Debates between Tim Farron and Baroness May of Maidenhead during the 2010-2015 Parliament

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Terrorist Attacks (Paris)

Debate between Tim Farron and Baroness May of Maidenhead
Wednesday 14th January 2015

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tim Farron Portrait Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
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The unwise response of previous Governments to outrages such as 9/11 and 7/7 led to the Iraq war and the introduction of the failed identity cards scheme. Does the Home Secretary agree that our response to this outrage must be one of sober wisdom, not a rush to squander British liberties because of those who wish so violently to take them away from us anyway?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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It is entirely right that we should respond in a careful and sober way, and that is precisely what I and the Prime Minister have done in the comments that we have made.

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