Speeches by Jarvis.

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

“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…”

“Well, it is a statement of truth, and I think it undermines the right hon. Gentleman’s argument.”

“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…”

“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 grateful to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, and to all members of his Committee. Parliament entrusts the ISC with holding Government to account, and the ISC is able to do that in a way that other right hon. and hon. Members cannot. He made two key points. First, he shared the Committee’s analysis of the conc…”

“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…”

“I am grateful to the hon. Lady, not least because she came along in good faith this morning and attended the briefing at our invitation. I hope she found it helpful. I am acutely conscious that there are technical details that the House will understand I am not able to get into, and that is why we took the opportunity …”

“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…”

“I would add the importance we attach to the appointment of the independent Prevent commissioner, which is a relatively new appointment. Lord Anderson—and anyone who knows him will testify to this—is truly independent of Government, and we think he has the right experience, skillset and judgment to provide genuine, inde…”

“I think it is worth making a point about the quality of referrals.”

“I think it would be helpful if you talked about the safeguarding route.”

“I have thought a lot about that question, but I will go to the expert first. Can you give a view on the strategy, Jonathan?”

“All that is absolutely right. I just want to convey the fact that we keep these things under very careful review. I am mindful that Lord Macdonald’s independent review of public order and hate crime legislation provided an important opportunity to look at the legislative framework. There are other important contributor…”

“Good point.”

“It is early days, so we want to keep that under close review, but in terms of the basic principle, I do not see why that would not be the case. We are not quite there yet.”