, and the decency of the

:04:09. > :04:11.ordinary members of the public who rushed to help and our right

:04:12. > :04:15.honourable friend, the member for Bournemouth East. We must uphold the

:04:16. > :04:20.values of this place. The democratic values we have learned in Northern

:04:21. > :04:22.Ireland, is the way to overcome terrorism is working together

:04:23. > :04:27.politically and in every other way to ensure that our democratic

:04:28. > :04:31.values, the rule of law, human rights are all upheld in every way

:04:32. > :04:37.that they can and we must rededicate ourselves to that in the future. I

:04:38. > :04:40.absolutely agree with the right honourable gentleman. We are able to

:04:41. > :04:44.be here today because of the bravery of our police officers. He also

:04:45. > :04:50.refers rightly to mothers of the emergency services and the public

:04:51. > :04:54.and the staff of this House and Parliament, who calmly went about

:04:55. > :04:59.their job to end sure that everybody was safe yesterday. And as he has

:05:00. > :05:03.said, and he has referred to the experience in Northern Ireland, the

:05:04. > :05:07.way to defeat terrorism is by working together and by upholding

:05:08. > :05:16.our democratic values. As a backbencher is seems to me that

:05:17. > :05:19.both the Prime Minister and the leaders of the opposition parties

:05:20. > :05:21.have set exactly the right tone today and proven it is values which

:05:22. > :05:25.unite this kingdom. When this chamber was completely destroyed in

:05:26. > :05:30.the war, Mr Churchill and Mr Attlee decided not a single day would pass

:05:31. > :05:33.without us carrying on our work. The Prime Minister showed today and her

:05:34. > :05:37.opposite number has shown today that the best way to defeat terrorism is

:05:38. > :05:42.to prove that we will not be moved from our values and our place. My

:05:43. > :05:49.honourable friend is absolutely right. He refers to a specific

:05:50. > :05:54.example in the past when once again Parliament upheld our democracy, and

:05:55. > :06:01.showed our values in the face of evil and we continue to do it today.

:06:02. > :06:07.Mr Alan Johnson. The Prime Minister is dealing with this outrage in a

:06:08. > :06:12.calm and assured way. Does she agree with me that an effective

:06:13. > :06:17.counterterrorism strategy, designed to prepare, protect and pursue would

:06:18. > :06:25.be inadequate without the strand of prevent? And in that vein, will she

:06:26. > :06:29.assure the House that across all 43 constabularies, there will be

:06:30. > :06:35.neighbourhood policing teams visible to and contactable by the public,

:06:36. > :06:39.which is a crucial strand in feeding information on terrorism to the

:06:40. > :06:44.counterterrorism organisations? The right honourable gentleman was

:06:45. > :06:46.right, and as he will know from his experience, our counterterrorism

:06:47. > :06:50.strategy does indeed embody those four pillars within it, including

:06:51. > :06:55.the pillar of prevent. And the action that is taken to prevent

:06:56. > :07:01.terrorism, to prevent violent extremism and prevent extremism will

:07:02. > :07:03.come in many forms. What is important, of course, is that

:07:04. > :07:08.individuals within communities feel they are able to give information

:07:09. > :07:11.when they are concerned about somebody within their community or

:07:12. > :07:14.concerned about somebody perhaps within their family and what is

:07:15. > :07:17.happening to them and it is important that there are those

:07:18. > :07:21.opportunities for them, and there will be a variety of means. Some

:07:22. > :07:24.through policing, some through other opportunities where people can go

:07:25. > :07:29.and give that information, not just to the protection of us all but to

:07:30. > :07:32.the benefit of the individual concerned.

:07:33. > :07:37.May I commend the Prime Minister on her very fitting statement. When

:07:38. > :07:42.police officers die, they leave behind husbands, wives, sons and

:07:43. > :07:45.daughters. The police dependents' trust was set up to support the

:07:46. > :07:50.dependence of police officers killed or injured on duty following the

:07:51. > :07:55.brutal murder of three police officers in Shepherd's Bush in 1966.

:07:56. > :08:03.With the prime Mr join me in encouraging people to donate to the

:08:04. > :08:09.police dependents' trust? I am very happy to encourage people to do

:08:10. > :08:15.exactly as my honourable friend has suggested. It is a valuable

:08:16. > :08:20.organisation providing help and support. The families who are left

:08:21. > :08:24.behind have to live forever with what for us has been an act of

:08:25. > :08:33.bravery for their family member, but for them is a tragedy and a trauma.

:08:34. > :08:36.Yvette Cooper. I to welcome the Prime Minister's words as she speaks

:08:37. > :08:41.for all of us with the backing of all parties today, and she was right

:08:42. > :08:47.to say this was an attempted attack on parliament and democracy, that

:08:48. > :08:51.failed because of the bravery of PC Keith Palmer, who gave his life

:08:52. > :08:58.doing a job with others to keep people safe. It was also an

:08:59. > :09:02.attempted violent cowardly attack on our freedom, by mowing down people

:09:03. > :09:07.who were just walking along a bridge. As our hearts go out to

:09:08. > :09:11.them, would she agree that that attack on freedom also fails, not

:09:12. > :09:15.just because of communities' resilience and determination, but

:09:16. > :09:19.also perhaps because of the unique partnership we have in this country

:09:20. > :09:23.between the police and communities of all faiths across all parts of

:09:24. > :09:30.the country, and that partnership working will be crucial to making

:09:31. > :09:35.sure the terrorists never win. The right honourable lady is right. It

:09:36. > :09:40.was a cowardly attack as she said. Parliament has particularly focused

:09:41. > :09:45.on the attempt to attack here in parliament, but the mowing down of

:09:46. > :09:48.innocent men, women and children, who were just going about their

:09:49. > :09:54.business in a variety of ways, but many of whom had come here as

:09:55. > :09:57.tourists to enjoy the great delights of this wonderful city, was an

:09:58. > :10:03.absolutely cowardly and appalling act, and we do need to ensure, we

:10:04. > :10:07.have I think a unique bond between our police and their communities,

:10:08. > :10:15.and that is important that that partnership and that bond continues.

