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London Attacks

Ministerial statement on Thursday, 23 March 2017, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead.
Statement on the terrorist attack in Westminster.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
623 cc925-949 
Session
2016-17
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 cc926-8 (Link to this contribution)

Yesterday, an act of terrorism tried to silence our democracy, but today we meet as normal, as ge...

623 c928 (Link to this contribution)

Hear, hear.


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John Bercow | 623 c928 (Link to this contribution)

Order. Colleagues, I am advised that we have been joined today by French Foreign Minister Jean-Ma...

Jeremy Corbyn | 623 cc928-9 (Link to this contribution)

I join you, Mr Speaker, in welcoming our colleagues from France here today, and I associate mysel...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 cc929-930 (Link to this contribution)

I join the right hon. Gentleman and you, Mr Speaker, in expressing our gratitude for the support ...

Dominic Grieve | 623 c930 (Link to this contribution)

I join my right hon. Friend in everything she says in respect of the deaths and injuries that hav...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c930 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with my right hon. and learned Friend. In a sense, he refers to the fact that ...

Angus Robertson | 623 cc930-1 (Link to this contribution)

I begin by associating myself and my hon. and right hon. Friends with everything that has been sa...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c931 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his words. He is absolutely correct that now is a time for u...

Iain Duncan Smith | 623 c931 (Link to this contribution)

I commend my right hon. Friend’s powerful statement and add my prayers to hers for those who have...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c931 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely share the thoughts that my right hon. Friend has set out. He is right: this place is...

Tim Farron | 623 c931 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for her statement and for early sight of it. I also thank her for her ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c932 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. He is of course right that, as others have said, we ...

Mark Field | 623 c932 (Link to this contribution)

Although yesterday’s dreadful events took place within the boundaries of my constituency, I know ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c932 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with my right hon. Friend. It is so important that we continue to show not jus...

Baroness Harman | 623 cc932-3 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for her words here today, and also her words on the steps of Downing S...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. and learned Lady speaks very well and I utterly agree with her words.

Peter Bottomley | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

Some of us were present 38 years ago and nearby when Airey Neave was martyred. The lesson that we...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. The Metropolitan police are bringing together a numb...

Ed Miliband | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

May I join others in commending the Prime Minister for her statement last night and her statement...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right: the country is united. People of all faiths and non...

Theresa Villiers | 623 c933 (Link to this contribution)

I too send my sympathies to all those bereaved or injured in yesterday’s horrific attack. As we r...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c934 (Link to this contribution)

Over the nearly 20 years that I have been in this House, the level of security on the parliamenta...

Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 623 c934 (Link to this contribution)

May I too commend the Prime Minister for her words last evening and today, when she spoke for all...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c934 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman—we are able to be here today because of the brav...

Edward Leigh | 623 c934 (Link to this contribution)

As a Back Bencher, it seems to me that both the Prime Minister and the leaders of the opposition ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c934 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. He refers to a specific example in the past when, once again,...

Alan Johnson | 623 c935 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister is dealing with this outrage in a calm and assured way. Does she agree that an...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c935 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is right. As he knows from his experience, our counter-terrorism strateg...

James Berry | 623 c935 (Link to this contribution)

May I commend the Prime Minister for her very fitting statement? When police officers die, they l...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c935 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to encourage people to do exactly as my hon. Friend suggests. It is a valuable or...

Yvette Cooper | 623 c935 (Link to this contribution)

I, too, welcome the Prime Minister’s words, as she speaks for all of us with the backing of all p...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c936 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Lady is right; it was a cowardly attack. Parliament has particularly focused on th...

Philip Davies | 623 c936 (Link to this contribution)

May I commend the Prime Minister’s statement? I also commend the Prime Minister for her reassurin...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c936 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his comments. As I indicated in my statement, we have taken steps to e...

