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QUEEN'S SPEECH DEBATE (2nd DAY) – COMMISSION FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM & EXTREMISM - 22 June 2017

QUEEN'S SPEECH DEBATE (2nd DAY) – COMMISSION FOR COUNTERING TERRORISM & EXTREMISM - 22 June 2017

Dr Julian Lewis: Will there be an opportunity to give evidence to the commission for countering terrorism and extremism, based on the ​lessons that we have learnt in the past to counter other totalitarian ideologies such as communism and Nazism? Does my hon. Friend accept that organisations like ISIL/Daesh and al-Qaeda rise and fall, but the underlying doctrine of what ought to be called un-Islamic extremism persists? Does she accept that that is what must be countered, and that an active Government agency to counter it is what is required?

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Amber Rudd): My right hon. Friend is absolutely correct. Extremism comes in many different forms. “Un-Islamic extremism” is one way of describing it, and it is a perfectly reasonable description. I would expect the commission on extremism to ask people to give evidence, so that we can be sure to collect the best possible information in order to do the best possible job for our communities.]