:10:16. > :10:19.Mr Philip Davies. Can I commend the Prime Minister's statement and can I

:10:20. > :10:24.commend the Prime Minister for her reassuring dignity and resolve that

:10:25. > :10:28.she showed. She has shown why she is proving to be a good Prime Minister

:10:29. > :10:32.and why we are proud to have her as our Prime Minister. Of course, our

:10:33. > :10:38.hearts go out to the victims and we honour the police who risked their

:10:39. > :10:43.lives every day to keep us safe and unfortunately, too often give up

:10:44. > :10:46.their lives to keep us safe. Can the Prime Minister assure us that she

:10:47. > :10:50.will make sure the police forces up and down the country and the

:10:51. > :10:55.security services will always have the resources that they need in

:10:56. > :10:59.order to carry out their job of keeping us all safe? I thank my

:11:00. > :11:04.honourable friend for his comments. And indeed, as I indicated in

:11:05. > :11:09.Maesteg and, we have taken steps to enhance resources available for our

:11:10. > :11:14.security and intelligence agencies, and to protect the resources

:11:15. > :11:17.available for our police forces, particularly working in the

:11:18. > :11:23.counterterrorism area. We have looked in recent times to increase,

:11:24. > :11:26.as I indicated earlier, the number of armed response vehicles

:11:27. > :11:31.available, and that is not just here but in other parts of the country as

:11:32. > :11:36.well. Of course, we constantly look at making sure our response is

:11:37. > :11:42.appropriate, but we are very conscious of the job that our police

:11:43. > :11:47.do day in, day out and we give them the support that they need.

:11:48. > :11:52.I speak for my party Plaid Cymru and also commend the Prime Minister on

:11:53. > :11:58.the words she has given us today. I also want to say that us here today,

:11:59. > :12:03.this is not a show of defiance, it is a show of respect for the dead

:12:04. > :12:08.and the injured. Respect to our duty, respect to democracy and our

:12:09. > :12:13.duty to our constituents. One man cannot shut down a city and one man

:12:14. > :12:21.cannot lock down democracy. Does she also agree that we must not react to

:12:22. > :12:25.such a warped ideology with unworthy responses? I think what is

:12:26. > :12:29.absolutely appropriate is the response that this House has shown

:12:30. > :12:33.today. It has shown gratitude for the bravery of our police and

:12:34. > :12:37.emergency services. It has shown respect and concern for those who

:12:38. > :12:42.have been the victims of the terrible attacks which took place.

:12:43. > :12:49.But also it has shown normality, and I think that is what is important as

:12:50. > :12:55.we defied the terrorists, and as we work to defeat them. Mr Nigel Evans.

:12:56. > :13:00.Mr Speaker, I thank the Prime Minister for her statement. Over 25

:13:01. > :13:04.years, well, I had been an MP for 25 years, and I have seen the police

:13:05. > :13:08.play many roles around the Palace of Westminster. One is to give advice

:13:09. > :13:13.to members of the public about where to go. On other occasions, none of

:13:14. > :13:16.us can have passed the gates without seeing members of the public having

:13:17. > :13:20.their photographs taken with the police. It is one of the things that

:13:21. > :13:24.they do. And one of the other things they do is to protect our democracy

:13:25. > :13:30.which we saw yesterday with brutal consequences. I'm very proud of the

:13:31. > :13:39.police and everything they do in defending our democracy. Keith

:13:40. > :13:44.Palmer was one of us. The police to protect us one of us. I hope that at

:13:45. > :13:50.one stage, the tribute to Keith and the police that we are here today

:13:51. > :13:54.and our proceedings are going on. We have the arch which has been spoken

:13:55. > :13:59.about the four which is a lasting memorial to those who paid the

:14:00. > :14:04.ultimate sacrifice for our democracy, and I do hope that at an

:14:05. > :14:07.appropriate time, with discussion with the family, that we also may be

:14:08. > :14:11.able to look at a lasting memorial to Keith in order that each and

:14:12. > :14:16.everyone of us know that there are people putting their lives on the

:14:17. > :14:21.line for our democracy today. I thank my honourable friend and I'm

:14:22. > :14:25.sure the House authorities wish to consider the point he has made. If I

:14:26. > :14:30.may reflect on his earlier remarks, I think it is a particular

:14:31. > :14:34.characteristic of policing here in the United Kingdom, that our police

:14:35. > :14:38.are able to have that link and that bond with members of the public, at

:14:39. > :14:43.the same time as they are doing that very difficult job of keeping us

:14:44. > :14:48.safe. We see it so often when major events take place, Royal weddings,

:14:49. > :14:53.the Olympics and so forth, but actually, he is absolutely right, we

:14:54. > :14:55.see it day in, day out here in this parliamentary estate. Mr Hilary

:14:56. > :15:09.Benn. Thank you. As we mourn those who

:15:10. > :15:11.were so cruelly cut down yesterday, give our grateful thanks to the

:15:12. > :15:13.police and the emergency and security services for their

:15:14. > :15:16.exemplary courage and devotion to duty, and show was a country by our

:15:17. > :15:19.determination to carry on, that we will not be cowed, as the prime and

:15:20. > :15:24.the birds are eloquently, does she agree that we will also need to show

:15:25. > :15:30.the same determination to stand up to anyone who seeks to sow division

:15:31. > :15:35.or stir up hatred in the wake of the Howard Lee attacks -- as the Prime

:15:36. > :15:40.Minister put it so eloquently. We must be very clear that the voices

:15:41. > :15:46.of evil and hate must not divide us and that must be a very clear

:15:47. > :15:51.message from this House today. Whilst our hearts go to all those

:15:52. > :15:55.people who were wounded and murdered yesterday and to all the people who

:15:56. > :15:59.sought to help them, with your indulgence I would like to turn for

:16:00. > :16:07.just a moment to PC Keith Palmer who I first met 25 years ago as Gunnar

:16:08. > :16:12.Keith Palmer at headquarters battery 100 Regiment Royal Artillery. He was

:16:13. > :16:19.a strong professional public servant. And it was a delight to

:16:20. > :16:27.meet him here again only a few months after being elected. Would my

:16:28. > :16:34.right honourable friend the Prime Minister, in recognition of the work

:16:35. > :16:39.that he did, and the other police officers and public servants here in