Liz Saville Roberts | 623 c936 (Link to this contribution)

I speak for my party, Plaid Cymru. I commend the Prime Minister for her words today. All of us be...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c936 (Link to this contribution)

What is absolutely appropriate is the response that this House has shown today: it has shown grat...

Nigel Evans | 623 cc936-7 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for her statement. I have been an MP for 25 years, and I have seen the...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c937 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend, and I am sure the House authorities will wish to consider the point that ...

Hilary Benn | 623 c937 (Link to this contribution)

As we mourn those who were so cruelly cut down yesterday, give our grateful thanks to the police ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c937 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with the right hon. Gentleman. We must be very clear that the voices of evil a...

James Cleverly | 623 c937 (Link to this contribution)

While our hearts go to all those people who were wounded and murdered yesterday, and to all the p...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c937 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for not just the compassion but the passion with which he has spoken about...

Philippa Whitford | 623 c938 (Link to this contribution)

Yesterday, we saw absolutely the best of security, policing and the emergency services. We also s...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c938 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes a very important point. It is all too easy for us to come to this Chamber to ...

Lord Davies of Gower | 623 c938 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for her statement this morning and for her message last night in Downi...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c938 (Link to this contribution)

I reassure my hon. Friend that through the refresh of the strategic defence and security review w...

George Howarth | 623 c938 (Link to this contribution)

May I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s words and those of my right hon. Friend the Lead...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. As he says, it is not about individuals in this Hou...

Shailesh Vara | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

May I start by commending the Prime Minister for a very powerful speech, and particularly for the...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

I have been struck by the number of messages I have received from a number of foreign leaders to ...

David Winnick | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

We recognise the immense bravery of all concerned yesterday, but should we not also recognise tha...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is right. I believe the British public stand with this Parliament in wanting t...

Rehman Chishti | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

I support all that the Prime Minister has said and done, and my thoughts are with all those who h...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c939 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right that it is important we defeat such extremism and deal with it at that ea...

John Bercow | 623 c940 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I had intended to call another Birmingham Member, the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfie...

Jack Dromey | 623 c940 (Link to this contribution)

May I thank the Prime Minister for her leadership at a bleak moment for our country? As the brave...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c940 (Link to this contribution)

We should not be making any attempt to demonise individual communities. We should recognise that ...

Andrew Bridgen | 623 c940 (Link to this contribution)

In the wake of yesterday’s evil, tragic, but unfortunately not wholly unexpected attack on this p...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c940 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right that it is a balance. We live in an open and free democracy. W...

Fiona Mactaggart | 623 cc940-1 (Link to this contribution)

For the first time in this House, I want to agree with everything that has been said by every Mem...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c941 (Link to this contribution)

I join the right hon. Lady in commending the staff of Westminster Abbey, who played a role in sup...

Richard Drax | 623 c941 (Link to this contribution)

May I commend my right hon. Friend for the resolute, brave and courageous way she has stood up fo...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c941 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. Terrorism will not destroy our way of life; it will not win. ...

Ian Murray | 623 c941 (Link to this contribution)

PC Keith Palmer did not return home from work yesterday to his family so that the rest of us in t...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. As he says, the way that people came together, showed...

Michael Tomlinson | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

It is reported that what happened yesterday was an act of Islamic terror. Does the Prime Minister...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. It is wrong to describe what happened as Islamic terrorism; it is Islamist te...

Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

I pay tribute to the Prime Minister and wish her and her Cabinet well in their deliberations as w...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

I assure the hon. Gentleman that that support will be available. Of course, the Metropolitan poli...

Matthew Offord | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

Parliament is a different place this morning. On my way in from the tube, I realised that million...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c942 (Link to this contribution)

As I indicated earlier, proper consideration will be given to the issue that my hon. Friend raise...

Hannah Bardell | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I very much associate myself with the Prime Minister’s statement and everyone’s comments, and I p...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady speaks well on this. When I was Home Secretary, two events always brought home to m...

George Freeman | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for the tone with which she has reacted. She has genuinely spoken for ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That shows the importance of all our faiths working together,...

