Counter-Terrorism: Conflict Zones Debate

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Counter-Terrorism: Conflict Zones

Philip Hollobone Excerpts
Monday 2nd March 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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When we changed the control orders regime we discussed the matter with the agencies and the police, and they were absolutely clear that the changes we were making did not significantly increase the risk.

John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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I have saved the hon. Gentleman, who is an exquisite delicacy in the House, until last.

Philip Hollobone Portrait Mr Hollobone
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With regard to the London schoolgirls going to Syria, is there not a mechanism in place whereby parents can apply for a parental watch on a young person’s passport so that if they undertake an airline ticket purchase or present themselves at the airport, an alarm goes off that the parents need to be contacted because the passport is being used without parental consent?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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I know that parents up and down the country who are concerned about the possibility of their children travelling have removed their passports from them so that they are unable to access them in order to travel. In some cases, that has been effective in ensuring that young people do not travel.