Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Jess Phillips and Florence Eshalomi

Monday 21st October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Jess Phillips]

I remind the right hon. Gentleman and the House that concerts were cancelled in Vienna because of a terror threat that the CIA identified could harm tens of thousands of people. I sat in this very Chamber last week in front of Figen Murray—the mother of Martyn, who was killed at an event in Manchester. The idea that we should not take that security seriously is, I am afraid, something that I simply do not agree with.

[Florence Eshalomi (Vauxhall and Camberwell Green) (Lab/Co-op)]

7. What steps her Department is taking to help prevent young people from becoming involved in violent crime.