Speeches by Jarvis.

“Yes.”

“I do not agree with the hon. Lady’s analysis with regard to consolidation. This Government will always work to ensure that the British public are safer—that is our job, our abiding mission and the first responsibility of Government. I am confident that the decision that has been taken, with the mitigations in place, wi…”

“As with any embassy, either in this country or around the world—let us not be naive about the fact that Britain has embassies right around the world—the Vienna convention lays down the way in which different Governments should behave with regard to the conduct of their diplomatic presences. We take our responsibilities…”

“I am disappointed that the hon. Gentleman has not asked me about the FIRS—I have a very good response for him that I will not be able to give now. He is not quite right to say that I quoted extensively from the planning document. I did not—I referenced it only very fleetingly and then explained why that was the case. H…”

“The right hon. Lady has seen the letter that has been published today by the director general—”

“The right hon. Gentleman is very experienced from his own time in government, and he will know that difficult decisions have to be made. It is my judgment that, ultimately, this is the right way to proceed and that we have to engage with China for the reasons I have explained. Ultimately, nothing—nothing—will prevent t…”

“This is where the rubber hits the road, so that is an entirely fair challenge. I met in London the chief exec who co-ordinates activity across London, and was with a chief constable and a deputy mayor for policing in Greater Manchester, specifically to talk about such issues. The Home Office Prevent advisers do incredi…”

“I want to put something very briefly on the record, because I feel very strongly about this. I am the Minister with responsibility for the National Crime Agency, and that is a very comprehensive description of what we are doing. I would stress the importance of the transnational element of all this, and working with ke…”

“Can you pick up the point about resource, Jonathan?”

“I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on getting the clip that he no doubt will be posting on social media in the not-too-distant future; that is up to him. He seems to operate in a world that is quite selective in the decisions it seeks to make. I looked over to him earlier when I referenced the requirement for co-operati…”

“That is a very good question. Lots of things keep me awake at night now. I caught a little of what Dame Sara Khan was saying, which was very interesting. In terms of your question, the predominant extremist threat in this country still comes from Islamist and extreme right-wing ideologies. There is a specific and warra…”

“It is a fair challenge. There isn’t a kind of formal taskforce, as such, but I can genuinely reassure you of the Prime Minister’s personal interest in this, and the Home Secretary’s.”

“There are still the structures of the National Security Council, which provide the most appropriate forum to discuss these matters with Cabinet members and with—”

“I am answering the question. I have a huge amount of respect for Members who have served for a long time, and particularly those who have chaired the ISC. We need to find a mechanism to ensure that Members like the right hon. Member for New Forest East (Sir Julian Lewis) have access to some of this information, so that…”

“Again, I think that is an entirely fair challenge. I think we made a bit of progress, which is obviously welcome, but clearly these are incredibly influential entities in their own right with massive resource. The more that we can join up our work with our international allies, the better. It is good to see a bit of pr…”

“I am casting my mind back to that time. To be fair to David Cameron, he invested a huge amount of time in the processes of the National Security Council. I can say that the Prime Minister is personally invested in these issues; I know that he takes a very keen interest, and I know that there is a regular conversation b…”

“We would be very happy to do that. I just want to emphasise, again, the importance of joining it up across Government. While the Home Office is the departmental lead, my strong view is that, actually, it will only ever be made to work if we have the buy-in of other Departments. Health is a key contributor to that proce…”

“The hon. Gentleman has expressed an opinion, and he is entirely within his rights to do that, but I hope he understands that I am also entirely within my rights to point out that his opinion is not backed up by the intelligence services or the security agencies, which have looked incredibly carefully at the detail of t…”

“The only thing I would add to that is the importance of the role for other Government Departments in that relationship. You will have heard the statement that was made today by the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Liz Kendall. You will also have heard the Prime Minister’s comments specifically…”

“It is a good challenge. It would be unrealistic to say that everything is working in the way that we want. There are constant pressures on the system. The world in which we operate is rapidly evolving, and it is the job of Government to make sure that there is an appropriate level of resource in the right place, at the…”