Security Screen

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:31 pm on 22 April 2004.

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Photo of Siôn Simon Siôn Simon Labour, Birmingham, Erdington 3:31, 22 April 2004

It is true that I can tell the difference between a member of the public—indeed, a member of the human race—and a member of the parliamentary Lobby. The point remains; I do not think that the screen is likely to be a significant deterrent to a resourceful terrorist. What it does is to send out all the wrong signals about us, our Parliament and our democracy to the people whom we are supposed to represent.