Counter-Daesh Update
Debate between Priti Patel and George Howarth(7 years, 4 months ago)
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Priti Patel
I do not have that information to hand. I will investigate and see whether I can share that information with my hon. Friend.
Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab)
I welcome the Secretary of State’s statement unreservedly. Does she agree that in a chronically unstable region, the presence of Daesh serves only to intensify the instability? Does she also agree that the only way to resolve the situation is not only to defeat Daesh militarily, but to defeat the perverted ideology it represents?
Priti Patel
The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. The objective has to be to defeat not only Daesh’s military capability on the ground, but everything it stands for—its ideology and the spread of hate and evil it perpetrates.
DWP Data
Debate between Priti Patel and George Howarth(9 years ago)
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Mr George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab)
Does not the Minister accept that although of course each case is a personal and individual tragedy, we aggregate and analyse data to see whether a pattern emerges? Does she accept that as long as she drags her feet on this issue, people will conclude that the Government may have something to hide?
Priti Patel
On the contrary, I find that question astonishing. I take no lessons in transparency or the publication of data from the Labour party. The last Government were more open and transparent in data publication than any other. In the wider context of statistics, I have said it once and will say it again and again that we intend to meet the high standards expected of official statistics when publishing these data, and that is what we will concentrate on doing.