:16:40. > :16:49.the house do, consider recognising his gallantry and sacrifice formally

:16:50. > :16:57.with a posthumous recognition? I thank my honourable friend for the

:16:58. > :17:02.obvious compassion and the passion with which he has spoken about an

:17:03. > :17:05.individual he knew, and he bears witness to the tremendous public

:17:06. > :17:09.service that Keith Palmer has given this country in so many ways, and

:17:10. > :17:17.having served in our Armed Forces, and then come here to this place,

:17:18. > :17:22.and paid the ultimate sacrifice here at our heart of democracy, I can

:17:23. > :17:26.assure my honourable friend that the issue he has raised is of course one

:17:27. > :17:37.which will be considered in due course. Obviously yesterday we saw

:17:38. > :17:41.absolutely the best of security, policing and emergency services, but

:17:42. > :17:45.I would just make a small fleet going forward, yesterday we also saw

:17:46. > :17:50.the camaraderie that got people through the locked down. We had

:17:51. > :17:56.staff stuck in offices all over the estate. As we go forward, if people

:17:57. > :18:00.can take the bravery and determination of yesterday, but

:18:01. > :18:05.remember to talk among themselves, support their staff and not bury any

:18:06. > :18:16.feelings of fear from yesterday, but to let that out, so that there is

:18:17. > :18:19.absolutely no scar remnant within this place as we go forward? The

:18:20. > :18:22.honourable lady has made a very important point. It is too easy for

:18:23. > :18:27.us to come to this chamber, to rightly show the gratitude for the

:18:28. > :18:31.bravery of those who protect us, but to forget that for all our staff who

:18:32. > :18:36.were caught up in this, this could have lasting impacts, and I think it

:18:37. > :18:39.is important that we do make, and I understand that there are moves

:18:40. > :18:45.afoot, to ensure that the staff, as I said in my staff, that members are

:18:46. > :18:48.able to access help and support should they wish to do that. But

:18:49. > :18:58.actually, just allowing people to talk about what happened is often

:18:59. > :19:01.the best remedy. And Mr Speaker, can I thank the Prime Minister for her

:19:02. > :19:05.statement this morning and her message last night in Downing

:19:06. > :19:10.Street? Canales is a former Metropolitan Police officer, pass my

:19:11. > :19:14.condolences personally to Constable Palmer's family and also to the

:19:15. > :19:18.pedestrians and everyone involved yesterday. A summary who served on

:19:19. > :19:25.the counterterrorism command in the 1980s here in London, when the IRA

:19:26. > :19:30.and other Middle Eastern groups were bombing London, I know only too well

:19:31. > :19:34.the challenge which is faced by the police. I know the Prime Minister

:19:35. > :19:39.has already been asked about resourcing, but can I reinforce that

:19:40. > :19:42.by asking that in the area of counterterrorism, that the Met

:19:43. > :19:50.police, indeed all police forces, and the security services generally

:19:51. > :19:57.should want for nothing? I can reassure my honourable friend that

:19:58. > :20:01.we did do this major exercise of looking at the resources that should

:20:02. > :20:06.be available for counterterrorism, across all aspects of dealing with

:20:07. > :20:09.counterterrorism. This is about the security and intelligence agencies

:20:10. > :20:13.and about the police, but also there are other parts of government which

:20:14. > :20:17.have a role to play in counterterrorism as well and extra

:20:18. > :20:20.resources are going in as I indicated in my statement. Of

:20:21. > :20:23.course, we do want to ensure that all those who are involved in acting

:20:24. > :20:31.against terrorism have the support they need to do the job that we want

:20:32. > :20:35.them to do. Could I associate myself with the

:20:36. > :20:39.prime Mr's words and those of my right honourable friend the Leader

:20:40. > :20:43.of the Opposition -- the Prime Minister's words. Would she accept

:20:44. > :20:51.this is not about the personal security of us as members of

:20:52. > :20:57.Parliament or the security of this building. PC Keith Palmer died

:20:58. > :21:01.defending the values of free people everywhere, and isn't the proper

:21:02. > :21:06.response over the coming days, as more facts emerge, that we stand

:21:07. > :21:14.firm for those selfsame values of free people everywhere? The

:21:15. > :21:18.honourable gentleman is absolutely right. It is not about individuals

:21:19. > :21:22.in this House or this building, it is what we stand for and we should

:21:23. > :21:27.stand absolutely firm in those values.

:21:28. > :21:31.May I start off by commending the Prime Minister on a very powerful

:21:32. > :21:39.speech, particularly the tone with which it was delivered. Yesterday,

:21:40. > :21:43.we saw an attack on the centre of democracy, and also an attack on the

:21:44. > :21:50.citizens of ten countries. The message that we need to take away

:21:51. > :21:54.from here is this ideology, this evil ideology is not only an attack

:21:55. > :21:59.on Western countries and the values we hold so dear, but it is an evil

:22:00. > :22:04.which seeks to destroy the way of life across the globe. And I hope

:22:05. > :22:10.that the message will go out to all decent and civilised countries, that

:22:11. > :22:16.we must all redouble our resolve to deal with this evil. I say to my

:22:17. > :22:20.honourable friend that I have been struck by the number of messages I

:22:21. > :22:24.have received, the number of foreign leaders who I have spoken to, who

:22:25. > :22:30.have been absolutely clear at this time that we stand together as he

:22:31. > :22:38.says, in defiance but also in ensuring that we will defeat this

:22:39. > :22:41.evil. Regarding the immense bravery of everyone yesterday, should we not

:22:42. > :22:48.recognise that terror attacks are likely to continue for years to come

:22:49. > :22:53.and this country is not unique, let alone -- in Europe let alone

:22:54. > :22:57.elsewhere, and having onslaughts against them? But regarding what the

:22:58. > :23:00.Prime Minister has just said, can I tell her that during the sustained

:23:01. > :23:05.IRA bombing, I did not receive during all those years as a member

:23:06. > :23:10.of Parliament, I did not receive any letters at all, or anyone come to my

:23:11. > :23:15.surgery telling me that we should change our policy in combating

:23:16. > :23:20.terrorism. And I have to say, it illustrates once again our people

