I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I know the work that he did in this area. I have seen the Prevent duty in operation, both on visits as a shadow Minister, and in my constituency, as it happens. I appreciate his point about whether a statutory review is justified. Clearly, we are talking about an aspect that could be taken into account in a statutory review, but wider issues to which I have already referred could also be taken into account. A statutory review would give us the opportunity to re-evaluate the programme fully, to look at those communities that have lost confidence in it and why, and to improve our ability to tackle counter-terrorism.
Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Nick Thomas-Symonds
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 September 2018.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill.
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