Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: Home Office

Oral Answers to Questions

Stephen Doughty Excerpts
Monday 13th October 2014

(9 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Well, what an embarrassment of riches. Mr Stephen Doughty.

Stephen Doughty Portrait Stephen Doughty (Cardiff South and Penarth) (Lab/Co-op)
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The Home Secretary will no doubt agree that co-ordination in the fight against ISIL and extremists in this country is crucial. Will she therefore explain why, to my dismay, it appears that the Secretary of State for Education and the Minister for Universities, Science and Cities have yet to meet their Welsh counterparts and other devolved counterparts to discuss tackling extremism in schools and universities throughout our country?

James Brokenshire Portrait James Brokenshire
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Through the extremism task force there is work that is chaired by the Prime Minister on combating extremism and terrorism. This work is ongoing, and putting Channel and Prevent on to a statutory basis will ensure that we have that co-ordination at a local level and that there is consistent priority across the country.