Debates between Pat McFadden and Bob Blackman during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Pat McFadden and Bob Blackman
Thursday 24th October 2024

(1 month, 2 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Bob Blackman Portrait Bob Blackman (Harrow East) (Con)
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The provision of blue-light escorts is clearly a matter of operational policing, but last week my colleagues on the London Assembly wrote to the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster asking for an inquiry into the provision of tickets to politicians, including the Labour Mayor of London, and the pressure that was then applied to the Metropolitan police to provide an escort to Taylor Swift. Will the right hon. Gentleman conduct a review so that we can see what happened and ensure that, if mistakes were made, they are rectified and this does not happen again?

Pat McFadden Portrait Pat McFadden
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These are operational decisions for the police, but I am glad that the person who is currently the biggest pop star in the world was able to play in London, particularly following the threat of a terrorist attack at her previous concerts in Austria. I am glad that the show went on.