In Parliament - Shabana Mahmood

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Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The hon. Member is getting rather ahead of the facts that are currently known about what lay behind this particular attack, so he will understand if I refrain from making broader conclusions...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I can assure my hon. Friend that the Transport Secretary and I will be discussing all and any lessons to be drawn from this incident, and there will be a cross-Government response that meets the...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

We will be led by the operational assessment made by the British Transport police as to what is required. The right hon. Gentleman should rest assured that where the Government have a role to...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I repeat the earlier answers I have given in relation to funding. My hon. Friend should rest assured that we are discussing these matters with the Department for Transport.

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the issue of the wider forms of radicalisation that we are now starting to see in this country. She should rest assured that even if they are not...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I repeat that the BTP has been awarded £415 million for the year 2025-26, which is an increase of almost 6% on the previous year. I am sure that the Transport Secretary is considering the...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The hon. Lady makes a very good point, and it is undoubtedly the case that the staff on the ground during this incident saved lives.

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I agree with my hon. Friend about the BTP’s hugely important role. Its funding for this year is actually 6% higher than previously, and I am sure the Transport Secretary will do everything...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The right hon. Gentleman will know that tasers were deployed on Saturday to bring this incident to a close. However, I can assure him that even if that is not part of the wider lessons learned...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

We will publish a knife crime strategy very soon. I understand the reason why some people think that round-tip knives are part of the solution, and I will consider all the evidence, but in the...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The most important thing is that official sources of information are able to be transparent as quickly as possible so that the vast majority of this country that does not just get its news from...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I will happily discuss with my hon. Friend the content of her earlier amendment. Even if it is not acceptable for that Bill, I will ensure that the policy question she raises is picked up by our...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

The consultation I referred to in my earlier remarks around the legal framework for much wider use of live facial recognition will be in the next few weeks—it is all but upon us. I referred...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I know from my conversations with the Transport Secretary over the weekend that these issues are very much on her mind. There is crossover with those of us in the Home Office, but the...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I agree with everything that the hon. Member said in praise of all those who responded to the attack. Once we are through the court proceedings and the full facts of the incident are known, I...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

We should all take confidence from the speed of the emergency services’ response to the attack, which has drawn justified wide praise from across the House. The speed of the response meant...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his remarks. My experience over the weekend regarding the different police forces and emergency services who responded to this attack is that they work...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

As my hon. Friend will know, I am limited in what I can say, given that this is a live police investigation. The police have obviously confirmed some of the facts, but their investigation must be...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

As the right hon. Gentleman will know, the average sentence for threatening with a knife is more than a year—it is around 15 months—and it would not be caught by the presumption in...

Huntingdon Train Attack

Commons debates

Thankfully, incidents like the one on Saturday are very rare, and our train system is generally very safe—millions of people use it every day without incident—so we have a strong base...