Community Security
Protection of religious communities, places of worship, antisemitism, community safety
Recent PMQs Questions
View all 38PMQs 2026-03-25
Will the Prime Minister assure me and my worried constituents that he and his Government will do all they can to stamp out hate and hate speech in our communities?...
PMQs 2026-01-28
Will the Deputy Prime Minister take concrete steps to ensure that antisemitism is driven out of our country?...
PMQs 2026-01-14
I was appalled to hear that the Labour Member of Parliament for Bristol North East (Damien Egan) was prevented from visiting a school in his constituency because he is Jewish. This is antisemitism and...
PMQs 2025-07-16
May I associate myself with the Prime Minister’s words about the shocking Afghan data breach under the previous Government, which was kept secret for three years? He will have our support if he decide...
PMQs 2025-03-12
I am proud to represent a constituency with eight synagogues, a thriving Jewish population and the United Kingdom’s largest Jewish cultural centre, JW3, but this week, I was horrified to read reports ...
PMQs 2025-01-08
Q7. Last year, I was honoured to accept an invitation from the European Jewish Association to go to Krakow and discuss the role of Holocaust education in tackling the rising tide of antisemitism acros...
PMQs 2025-01-08
Given that the APPG report on anti-Muslim hatred included discussing sex groomers as an example of Islamophobia, the MP asks if the Prime Minister recognises the chilling effect such definitions might...
PMQs 2024-12-11
Places of worship are vitally important not just for practising one's faith, but for local heritage. The Government's listed places of worship grant scheme currently provides much-needed tax relief fo...
PMQs 2024-11-27
November marks Islamophobia Awareness Month and the UN has condemned the desecration of religious texts. Will the Prime Minister commit to introducing measures to prohibit such acts?...
PMQs 2024-11-27
As we enter the last week of Islamophobia Awareness Month, this year has been difficult for British Muslims with attacks on mosques and visibly Muslim individuals. Will the Prime Minister condemn thos...
Recent Ministerial Questions
View all 155Topical Questions 2026-03-23
The Home Secretary has been commendably robust in her response to antisemitism and attacks on Jewish institutions. After the Heaton Park synagogue attack, the Macdonald inquiry was set up to look into...
Topical Questions 2026-03-23
What more can the Home Secretary say about the Government's plans to protect the Jewish community?...
Right to Protest 2026-03-17
Clearly, the Home Secretary has the power to ban marches but no power to deal with static protests. This weekend we had the annual al-Quds hate demonstration at which individuals chanted antisemitic s...
Topical Questions 2026-03-17
I join the Justice Secretary in sending condolences to the family of Jeff Blair. I also pay tribute to the shadow Solicitor General, my hon. Friend the Member for Maidstone and Malling (Helen Grant), ...
Topical Questions 2026-03-11
Within an hour of the Government's publication of their Islamophobia definition this week, there were calls from within the Labour party for it to be weaponised to stifle free speech, but we know that...
Palestinian Authority’s School Curriculum 2026-03-03
The Palestinian Authority continue to show an absolute disregard for the MOU, with deeply disturbing and antisemitic content still being promoted in Palestinian schools. How are the UK Government moni...
Topical Questions 2026-02-26
When the Labour Government cut the budget for the listed places of worship scheme, it suggested that funds would always be available. However, now it has run out of money. Will the Government commit t...
Antisemitism 2026-02-23
I recently had the privilege of spending some time with the Jewish community of Stamford Hill. Those conversations reinforced that we must do more to combat antisemitism. She cited the recent figures ...
Antisemitism 2026-02-23
Antisemitism is horrible, but will the Minister agree that there is nothing antisemitic in supporting the rights of the suffering Palestinian people and there is nothing antisemitic in opposing the ac...
Antisemitism 2026-02-23
I thank the Minister for her response. As she rightly outlines, antisemitism is on the rise. During the ongoing by-election campaign in Gorton and Denton, senior Green party figures engaged with 5Pill...