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HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI thank the shadow Home Secretary for his remarks, in particular his opening remarks; I know that the bravery of all those who faced this attack on Saturday has unanimous support…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackWith your permission, Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the horrific events that took place on the east coast main line on Saturday evening. I am sure that I speak…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThe right hon. Gentleman will know that tasers were deployed on Saturday to bring this incident to a close. However, I can assure him that even if that is not part of the wider…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackIt is always about balance between ease of travel for millions of people every single day and making sure that people are safe, and of course the Transport Secretary and the rest…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI deplore the ease with which so many armchair warriors feel the need to speculate and spread misinformation on social media. It is important that the police and all our emergency…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI can only imagine how terrifying it must have been for my hon. Friend’s constituents and those in neighbouring areas to hear news of this horrifying attack. He will know that I…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI thank the hon. Member for both his question and for his own work over the weekend. He was very quick to arrive at the scene. I thought that he handled himself with great honour…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI pay tribute to my hon. Friend. He made contact with me and my officials very quickly after the attack came to light, and, like other Members, he is an assiduous constituency…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackWe will publish a knife crime strategy very soon. I understand the reason why some people think that round-tip knives are part of the solution, and I will consider all the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI thank the Chair of the Home Affairs Committee for those points. I look forward to working closely with her as we learn more lessons, once all the facts of the case are known.…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThankfully, incidents like the one on Saturday are very rare, and our train system is generally very safe—millions of people use it every day without incident—so we have a strong…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackAs the right hon. Gentleman will know, the average sentence for threatening with a knife is more than a year—it is around 15 months—and it would not be caught by the presumption…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackAs my hon. Friend will know, I am limited in what I can say, given that this is a live police investigation. The police have obviously confirmed some of the facts, but their…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThe hon. Lady makes a very good point, and it is undoubtedly the case that the staff on the ground during this incident saved lives.03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks. My experience over the weekend regarding the different police forces and emergency services who responded to this attack is that…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackWe should all take confidence from the speed of the emergency services’ response to the attack, which has drawn justified wide praise from across the House. The speed of the…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI agree with everything that the hon. Member said in praise of all those who responded to the attack. Once we are through the court proceedings and the full facts of the incident…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI know from my conversations with the Transport Secretary over the weekend that these issues are very much on her mind. There is crossover with those of us in the Home Office, but…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThe consultation I referred to in my earlier remarks around the legal framework for much wider use of live facial recognition will be in the next few weeks—it is all but upon us.…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI will happily discuss with my hon. Friend the content of her earlier amendment. Even if it is not acceptable for that Bill, I will ensure that the policy question she raises is…03 Nov 2025