Speeches by Jarvis.

“I was pleased to meet my hon. Friend when I visited Cornwall last week, and to meet the local leaders and first responders who have been working tirelessly to keep their communities safe. In response to Storm Goretti, the Government issued two emergency alerts reaching approximately 500,000 people and urging them to st…”

“I can do that, and I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising it. I know that her constituency has suffered from significant flooding in the past. The Environment Agency, local risk management authorities and the local resilience forum have worked hard to deliver new flood schemes, and improve the warnings and informa…”

“I am grateful to the right hon. Member for the important points he raises, and I completely understand and agree with his point about rurality. I have heard the point he made about BT, and I know that the Department has been engaging closely with the company. I will look carefully at what he has to say and come back to…”

“Yes, I will. I am looking forward to meeting the right hon. Gentleman soon to discuss these things. It is important to say that we worked closely with mobile phone operators and National Grid Electricity Distribution to get more than 900 engineers out and about reconnecting homes in the south-west, but I have heard the…”

“The Government are absolutely committed to using all available tools to disrupt cyber-threats and to keep the public safe. Our new national cyber action plan will address the evolving cyber-threat and technological opportunities. We are working with partners across Government and law enforcement to deliver real-world i…”

“I absolutely will. I was very pleased to have the opportunity to spend quite a lot of time with the hon. Gentleman in his beautiful constituency, and to meet his local council colleagues as well as many other stakeholders. I agree with the points he has made. I think the response overall was an effective one, but I am …”

“Yes, my hon. Friend is right, and I will do that. She knows at first hand the importance of hyper-local resilience planning, and I pay tribute to her work supporting her constituents in recent times. The gov.uk Prepare website already provides advice on steps people can take to prepare for emergencies, including storms…”

“To provide an additional point of reassurance, I have instigated a monthly meeting with CT police, which I chair along with senior Home Office officials, to look at precisely that issue and to make sure that we are getting it right.”

“I should acknowledge one particular point of challenge. Essentially, there is a reliance on frontline professionals who are able to identify concerns and make a referral. That is harder to do online. There are some specific challenges about how we can more effectively detect concerning online behaviour to inform high-q…”

“The only point I would add to that is that we do not own a number of the policy levers that sit with other Government Departments. There is an obvious importance to making sure that we are joining up our response across Government, working very closely with DSIT but with other Government Departments as well.”

“It is another reason why we have the Home Office Prevent advisers. In addition to the resource available, there is technical expertise that can be deployed to provide support in a given area if there is a request from a local authority.”

“That is entirely fair—technical, but fair—so let us come back to you with something.”

“I will bring in Jonathan because he knows a lot about it, but I will just make a couple of points. First, thank you for commending the work of the National Crime Agency. They do incredibly important work and I am not convinced that they always get the recognition they deserve. I was just about to respond to a point ear…”

“Just to emphasise the importance we attach to protecting places of worship, we have now dedicated record levels of funding to enable people to worship free from the fear of attack. We have seen terrible attacks, on the synagogue and on mosques, in recent times, and we are absolutely committed to making sure that those …”

“Good point.”

“Can you come in on that first, Jonathan?”

“I am then conscious of the world in which we would then have a pre-prevent prevent Prevent, but I will hand over to Jonathan.”

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

“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…”

“Yes.”