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HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThe most important thing is that official sources of information are able to be transparent as quickly as possible so that the vast majority of this country that does not just get…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI agree with my hon. Friend about the BTP’s hugely important role. Its funding for this year is actually 6% higher than previously, and I am sure the Transport Secretary will do…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI repeat that the BTP has been awarded £415 million for the year 2025-26, which is an increase of almost 6% on the previous year. I am sure that the Transport Secretary is…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackWe will be led by the operational assessment made by the British Transport police as to what is required. The right hon. Gentleman should rest assured that where the Government…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the issue of the wider forms of radicalisation that we are now starting to see in this country. She should rest assured that even if…03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI repeat the earlier answers I have given in relation to funding. My hon. Friend should rest assured that we are discussing these matters with the Department for Transport.03 Nov 2025HANSARDHuntingdon Train AttackI can assure my hon. Friend that the Transport Secretary and I will be discussing all and any lessons to be drawn from this incident, and there will be a cross-Government response…03 Nov 2025HANSARDPolice Accountability Rapid ReviewToday, I am publishing the police accountability rapid review, an independent report commissioned by the Government in October 2024. The review was conducted by Timothy Godwin OBE…23 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI agree with my hon. Friend and I hope that that message has been heard today. There is obviously much work for us to do, but the Government will not shy away from doing it.13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackThe hon. Lady will understand that I will not make new policy at the Dispatch Box, but I confirm that I will be talking about those matters to the Secretary of State for Science,…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackThe Department for Education and the Secretary of State for Education have already made funding available to schools to tackle antisemitism in the classroom, and to educate…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackMy hon. Friend will understand that decisions on whether specific concerts or other cultural events go ahead are made independently by safety advisory groups in those particular…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI really do not think the hon. Member should lower the tone in that way. These are very serious matters, and we should all be united in this House in supporting the peace process…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI am of course happy to provide support and to write in the way that my hon. Friend suggests. In doing so, I will be backing the work of the Secretary of State for Education, who…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackHaving discussed these matters with senior police officers across the country, I know that they often take independent legal advice, both on the decisions that the police have to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackThe measure that I have announced will be about placing conditions on marches under both section 12 and section 14 of the Public Order Act. What became very clear to me in the…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI can reassure my hon. Friend that the nexus between misogyny and other serious offences, including offences relating to extremism and terrorism, is something we take very…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackThe right hon. Gentleman is right that this country has had to learn painful lessons on sectarianism in the past, and it seems we have to learn them again in a slightly different…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackLet me assure my hon. Friend that while in the initial aftermath of the attack it is important that we focus on reassurance measures and security measures, we are clear that in…13 Oct 2025HANSARDManchester Terrorism AttackI can assure the right hon. Gentleman that those officers are being supported. That is why I wanted to make it clear to the House that they are being treated as witnesses. It is…13 Oct 2025