Salisbury Update

Desmond Swayne Excerpts

Wednesday 5th September 2018 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I absolutely support what the hon. Gentleman has said. Our security professionals do an amazing job for us on a daily basis. We have seen the painstaking professionalism that they have shown in this particular investigation, which has led us to the position where we can make the statements that the Metropolitan police and I have made today in relation to these two individuals and to what happened in Salisbury. It is incumbent on all of us across the whole House unequivocally to give our support to the security services in the job that they do. We face a range of threats in this country, and the people of this country need the reassurance of knowing that their politicians are giving the necessary support to the security services.

[Sir Desmond Swayne (New Forest West) (Con)]

A decision outside the GRU by the Russian state at a senior level—she means President Putin, doesn’t she?

[The Prime Minister]

I mean a decision outside the GRU at a senior level in the Russian state.