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Security of Elected Representatives

Ministerial statement on Thursday, 29 February 2024, in the House of Commons, led by Tom Tugendhat.
Statement on the security of elected representatives.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
746 cc467-480 
Session
2023-24
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Tom Tugendhat | 746 cc468-9 (Link to this contribution)

With permission, Madam Deputy Speaker, I would like to make a statement on the security of electe...

Baroness Laing of Elderslie | 746 c469 (Link to this contribution)

I call the shadow Minister.

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Dan Jarvis | 746 cc469-471 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his statement and for advance sight of it. I join him in expressing our ...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 cc471-2 (Link to this contribution)

May I say how pleased I am to be working with my very good friend the hon. Member for Barnsley Ce...

Baroness Winterton of Doncaster | 746 c472 (Link to this contribution)

I call the Father of the House, Sir Peter Bottomley.

Peter Bottomley | 746 c472 (Link to this contribution)

It has been an honour to listen both to the Opposition spokesman, the hon. Member for Barnsley Ce...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 cc472-3 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Father of the House for his kind words. He is absolutely right. I remember hearing as...

Kirsty Blackman | 746 cc473-4 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for advance sight of his statement. When David Amess was murdered, one of th...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c474 (Link to this contribution)

May I likewise thank the hon. Lady for the approach that she and many Members of her party have t...

Caroline Nokes | 746 c474 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend is absolutely right that this is about defending democracy, but I am very co...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c474 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend has made her point extremely clear, and it is one I would support.

Stella Creasy | 746 c475 (Link to this contribution)

May I echo the comments of the right hon. Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c475 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady. May I be clear that her family, if threatened, are covered? There is no qu...

Maria Miller | 746 c475 (Link to this contribution)

I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. He has made it clear that this is not only about secu...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c476 (Link to this contribution)

My right hon. Friend has raised many interesting points about the Online Safety Act over recent m...

Dawn Butler | 746 c476 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his statement. If I heard correctly, he said that the Government have no...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c476 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for the question. We are not abandoning our work on hate crime. May I just ...

David Mundell | 746 c476 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful for the support that I have had from Police Scotland, and it is a matter of

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Tom Tugendhat | 746 c477 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments. It will surprise nobody in the House that he quite...

Wendy Chamberlain | 746 c477 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his statement and for the letter he sent to Members. I have been gratefu...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c477 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Lady for the feedback on that letter. I will ensure that that clarity is given. ...

John McDonnell | 746 c478 (Link to this contribution)

If the security services are advising that this £30 million is needed, I welcome that if it keeps...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c478 (Link to this contribution)

I am enormously proud of the British people. I have always been proud to be British and I will re...

Florence Eshalomi | 746 c479 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his statement which, rightly, looks at the security of elected represent...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c479 (Link to this contribution)

I am sure that no one in this House would judge the hon. Lady for missing one hustings out of nin...

Pete Wishart | 746 c479 (Link to this contribution)

I served on the House of Commons Commission for three years, with you, Madam Deputy Speaker. I kn...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c479 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for his comments. They remind me of those famous words of Speaker Lenthal...

Andrew Gwynne | 746 c480 (Link to this contribution)

I have not spoken about my own personal security before, and I hope it will become apparent to th...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c480 (Link to this contribution)

Let me be very clear. Security for a Member, whether at home, police protection or whatever it ha...

Beth Winter | 746 c480 (Link to this contribution)

MPs must be safe to express their views. As we have heard from hon. Members on both sides, they f...

Tom Tugendhat | 746 c480 (Link to this contribution)

I am slightly surprised by the hon. Lady’s comments. My prime duty to this House, and to those wh...

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