:23:21. > :23:25.are simply not appeasers. The honourable gentleman is right. I

:23:26. > :23:30.believe the British public stand with this parliament in wanting to

:23:31. > :23:33.see us in defiance of the terrorists, defeating the

:23:34. > :23:38.terrorists, and showing that it is the values of democracy and the rule

:23:39. > :23:42.of law, the values of free people everywhere, that underpin our way of

:23:43. > :23:48.life. I think people recognise that and they want to see this House

:23:49. > :23:51.endorsing that. I support all that the Prime

:23:52. > :23:57.Minister has said and done and my thoughts are with all those who have

:23:58. > :24:01.been affected by this evil act. The assistant Police Commissioner in

:24:02. > :24:06.2016 said two people a day are being turned away from extremism, and that

:24:07. > :24:14.it is often members of the individual's on community who are

:24:15. > :24:17.alerting the authorities. Can I ask what further steps we are taking to

:24:18. > :24:24.engage with all our communities so that we can work together to defeat

:24:25. > :24:27.nonviolent extremism which often leads to violent extremism? My

:24:28. > :24:31.honourable friend is right, it is important that we defeat that

:24:32. > :24:37.extremism and deal with it at that early stage, and there is a lot of

:24:38. > :24:38.work that is being done within communities, working with

:24:39. > :24:43.communities. Obviously, there is work that the police do to encourage

:24:44. > :24:49.people within communities to come forward with information, when it is

:24:50. > :24:52.to do so, when they have those concerns, and that is important,

:24:53. > :24:58.that people need to have the confidence of feeling that they can

:24:59. > :25:01.do that and it is important to create the environment within

:25:02. > :25:08.communities when people feel, when there are those who are trying to

:25:09. > :25:14.destroy our way of life, and they feel able to take action about that.

:25:15. > :25:19.But my honourable friend is right, bringing communities together is an

:25:20. > :25:22.important part of the work that the government is doing. I had intended

:25:23. > :25:27.to call another burning a member who has sadly left the chamber. In the

:25:28. > :25:33.absence of that honourable member, let's hear the voice of Jack Dromey.

:25:34. > :25:38.Can I thank the Prime Minister for her leadership in a bleak moment for

:25:39. > :25:42.our country. As a brave guardian of Parliament, Keith Palmer fought for

:25:43. > :25:45.his life yesterday. The right honourable member for Bournemouth

:25:46. > :25:49.East fought to save his life, and can I say about the right honourable

:25:50. > :25:57.member, he is one of Parliament's finest. Can I also ask the Prime

:25:58. > :26:01.Minister this, in backing our police to defeat terrorism, does she

:26:02. > :26:07.believe we should heed their wise words, that to demonise and divide

:26:08. > :26:15.is to play right into the hands of the evil that is terrorism? We

:26:16. > :26:18.should not be it making any attempt to demonise individual communities.

:26:19. > :26:24.What we should recognise is it is individuals who are terrorists, that

:26:25. > :26:28.they are adhering to a warped ideology, warped ideology of evil.

:26:29. > :26:33.And that is true whatever the origin of the terrorism and there are

:26:34. > :26:38.different ideologies and this House has been struck before, as we know,

:26:39. > :26:43.and has felt terrorism of a different sort hitting at a member

:26:44. > :26:47.of this House, so we must make sure we do not demonise communities but

:26:48. > :26:55.we work with them to identify and isolate those who wish to do us

:26:56. > :26:59.harm. Andrew Bridgen. In the wake of yesterday's evil, tragic but not

:27:00. > :27:02.wholly unexpected attack on this place, as the Prime Minister said

:27:03. > :27:07.there will be a review of the response of our excellent police and

:27:08. > :27:11.security services. But does my right honourable friend agree with me,

:27:12. > :27:17.that in an open and free democracy such as ours, there is always going

:27:18. > :27:20.to be a balance between our security and public access and the

:27:21. > :27:26.transparency of our democracy, and if that balance is not maintained,

:27:27. > :27:31.then unfortunately the terrorists will have won? My honourable friend

:27:32. > :27:35.is absolutely right. It is a balance, we live in an open and free

:27:36. > :27:39.democracy. We want members of the public to have access to members of

:27:40. > :27:44.their representatives and four months of this place to have easy

:27:45. > :27:48.access to this place. That is part of how we operate. It is important

:27:49. > :27:51.as we look ahead and we ask that question whether there is anything

:27:52. > :27:56.more that needs to be done, we recognise that we should not in

:27:57. > :27:59.anyway destroy the values that underpin our democracy, because if

:28:00. > :28:04.we do that, as he says, the terrorists will have won.

:28:05. > :28:13.I want to agree with everything that every member has said. But can I add

:28:14. > :28:18.thanks to two more groups of people who haven't been mentioned. The

:28:19. > :28:24.staff at Westminster Abbey who received people who were left from

:28:25. > :28:28.this house and also the firearms officer who actually acted in a way

:28:29. > :28:33.that he had been trained to, but probably never expected to and we

:28:34. > :28:39.owe him our thanks. The Prime Minister knows better than any of us

:28:40. > :28:45.that this sort of attack, it looks like a lone wolf kind of attack, is

:28:46. > :28:52.the hardest for our Security Services to prevent. Its prevention

:28:53. > :28:56.as her remarks have made clear, is best achieved by us celebrating our

:28:57. > :29:01.values. The values which meant that among the victims there were people

:29:02. > :29:06.of eleven different nationalities, our openness, our democracy, what

:29:07. > :29:12.can she do to help ensure that everybody in Britain, every child,

:29:13. > :29:17.everyone of every religion is given the opportunity to learn about those

:29:18. > :29:21.values and to celebrate them, because I think that's the best way

:29:22. > :29:27.to keep us safe. May I join the honourable lady in commending as she

:29:28. > :29:30.has said, the staff of Westminster Abbey, who played a role in

:29:31. > :29:37.supporting people from Parliament yesterday. But also she says the

:29:38. > :29:42.firearms officer. Who acted we know had to make a split second decision

:29:43. > :29:46.about what to do. It is not an easy job. It is difficult. They are

:29:47. > :29:52.trained to do it. But when the point comes, it is a difficult decision to

:29:53. > :29:56.take. But we are grateful that he did that and with the consequences

