Antisemitic Attacks

Calvin Bailey Excerpts

Monday 20th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dan Jarvis]

I will give the hon. Member that assurance. I am grateful to her for mentioning her recent visit to Auschwitz. I visited Auschwitz with the Holocaust Educational Trust. It was one of the most moving things I have ever done, and I recommend that all Members do it.

[Mr Calvin Bailey (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)]

I joined East London and Essex liberal synagogue for a seder this month. They, and all our Jewish communities, are loved and respected—something that has been made clear to them in the many written messages from our churches and mosques, and from across the community. I truly regret not speaking out louder and calling out the clear increase in antisemitic bigotry across society, which has created fertile ground for malign actors to target young people and draw them into these appalling crimes. Will the Minister describe the measures that he is taking to educate the public about the tactics used by hostile states to target our Jewish communities, and the solid steps that he is taking to address the apparently escalating frequency of these attacks?

[Dan Jarvis]

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. He is right that we all have an absolute responsibility to call out racism and bigotry, wherever we experience it. He is also right that a range of malign forces is seeking to sow division and disharmony across our country and in our communities. I give him an absolute assurance that there is an extensive programme of activity across Government Departments to ensure that we have the requisite tools and resources to counter the misinformation and disinformation from those who would seek to divide us.