Violent Extremism
House of Lords
Written answers and statements, 3 November 2009
Lord Ouseley (Crossbench)
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the Institute of Race Relations report Spooked: How not to prevent violent extremism, which suggests that the Prevent programme for tackling extremism fosters division, mistrust and alienation.
Lord West of Spithead (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Security and Counter-terrorism), Home Office; Labour)
Prevent, which is our long-term strategy to stop people becoming or supporting violent extremists, is an essential element of our counter terrorist strategy, CONTEST. We do not accept that it fosters division, mistrust or alienation.
We are currently reviewing the report and will be providing a detailed response in due course.