:29:57. > :30:00.that we know. It is important that we celebrate those values. That is

:30:01. > :30:06.an important element of us countering the extremist is to

:30:07. > :30:10.ensure that the values that we share are championed, but are resolutely

:30:11. > :30:14.put forward. It is for all of us, the honourable lady asks what I can

:30:15. > :30:18.would do, but actually I think it is for everybody in this House as we go

:30:19. > :30:21.about our business as members of Parliament to encourage that

:30:22. > :30:31.celebration of the values that we share. Can I commend my honourable

:30:32. > :30:36.friend for the resolute, brave and courageous way she stood up for our

:30:37. > :30:40.country and how proud we are of her. Does she a I degree with me that one

:30:41. > :30:50.-- agree with me that one terrorist will not destroy our country, ten

:30:51. > :30:53.thousand will not destroy our country, no amount of terrorists

:30:54. > :30:58.will ever destroy our way of life, because they're trying to destroy

:30:59. > :31:03.what we represent, freedom and democracy. My honourable friend is

:31:04. > :31:10.right, terrorism will not destroy our way of life. It will not win. We

:31:11. > :31:13.up hold those values and they underpin our way of life, they are

:31:14. > :31:21.what the terrorists are trying to attack. Ha the terrorists dislike,

:31:22. > :31:25.but we must ensure that we uphold those values and no number of

:31:26. > :31:34.terrorists will defeat this place or defeat those values. PC Keith Palmer

:31:35. > :31:38.didn't return home from work yesterday to his family, so the rest

:31:39. > :31:42.of us in this House could. We should never forget that sacrifice and

:31:43. > :31:46.every day we should pass our thanks to the staff, security of this House

:31:47. > :31:50.and the emergency services. And I wonder if I could ask the Prime

:31:51. > :31:55.Minister to join my in cherishing what happened here yesterday with

:31:56. > :31:59.staff coming to together, who were terrified and all supporting each

:32:00. > :32:03.other and in itself is way to say to terrorism that it will never win.

:32:04. > :32:08.No, I join the honourable gentleman in, as he says, I think the way that

:32:09. > :32:16.people came together, they showed that camaraderie and support each

:32:17. > :32:22.other at what was a difficult time. And that was a very important

:32:23. > :32:26.message to the terrorists. It is reported that what happened

:32:27. > :32:30.yesterday was an act of Islamic terror, will the Prime Minister

:32:31. > :32:43.agree with me that what happened was not Islamic, just as

:32:44. > :32:55.the murder of AirieN Neave was not Christian. Yes it is not Islamic, it

:32:56. > :33:02.is a perversion of a great faith. I would like to pay tribute to the

:33:03. > :33:05.Prime Minister and wish her well and the cabinet well. Can I echo

:33:06. > :33:11.everything that has been said about those who have been killed and their

:33:12. > :33:16.families and the victims. Can I ask the Prime Minister that every effort

:33:17. > :33:20.will be made to support the victims and their families and also the

:33:21. > :33:24.police officer whose role it was to stop the terrorist in the end? I can

:33:25. > :33:30.assure the honourable gentleman that that support will be available. Of

:33:31. > :33:34.course for those who have been affected by the attacks for those

:33:35. > :33:38.who have been injured and the bereaved families, the Metropolitan

:33:39. > :33:42.Police have already in place support arrangement necessary. But I have

:33:43. > :33:45.also asked government to look at what further support can be

:33:46. > :33:49.available for victims in a wider sense. There will be people who may

:33:50. > :33:54.not have been physically injured by the attack yesterday, but perhaps

:33:55. > :34:00.were caught up in it and for whom there may be other scars and it is

:34:01. > :34:05.important we provide that support. Parliament is a very different place

:34:06. > :34:10.this morning. Coming in I realised that millions of people live with

:34:11. > :34:14.the after effects of terrorism avp it was almost within the hour

:34:15. > :34:17.yesterday that in my summing up to the Foreign Office minister, I said

:34:18. > :34:22.I understand his experience of terrorism is something that is not

:34:23. > :34:25.known to the rest of us. I could repeat that assertion again this

:34:26. > :34:28.morning about his experience yesterday afternoon. Does the Prime

:34:29. > :34:33.Minister agree with me that we should use the honours system to

:34:34. > :34:38.recognise those people who made a contribution yesterday, including

:34:39. > :34:42.the member for Bournemouth east. As I have indicated, I think proper

:34:43. > :34:46.consideration will be given to the issue that my honourable friend

:34:47. > :34:51.raises. But if I may just say about my honourable friend the member for

:34:52. > :34:57.Bournemouth East, who I spoke to yesterday, I think we should all

:34:58. > :35:02.recognise that not only did he show huge professionalism in putting his

:35:03. > :35:07.past training to the use and the hope that he had of rescuing the

:35:08. > :35:14.life of PC Keith Palmer, but of course it was in the middle of a

:35:15. > :35:18.terrorist attack and he is somebody who knows the trauma and tragedy of

:35:19. > :35:25.losing somebody in a terrorist attack. I very much associate myself

:35:26. > :35:33.with the statement the Prime Minister and everyone has made. And

:35:34. > :35:37.pay tribute to all of those involved we. Atds the sister of a police

:35:38. > :35:42.officer -- as the sister of a police officer in uniform, none of us know

:35:43. > :35:50.when they go out in the morning what they're going to face. ? I have to

:35:51. > :35:58.say yesterday hit hard for those of us with family in uniform. I'm

:35:59. > :36:03.pleased she will giving help to those affected. When I was Home

:36:04. > :36:07.Secretary, there were two events that brought home the commitment and

:36:08. > :36:11.bravery and dedication of police officers, one was the national

:36:12. > :36:16.police service memorial day when the police recognise those who have

:36:17. > :36:19.fallen and the other was the police bravery awards when groups of police

:36:20. > :36:26.officers are recognised for brave acts they have undertaken. What

:36:27. > :36:30.always struck me and I'm sure other members was the matter of fact way

:36:31. > :36:37.in which our police officers would, whatever they had done, whoever they

:36:38. > :36:41.had dealt with, whatever action they had had to take, whatever injuries

:36:42. > :36:48.they had suffered would just say they were doing their job. We owe

