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London Attacks

Proceeding contribution from Fiona Mactaggart (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 23 March 2017. It occurred during Ministerial statement on London Attacks.

For the first time in this House, I want to agree with everything that has been said by every Member who has spoken so far. May

I add thanks to two more groups of people who have not yet been mentioned: the staff at Westminster Abbey who received people who left this House; and the firearms officer who acted in a way that he had been trained to, but probably never expected to? We owe him our thanks.

The Prime Minister knows better than any of us that this sort of attack—it looks like a lone-wolf kind of attack—is the hardest for our security services to prevent. Its prevention, as her remarks have made clear, is best achieved by our celebrating our values—the values that meant that among the victims, there were people of 11 different nationalities—our openness and our democracy. What can she do to help to ensure that everybody in Britain—every child and everyone of every religion—is given the opportunity to learn about those values and celebrate them, because I think that is the best way to keep us safe in future?

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
623 cc940-1 
Session
2016-17
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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