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Counter-Terrorism and Security Bill

I completely agree with the right hon. Lady. I have seen and been part of some of those extraordinary community engagement processes. The drama in particular has a huge role to play. I come back now to the wider context. I am simply reporting to her what young people have said to me, which is that when they hear the Prevent programme being talked about and the kind of language and rhetoric that gets used when we are talking in the abstract it feels to them as if this is something that is stigmatising and off-putting. They feel as if they are the problem. The programme does not seem to be the most conducive thing to engage them in, even though when they get to it, they might find that it is something as constructive and as community based as she describes.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
589 c1323 
Session
2014-15
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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