:36:49. > :36:53.them a very great deal. Can I thank the Prime Minister for the tone with

:36:54. > :36:58.which she has reaebgted. She has spoken for the nation in this

:36:59. > :37:02.moment. Yesterday, many of us were gathered in Westminster Abbey, in

:37:03. > :37:13.lock down, in a stunning moment, people from left and right, people

:37:14. > :37:20.from Muslim, Hindu and Christian faiths and none. Could I support

:37:21. > :37:25.those who reminded us this is not a an act of faith, it is an act of

:37:26. > :37:29.distortion of faith and it we will defend the values we cherish. My

:37:30. > :37:35.honourable friend is right, I think it is, it shows the importance of

:37:36. > :37:39.all of our faiths working together and recognising the values that we

:37:40. > :37:45.share and as he says this act of terror was not an act of faith, it

:37:46. > :37:55.was an a perverse, a warped ideology, which leads to an act of

:37:56. > :37:58.terrorism and it will not prevail. My prayers are those who were

:37:59. > :38:03.injured and lost their lives and their family and particularly P

:38:04. > :38:08.xrchlt Keith Palmer, who made the ultimate accusifies. This attacker

:38:09. > :38:13.and -- that he had the ultimate sacrifice. This attacker is not of

:38:14. > :38:16.my religion or community and we should attack all those, because

:38:17. > :38:21.they're not of religion. If they were of religion they wouldn't be

:38:22. > :38:25.carrying acts like this. We have to stay united and show them they can't

:38:26. > :38:32.win on these grounds and we are here to stay. May I commend the

:38:33. > :38:36.honourable gentleman for comments he has made and the stance he has

:38:37. > :38:43.taken. He has been very clear that this is not of his religion. It is a

:38:44. > :38:51.perverse, it is a warped evil mentality that leads to these acts

:38:52. > :38:56.of terror. Could I join in saluting my honourable friend and fellow

:38:57. > :39:03.Dorset member for his bravery yesterday. It is a hall mark of his

:39:04. > :39:10.character, he stands below the bar of the house today. Would he agree

:39:11. > :39:15.with these words written by a worker on the London Underground yesterday

:39:16. > :39:21.and penned on a public notice board, my judgment is he or she speaks for

:39:22. > :39:26.the whole country, irrespective of faith and creed, all terrorists are

:39:27. > :39:38.reminded that this is London and whatever you do to us, we will drink

:39:39. > :39:45.tea and jolly well carry on! I think that is a wonderful tribute and if a

:39:46. > :39:53.very simple way I think has encapsulated everything everybody in

:39:54. > :39:57.this House has said today. Like many members I have walked through the

:39:58. > :40:01.carriage gate and said a small prayer for the safety of those who

:40:02. > :40:08.stand there to protect us and will now add a prayer for the soul of PC

:40:09. > :40:13.Keith Palmer. Among the bravery we saw yesterday and the

:40:14. > :40:19.professionalism and I say this as a former teacher, were the actions of

:40:20. > :40:24.the teacher, both nose those injured in the attack and those kept here in

:40:25. > :40:29.the lock down and kept those children calm on a day they saw,

:40:30. > :40:33.witnessed and heard of things that they should never have to see. The

:40:34. > :40:36.honourable gentleman is right, it is, it must have been particularly

:40:37. > :40:41.difficult for those children who were here and being caught up in

:40:42. > :40:46.this. The work of, we should commend the work of their teachers in

:40:47. > :40:50.offering them that reassurance and calm and recognise particularly the

:40:51. > :40:55.role of the French teachers, of the French group, the last thing you

:40:56. > :40:58.expect when you bring a group of young people to another country is

:40:59. > :41:03.something terrible like that is going to happen. Of course, they

:41:04. > :41:07.would have acted to support and will be continuing to support the other

:41:08. > :41:15.members of that group who have been through this trauma. As we were

:41:16. > :41:20.evacuated yesterday, I too met several school groups who had been

:41:21. > :41:22.involved with visits that had been organised by the Parliamentary

:41:23. > :41:32.education service. Does my honourable friend agree that such

:41:33. > :41:37.visits are vital and help provide an antidote to hatred. Yes and they're

:41:38. > :41:41.important in helping to promote the values we share. The honourable

:41:42. > :41:46.lady, the member for Slough asked me about how we can ensure we promote

:41:47. > :41:48.those values, I think that work that Parliament does in bringing in

:41:49. > :41:52.children and showing them the work of Parliament and values of our

:41:53. > :42:00.democracy is an important part of that. My thoughts are with PC

:42:01. > :42:05.Palmer's family and the families of all those who were victims of

:42:06. > :42:10.yesterday's terrorist attacks. We are so grateful to the emergency

:42:11. > :42:14.services and etch who protect -- everyone who protect us. The Prime

:42:15. > :42:21.Minister speaks for the whole country in her message of unity,

:42:22. > :42:27.does she agree with me that the painstaking work begins now for all

:42:28. > :42:31.of us in our constituencies in providing reassurances and

:42:32. > :42:36.maintaining that unity, because it is in the days after an vent like

:42:37. > :42:44.what's happened that we have to be vigilant against those who try to

:42:45. > :42:47.exploit these kinds of attacks and cause backlashes and intolerance

:42:48. > :42:54.against different communities. The role of the media is critical in

:42:55. > :42:59.ensuring that we maintain our resilience and that sense of

:43:00. > :43:06.definals -- defines and solidarity. The honourable lady is right, there

:43:07. > :43:14.is an immediate focus on the event, but of course as he says it is in

:43:15. > :43:22.the days after that some may try to sow hatred. I would like to thank

:43:23. > :43:26.the Prime Minister for h her statement and to offer condelenses

:43:27. > :43:29.to all affected. As a former armed forces family I know at this time it

:43:30. > :43:35.is more important to show our resolve. I also hope that we will

:43:36. > :43:44.continue to support alaffected -- all affected. Although trauma may

:43:45. > :43:50.not impact straight awashings -- away it may have long-term fbgts.

:43:51. > :43:54.Effects. The honourable lady makes a good point. Over time with a number

:43:55. > :43:59.of incidents we have come to learn more about the importance of

:44:00. > :44:04.providing that support, that is not just about an immediate reaction,

:44:05. > :44:07.but for some the impact of an attack can kick in quite a while later.

