Speeches by Reid.

“I am the chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism.”

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

“This information was later claimed as the significant intelligence that emerged. You have not noted that that was not included in the minutes of the meeting where the decision was made.”

“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? …”

“It is definitely a conversation to have with them. In terms of making decisions about safety, which is very much in your line of business, and having at least an understanding of who is making these big decisions about the safety of our community and what their ideology or, indeed, their pre-decision approach is, you d…”

“You are not concerned about it from a safety perspective.”

“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.”

“That is absolutely outrageous.”

“I will tell you what I am struggling with. The main source of intelligence is from a private conversation with the Dutch police, which they are denying the contents of. They have publicly doubled down on that since this news was published. That is your main source of intelligence. You are willing to share publicly that…”

“Did you consult with them? You did not meet with them, but you did consult with them.”

“You are being very cautious.”

“After the Prime Minister raises the issue publicly and you have to come to the Home Affairs Select Committee twice, you have not read the minutes where the decision was made.”

“Sorry, I want to be really clear about this.”

“I do not know who Mrs Jacobs is.”

“West Midlands police is by no means the only perpetrator of such an approach or crime, as I would not very appropriately say, but I find it hard to believe that this approach would have been taken had it been any other minority group, and it is really important that all public bodies and institutions reflect on that.”

“It is unlikely to have happened with anyone else. Why did you decide to consult with four or five mosques or organisations in the area that have well-documented, in the press or the media, crime incidents of antisemitism and extremism prior to the decision to ban the Maccabi fans?”

“I am glad that you agree that you need to improve your processes in terms of engaging with the Jewish community and how that affects the decisions that are made. I would just point out that, at the previous Home Affairs Select Committee, we were told that the Jewish community supported the ban. That, along with many ot…”

“I am saying that circulating that information did not happen. You did decide to publicly release the decision and the private conversation that you had with the Dutch police, which was not minuted, but you have suppressed the report that is in the Times today. You did not send that to us, nor did you release it to the …”

“In terms of community relations and political influence, you did not have any bilateral communication with anyone in the community with a history of antisemitism and extremist beliefs, as far as you are aware.”

“You will know what a difficult time this is for the Jewish community in light of the huge surge in antisemitic hate incidents. There were the murders in Manchester. Since this decision was taken, we have had the horrific event on Bondi Beach. Was that not at the forefront of your mind at any point when you were making …”