Antisemitic Attacks

Stella Creasy Excerpts

Monday 20th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dan Jarvis]

I am grateful to the hon. Member for his point and the way in which he made it, not least because it gives me an opportunity to say that while we are primarily talking about London, I have concerns about these kind of activities right around the country. To answer his question directly, yes, it is always my default instinct to work closely with colleagues in the Scottish Government, and I give him an assurance that that is what we will do.

[Ms Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op)]

Walthamstow stands shoulder to shoulder with the Jewish community in this country in standing up to these people trying to divide our nation. We recognise the pain and fear in our local community, and are shocked to discover that some of those who have been charged with offences come from our local community. We also understand this pain at first hand, because in February 2025, attacks were organised online in the same fashion against our local mosques. They were reputed to be associated with Russian Telegram channels. It is right that we are hearing calls for proscription, but this is a relatively new form of terrorist association; teenagers and young people from our communities are being recruited online to conduct these offences in our communities. What more can we do to disrupt this recruitment by hostile states?

[Dan Jarvis]

My hon. Friend makes a very important point. I can give her an absolute assurance of the seriousness with which operational partners, including the National Crime Agency, the intelligence services, the Metropolitan police and others, take these threats. It is the job of Government to make sure that those partners have the necessary resources to conduct this work. She is right to raise concerns about activity online, but I can assure her that we take this very seriously, and are working at pace to ensure that anyone conducting this kind of activity is brought to justice.