:44:08. > :44:13.That is why we are looking at the support that is available for

:44:14. > :44:16.victims. I commend my honourable friend's statement and hope she will

:44:17. > :44:21.agree that Britain's police force is the greatest in the world and for

:44:22. > :44:31.those of us who served as police officers, I pay tribute to PC Keith

:44:32. > :44:38.Palmer, who was stood serving this house unarmed when duty call and he

:44:39. > :44:41.paid the ultimate sacrifice. These lone wolf type attacks are difficult

:44:42. > :44:48.to defend against, what can be done to make sure this does not happen

:44:49. > :44:55.again? In terms of protective security, work will be done with the

:44:56. > :44:59.Parliamentary estate. But the best way of defeating terrorist is

:45:00. > :45:03.through intelligence and finding information about the potential for

:45:04. > :45:09.attacks taking place in advance and preventing them as I said, since

:45:10. > :45:14.June 2013, 13 plots have been disrupted. That is due to the hard

:45:15. > :45:19.work of the our police and security and intelligence agencies. They work

:45:20. > :45:24.day in and out to keep us safe and will continue to do so. I think

:45:25. > :45:28.everyone who works on the Parliamentary estate has considered

:45:29. > :45:31.what they would do if a day like yesterday ever happened. For those

:45:32. > :45:35.who work with families on site it is of particular concern. I wonder if

:45:36. > :45:40.the Prime Minister would join me in saying a specific word for the staff

:45:41. > :45:45.at the House of Commons nursery for their actions. Many can attest to

:45:46. > :45:49.looking after one toddler for a number of hours is not easy, but

:45:50. > :45:52.they looked after the children in difficult circumstances and kept in

:45:53. > :45:58.touch with some very worried parents. I was in the nursery during

:45:59. > :46:01.the lock down and their action was much appreciated. Very happy to join

:46:02. > :46:07.the honourable gentleman in commending the work of staff of the

:46:08. > :46:10.nursery. It must have been very difficult with young children in an

:46:11. > :46:14.uncertain and difficult circumstance. I'm sure they did an

:46:15. > :46:22.excellent job and I'm happy to join him in commending the work they did.

:46:23. > :46:28.I join in all the tributes that have been paid, those of us that were

:46:29. > :46:32.locked down will pay tribute to your deputy, the chairman of ways and

:46:33. > :46:40.means and the leader of the House for their keeping calm and carrying

:46:41. > :46:44.on and I would pay tribute to the Hansard reporters who recorded three

:46:45. > :46:51.hours after the business had finished up to the adjournment. That

:46:52. > :46:54.is a tribute to our democracy. I would join the honourable gentleman

:46:55. > :46:59.in commending the actions of both the chairman of way and mean and the

:47:00. > :47:04.leader of the house yesterday who I think calmly was able to reassure

:47:05. > :47:07.members at a time when nobody knew everything about what was happening.

:47:08. > :47:16.There was limited information available. Thank you Mr Speaker,

:47:17. > :47:20.yesterday, showed us the worst of humanity but it showed us more the

:47:21. > :47:33.best of humanity, whether that was the member from Bournemouth east or

:47:34. > :47:38.the action of PC Palmer or the firearms officer. I have been

:47:39. > :47:42.touched in the last two days by the number of people from my

:47:43. > :47:47.constituency who have contacted of me of Christian, Jewish and Muslim

:47:48. > :47:51.faith and of no faith and particularly I want to pay tribute

:47:52. > :47:54.to the chairman of the mosques in Leeds, who contacted me to say his

:47:55. > :48:00.thought and prayers and of all the community in Leeds are with all of

:48:01. > :48:06.us at this difficult time and there will be prayers across our country

:48:07. > :48:11.in the days ahead. I join trade, I think all faith communities across

:48:12. > :48:15.this country will be becoming together and will as she says, be

:48:16. > :48:20.remembering those who have suffered as a result of those attack and in

:48:21. > :48:23.their coming together ensuring that they again show how, because they

:48:24. > :48:30.do, they represent those values that we have talked about, that are so

:48:31. > :48:38.important to our way of life. The Prime Minister has been exemplary on

:48:39. > :48:42.this. As she was on Hillsborough. The member for Ribble Valley was

:48:43. > :48:46.right to Tay that Keith was one of us. One of the things we saw

:48:47. > :48:51.yesterday was that the Parliamentary family is a big family and includes

:48:52. > :48:56.cooks and cleaners and clerks and door keepers and people who make our

:48:57. > :49:04.democracy function, who are in my ways more important than we are. We

:49:05. > :49:10.have, when an MP dies in action, a shield is put up or when they're

:49:11. > :49:15.killed like Ian Gou in a terrorist incident, they have a shield put up

:49:16. > :49:23.and sadly I hope soon there will be one for Jo Cox. It is time, whatever

:49:24. > :49:28.tribute there is play be, in the future, Keith's, Keith had a shield

:49:29. > :49:34.in this chamber. Because he was our shield and defender yesterday. I say

:49:35. > :49:38.to the honourable gentleman I think it is appropriate that PC Keith

:49:39. > :49:42.Palmer for his bravery and his act of sacrifice should be recognised in

:49:43. > :49:45.an appropriate way. The honourable gentleman will realise what that is

:49:46. > :49:54.is a matter for the House authorities. Thank you, yesterday on

:49:55. > :49:58.Wembridge and in New Palace Yard many members of public attempted to

:49:59. > :50:02.give life saving aid to the injured. Many will have asked the question

:50:03. > :50:06.about whether we would have had the skills had we been there, will the

:50:07. > :50:11.Prime Minister join me in encouraging those who seek to

:50:12. > :50:18.acquire those skills to do and and perhaps contact the St John's

:50:19. > :50:21.ambulance. My friend makes a good point and I would join him in that

:50:22. > :50:25.encouragement. I think there are probably the vast majority of

:50:26. > :50:30.members of the House would not have had the skills to be able to act in

:50:31. > :50:39.that way. It is a good message that more of us should acquire the

:50:40. > :50:49.skills. The aim of any terrorist is to exploit the natural and

:50:50. > :50:55.inevitable sense of public interest and sympathy to sow disunity and

