Extremism Debate

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Department: Home Office

Extremism

Paul Uppal 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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No, of course I was not implying that. I have to say to the hon. Gentleman that he could do better than that.

Paul Uppal Portrait Paul Uppal (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)
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I spent many of my early years being educated in south Birmingham. May I say to my right hon. Friend and to other hon. Members that the pressures on young people from the south Asian diaspora are intense and powerful and can come from community leaders, religious leaders and even from the extended family? The crucial issue is that, if we are to make progress, we must move away from the focus on counter-terrorism towards integration, where young people can have their own identity, but within the context of British values.