Brussels Terrorist Attacks Debate

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Department: Home Office

Brussels Terrorist Attacks

Louise Ellman Excerpts
Wednesday 23rd March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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I am very happy to give my hon. Friend that reassurance. One key issue in the Bill is the ability to issue lawful warrants against communication and internet service providers who are located elsewhere, in particular the United States of America. We continue in the Bill to assert the territorial jurisdiction that we and previous Governments have always asserted in relation to those powers, and we are discussing with the US Government the possibility of an agreement that will ensure a very solid basis on which such exchange of information can take place.

Louise Ellman Portrait Mrs Louise Ellman (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab/Co-op)
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Is the Home Secretary satisfied with security at international airports with flights to the UK?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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We have a programme, working with the Department for Transport, to look at airports across the world and assess what security arrangements are necessary. There are occasions when we ask airports to increase their security arrangements. That is a regular programme. Obviously, when a particular incident takes place, such as the attack in Tunisia, we provide a very particular focus on the security available there, not just in tourist resorts but in airports as well.