Khalid Mahmood | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

My prayers are with all those who were injured, with all those who lost their lives and their fam...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c943 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the hon. Gentleman for the comments he has just made and for the stance he has consiste...

Simon Hoare | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

I join hon. Members in saluting my fellow Dorset county Member, my hon. Friend the Member for Bou...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

I think that is a wonderful tribute. In a very simple way, it encapsulates everything hon. Member...

Kevin Brennan | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

Like many Members, in the 16 years I have been a Member, I have walked every day through Carriage...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. It must have been particularly difficult for those childr...

David Rutley | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

As we were evacuated from the House yesterday, I too met several stoical school groups, who had b...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c944 (Link to this contribution)

I absolutely agree. Those visits are also important in helping to promote the values we share. Th...

Rushanara Ali | 623 cc944-5 (Link to this contribution)

My thoughts are with PC Palmer’s family and the families of all the victims of yesterday’s terror...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady is right. There is an immediate focus on the event that has taken place, but, as sh...

Lisa Cameron | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister for her statement and offer my condolences to all affected. I am from ...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Lady makes a very good point. Sadly, over time with a number of incidents we have come t...

Lord Evans of Rainow | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

I commend my right hon. Friend’s statement. I hope she agrees with me that Great Britain’s police...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

In terms of protective security, work will be done with the parliamentary estate to see if anythi...

Jonathan Reynolds | 623 c945 (Link to this contribution)

I think everyone who works on the parliamentary estate has at some point considered what they wou...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c946 (Link to this contribution)

I am very happy to join the hon. Gentleman in commending the work of the nursery staff. It must h...

Patrick Grady | 623 c946 (Link to this contribution)

I join all the tributes that have been paid. I think those of us who were locked down in the Cham...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c946 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, indeed. I join the hon. Gentleman in commending the actions of both the Chairman of Ways and...

Rachel Reeves | 623 c946 (Link to this contribution)

Yesterday showed us the worst of humanity, but it also showed us—much, much more—the best of huma...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c946 (Link to this contribution)

I join the hon. Lady in that. I think that all faith communities in the country will be coming to...

Chris Bryant | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

The Prime Minister has been exemplary in this instance, as, indeed, she was in relation to Hillsb...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

The bravery shown by PC Keith Palmer and his act of sacrifice should be recognised in an appropri...

James Heappey | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

Yesterday, on Westminster Bridge and in New Palace Yard, many members of the public and Members o...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend has made an important and very good point, and I join him in that encouragement. T...

Lord Walney | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

A key aim of any terrorist is to exploit the completely natural and inevitable sense of public in...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c947 (Link to this contribution)

The question of the oxygen of publicity is obviously important, and I think we should all reflect...

Chi Onwurah | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

I would like to add my words of condolence and gratitude to those already so eloquently expressed...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

That is an important point: it is part of our democracy that members of the public—the constituen...

Tulip Siddiq | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend the Member for Newcastle upon Tyne Central (Chi Onwurah) mentioned the House of Co...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Lady for her words, and, again, for the warm way in which she has spoke...

Toby Perkins | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

The murderer who used both his car and a knife as indiscriminate weapons of murder yesterday care...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c948 (Link to this contribution)

It absolutely does show the values that underpin our way of life that the police’s first thought ...

Jim Shannon | 623 c949 (Link to this contribution)

I commend the Prime Minister on her strength of character and leadership at this time: cometh the...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c949 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. Obviously, it is important that any lessons learned ...

Geraint Davies | 623 c949 (Link to this contribution)

This morning I spoke with the imam of Swansea University mosque, Sheikh Mohsen, who wanted to sha...

Baroness May of Maidenhead | 623 c949 (Link to this contribution)

This act of terror was not done in the name of a religion; it was done, as I said earlier, as a r...

John Bercow | 623 c949 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Prime Minister, the Leader of the Opposition and all colleagues for what they have sa...

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