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Thursday 19th April 2018 Ministerial Corrections

The following are extracts from the statement on the Kerslake Arena Attack Review on 28 March 2018.

[Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)]

I thank the hon. Member for Manchester Central (Lucy Powell) for her urgent question, and I thank my right hon. Friend the Minister for his statement. What are the Government doing through the Prevent strategy in schools and colleges? Obviously, Prevent is the thing that stops the conveyor belt to extremism.

[Mr Wallace]

My right hon. Friend makes an important point. If we are really to reduce the risk to our people, we need to invest in prevention. Although some people have issues with the Prevent scheme, we published the first lot of figures last week showing yet again that more than 200 people have been diverted away from following a path of violent extremism, and schools play one part of that role.

[Official Report, 28 March 2018, Vol. 638, c. 766.]

Letter of correction from Mr Wallace:

An error has been identified in the response I gave to my right hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Robert Halfon).

The correct response should have been: