Victoria Atkins
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(8 years, 10 months ago)
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Charlotte Leslie (Bristol North West) (Con)
8. What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
Victoria Atkins (Louth and Horncastle) (Con)
11. What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
Chris Green (Bolton West) (Con)
14. What steps her Department is taking to tackle extremism.
Mrs May
I thank my hon. Friend for raising that issue. The counter-extremism strategy will introduce comprehensive measures to stop extremism spreading. Extremism disruption orders were announced in the Queen’s Speech, and we will also tackle extremist ideology head on in a number of ways, promoting opportunities that life offers to people living in our pluralistic society in Britain, and confronting the extremists’ twisted narrative. We will work with others across the Government, including my right hon. Friend the Lord Chancellor in the Ministry of Justice, to consider what actions can be taken in prisons to tackle extremism.
Victoria Atkins
Notwithstanding the dreadful events of the past two weeks, does my right hon. Friend agree that we must tackle extremism across the board, and not focus only on Islamist extremism?