Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:14 pm on 22 May 2024.
John Hayes
Conservative, South Holland and The Deepings
3:14,
22 May 2024
My right hon. Friend will know that I was the security Minister who introduced the Prevent duty he has just set out, the first time there was a legislative requirement on the organisations he described to participate in that programme. He will also know there has been a review of Prevent by Mr Shawcross and that that has made some useful suggestions about how it can be refined. My right hon. Friend may well speak about that in his speech, but I would like him to focus particularly on how that affects the Prevent duty.
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