Speeches by Prinsley.

“I want to ask you a question that I asked the previous two panels before you came in, which I think goes to the heart of the matter and the thing that most concerns the Jewish community. Do you believe that there is any reason to suppose that there was political interference in the decision to ban the supporters, and t…”

“My final question, on the basis of what you have said, is this: is it your opinion that at some point there was political interference in the decision to ban the supporters, and was this the result of a prejudiced assessment of the advice and information?”

“1. What steps the Commission has taken to enable more schools to visit the Palace of Westminster.”

“My colleague, Professor Malcolm Reed, the former chair of the Medical Schools Council, has been trying to address the serious issue of sexual misconduct in medical schools. When students undertake placements in NHS or other non-university settings, an accountability gap exists, as they fall outside both university and …”

“I thank my hon. Friend for his answer. During a recent visit to the Westgate community primary school in Bury St Edmunds, I was asked by a very bright eight-year-old whether Parliament could pass a law to make it snow more often. I was very struck by this suggestion, which was in some ways much more realistic than the …”

“Does my hon. Friend acknowledge that the cost of clinical negligence claims in maternity services is now greater than the cost of maternity services?”

“Do you have an explanation for that?”

“Hello. I am Peter Prinsley. I am the MP for Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket. I am interested to know how you think about this at a constituency-based level. What am I to say to a constituent on the doorstep if I am asked “What are you doing about all the terrorism we have got in our schools?” Do you have any information…”

“I have the sense that people think that there is a whole process in place here that has been very successful in preventing all this stuff. Are you able to say how many episodes of terrorism have in fact been prevented? Is there any way of knowing that?”

“For a programme like Prevent to have public support, it would need to demonstrate its effectiveness rather than we sit here supposing that. Being able to somehow come up with a figure to say, “We have prevented 90% of all possible—””

“That is missing.”

“But the public are interested in it.”

“When I was a child, it was a simple matter that we were simply told not to talk to strangers. That was how our parents kept us safe. Do you think that we ought to be thinking about how we mandate within primary schools some sort of online safety education, so that all the children are told—everybody is instructed—about…”

“Which is why we need to do it very early.”

“We need to encourage good internet habits at a very early age for these people.”

“I want to pick up on something that I thought you said—I was not quite sure. Did you say a minute ago that the likelihood of being referred for the danger of far-right activity was greater than the likelihood of being referred for the danger of Islamic?”

“Do you think that there is some sort of intrinsic reluctance to make a referral where the fear is that of Islamic radicalisation for fear of being seen to be prejudiced?”

“The question that I asked has a particular political resonance, as you probably understand. I can well understand that referrals from Muslim and Islamic schools would be less, but is Islamic groups within mainstream schools compared to, say, referrals for far-right activities? Would you see any contrast there?”

“I am Peter Prinsley. I am the MP for Bury St Edmunds. Thank you very much for coming this afternoon. This is about local approaches to tackling extremism. You have answered the question about how much of a priority this is given. Do you have sufficient resources at your disposal? If you were to be given additional reso…”

“That leads to the next bit of the question, which is all about how a local authority goes about co-ordinating the activities of the schools, youth services, health and community organisations and so on? From what you have just said, it sounds like something that was there has been dismantled, am I correct?”