Member

I have said before that I do not wish to be the person who says “I told you so” after a terrible event. I have spent much of the last 25 years paying close attention to terrorism issues and matters of security, over 10 of those as the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation. In my parliamentary life and my professional life, I continue to focus on such issues. My firm and considered belief is that placing a learning centre in Victoria Tower Gardens, visited by thousands of people each week in an area that could easily be penetrated by a terrorist carrying weapons, is a risk that could be removed by creating a better learning centre and putting it on a more suitable site. I beg to move.