Speeches by Reid.

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket (Peter Prinsley) for not just his opening remarks but his commitment to this cause, both in this House and outside it. The Holocaust was a unique event in human history in which the state waged external war with expressly genocidal aims, combined with…”

“Madam Deputy Speaker, I can confirm that I have written to all the Members I have included in my speech. Another Member talked about Israel’s “blood-soaked tentacles”. There is no safe limit of antisemitism that we should tolerate, and no requirement for us to apply weaker moral tests of what is an acceptable opinion b…”

“My final quick question is, how do you think that is best achieved or delivered? How do we get that co-ordination? Do you have any model in mind?”

“We have heard quite a lot of evidence thus far to suggest that Prevent is effective in tackling and identifying counter-terrorism targets, but not so much with counter-extremism. Would you agree with that? If not, which of your key counter-extremism programmes do you think are most successful?”

“Thank you very much for attending today. As you have just outlined, you have a long history and accomplished career in countering extremism. How, in your experience, has the landscape around extremism changed? What are the new threats and what should the Government’s priorities be in tackling them?”

“No, it’s both.”

“Thank you very much. That was very comprehensive.”

“Given what you have just said about the lack of that approach, and given that you have also outlined the seriousness of the situation, do you think we should be looking at having a counter-extremism and social cohesion Government strategy that cuts across various Departments, and possibly an assessment framework, which…”

“This sorry saga with West Midlands police reveals a serious story about public life in Britain. It has become clear that employees in our public institutions do not recognise, understand or perhaps care about antisemitism in the police, local government, universities, political parties and elsewhere, and they are all t…”

“I appreciate that you do not want to trawl through people’s social media. Who would want to do that? However, in a case like this, which has such huge public scrutiny on it, were you not concerned that such councillors had sat on the SAG, went to a meeting and then recused themselves, rather than you taking the moral a…”

“Looking at the SAG as a body that takes decisions, did you at any point notice or raise the fact that there were two councillors on that decision-making body who had a history of extremist and antisemitic views? Did that cross your path or your radar at any point?”

“Specifically, what was the clincher, other than the conversation that you had with the Dutch police and the googling of information?”

“I will tell you exactly what I mean. On 7 October it was minuted that there was “an absence of intelligence”. The SAG chair notifies you that you need a clearer rationale for the decision to ban Israeli fans. That was required for legal reasons. On the 16th, the information/intelligence is provided in the form of the m…”

“We will ask the council at the next session, but, just for clarity, this is my understanding. That SAG meeting on 7 October, which Paul is referring to, was where the decision was made to ban Israeli fans. It refers to an absence of intelligence. On 8 October, our understanding is that the chair of the SAG notified you…”

“That is not credible. It is not credible. The basis upon which the decision was made was not minuted at all.”

“This is a question specifically for Mr Roberts. We have heard a lot about Lord Mann’s report. It is one quite concrete piece of research on the actual football team that we are discussing. When you received the report from Lord Mann, what did you do with it?”

“You talk about this intelligence flow. I am just trying to get a sense of what that intelligence flow and information looks like. From everything that we have read and seen, it boils down to one conversation that was not minuted and some inaccurate information about the football team in question. Can you put us right? …”

“I am not asking about the process. I do not want to know about the process. I am asking for specific bits of information and intelligence. If you are saying to me that we are not entitled to that or it is private and confidential, please do say that.”

“Have you read the minutes?”

“Have you read the minutes in which the decision was made?”