:50:56. > :51:00.disruption and fear beyond the act, the physical act of terror, in

:51:01. > :51:04.building on her commendable words about the resolution of British

:51:05. > :51:08.people, does she think that we should also take time to reflect in

:51:09. > :51:16.is in chamber and outside it, including in the media, about how we

:51:17. > :51:23.can balance the public interest and the people's feelings of grief with

:51:24. > :51:26.seeking not to give oxygen or pub lilsty -- publicity to whatever

:51:27. > :51:35.cause it is that a terrorist seeks to promote? It is, this question of

:51:36. > :51:38.oxygen of publicity is an important one and we should reflect on the

:51:39. > :51:43.points that the honourable gentleman has made. He references the actions

:51:44. > :51:46.of media. We shouldn't forget, we have talked about people who were

:51:47. > :51:51.caught up in this yesterday, there were many journalists who were

:51:52. > :51:54.caught up either on the periphery of the Parliamentary estate or in the

:51:55. > :51:59.Parliamentary estate and continuing and doing their best to do their job

:52:00. > :52:05.in reporting faithfully what was happening. But I think how these

:52:06. > :52:11.matters are addressed, how these matters are reported, is an

:52:12. > :52:19.important consideration, as he says, we want to ensure is not possible to

:52:20. > :52:26.use these actions to encourage others or to sow division. I would

:52:27. > :52:29.add my condolences and my gratitude tho those expressed. Yesterday two

:52:30. > :52:33.of my constituents were caught up in the attacks, one op whom was eight

:52:34. > :52:38.months pregnant and they have asked me to pass on their gratitude and

:52:39. > :52:42.thanks to the House staff and the police for the consideration with

:52:43. > :52:47.which they were treated during the five hour lock down. Would the Prime

:52:48. > :52:53.Minister agree with me that just as we go about continue to go about our

:52:54. > :52:57.daily work, so those we represent must continue to see this House as

:52:58. > :53:03.their House, and must be encouraged to come here to see and participate

:53:04. > :53:08.in the democracy which puts our values into action. I think that is

:53:09. > :53:12.a very important point. It is part of our democracy that members of

:53:13. > :53:17.public, that the constituents we represent, are able to come to this

:53:18. > :53:21.place and learn about this place and also are able to access their

:53:22. > :53:27.representatives at this place and we should ensure that will always

:53:28. > :53:34.continue. My honourable friend has mentioned the House of Commons staff

:53:35. > :53:41.who were showing exemplary behaviour and I wanted to pay tribute to the

:53:42. > :53:47.manager who dealt with nervous parents. It is every part's worst

:53:48. > :53:54.nightmare and they stayed calm under an attack. May I add that people who

:53:55. > :54:01.commit acts of terrorism in the name of Islam do not speak for the

:54:02. > :54:06.Muslims is in country or this city and do not speak for me. I'm

:54:07. > :54:11.grateful for her words. Again for the warm way in which she has spoken

:54:12. > :54:16.of the actions of the House of Commons staff who were looking after

:54:17. > :54:21.children. But she is right, the terrorists do not speak in the name

:54:22. > :54:29.of the faith. Never a warped ideology. The murder who used both

:54:30. > :54:35.his car and also a knife as weapons of murder yesterday care not what

:54:36. > :54:40.the faith of the people he killed was or the nationality. Doesn't it

:54:41. > :54:44.say everything about why our values will prevail and the values of

:54:45. > :54:50.murder will not, that after the police had shot him, they attempted

:54:51. > :54:55.to save his life? I think it does show those values that underpin our

:54:56. > :54:59.way of life. That that was, the first thought that they did try to

:55:00. > :55:04.save the individual's life. That is what the police do. It is what they

:55:05. > :55:11.have done in previous incidents as well. And as he says, I think that

:55:12. > :55:18.shows the values that are at the heart of our society. Can I commend

:55:19. > :55:22.the Prime Minister for her strength of character and for her leadership

:55:23. > :55:28.at this time cometh the hour, cometh the woman. We thank you and we thank

:55:29. > :55:34.you others. The Prime Minister, at this moment we are all aware of

:55:35. > :55:40.review that will take place, the policy review will make

:55:41. > :55:44.recommendations, could I ask Prime Minister what assurance, or seek an

:55:45. > :55:53.assurance they will be conveyed to the Scottish Parliament, the Welsh

:55:54. > :55:56.Assembly and the Irish Assembly and co-operation with the Irish

:55:57. > :56:00.republic. I thank the honourable gentleman for his comments. Any

:56:01. > :56:05.lessons learned here in this Parliamentary estate, we must

:56:06. > :56:07.recognise there are other representative bodies, Parliaments

:56:08. > :56:12.and Assemblies across the United Kingdom and of course it is

:56:13. > :56:22.important that we ensure those messages are shared. This morning I

:56:23. > :56:33.spoke with the Imam of my area who wanted to share his sorrow. Which

:56:34. > :56:36.will come away from that debate, MPs meeting determined to show their

:56:37. > :56:43.work will continue and the Prime Minister saying we are not afraid,

:56:44. > :56:51.our resolve will never waiver in the face of tomorrow. Terrorism. He

:56:52. > :57:00.described the attack yesterday, where the police officer was killed

:57:01. > :57:03.as an attack on free people. We saw the worst of humanity, but we will

:57:04. > :57:12.remember the best of humanity as well. She described PC Keith Palmer

:57:13. > :57:18.as every inch a hero. We have heard are that the queen has sent a

:57:19. > :57:23.statement. The Buckingham Palace said her thoughts, prayers and

:57:24. > :57:28.sympathies are with all those affected by yesterday's violence. We

:57:29. > :57:32.will bring you full coverage throughout the day from here in

:57:33. > :57:37.Westminster. Where we are at the edge of the police cordon. Many of

:57:38. > :57:41.the streets and key roads leading to the Palace of Westminster still

:57:42. > :57:50.closed this afternoon. You're watching BBC news.

:57:51. > :57:56.This is BBC News. I'm Ben Brown live at Westminster. As the Prime

:57:57. > :57:58.Minister says the man behind the terror attack here was British-born

:57:59. > :57:59.and known