Extremism Debate

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Department: Home Office

Extremism

Huw Irranca-Davies Excerpts
Monday 9th June 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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The policy that we have put in place makes it clear that public funding, whatever its source, should not be spent on organisations with extremist intent.

Huw Irranca-Davies Portrait Huw Irranca-Davies (Ogmore) (Lab)
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The Home Secretary has today repeatedly denied that she authorised the placement of the letter on the Home Office website, but equally, she has repeatedly refused to say who did authorise its placement. Do special advisers in the Home Office have free access to the Home Office website, so that they can post things on it, and to the general communications strategy of the Home Office?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I have addressed the issue underlying the hon. Gentleman’s question on a number of occasions.