Terrorist Attack: Response Debate

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Department: Home Office

Terrorist Attack: Response

Lord Marlesford Excerpts
Thursday 23rd February 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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The noble Baroness makes a vital point. In any disaster that I can think of, whether flooding, a terrorist attack or anything else, it is through everyone working together, and that mutual assistance from agencies working together, that we get the best outcomes for our citizens in such awful situations. The noble Baroness is absolutely right.

Lord Marlesford Portrait Lord Marlesford (Con)
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My Lords, as we are talking about terrorism, may I take this opportunity to ask the Government when they expect to stop allowing themselves to be blackmailed by terrorists and their advisers into paying out large sums in order to protect our security services?

Baroness Williams of Trafford Portrait Baroness Williams of Trafford
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I think my noble friend knows he is completely off the scope of the Question. I cannot talk about specific incidents because of course they are matters of national security.