Daily Mail published this video item, entitled “Priti Patel rejects calls to end face-to-face constituency surgeries following David Amess murder” – below is their description.
Tobias Ellwood, the Tory chairman of the Commons Defence Select Committee, urged a ‘pause in face-to-face’ consultations between parliamentarians and members of the public until a safety review had been completed in the wake of Sir David’s death on Friday. His proposal was excoriated by defiant Tories including former Cabinet minister David Davis, Robert Largan and Alec Shelbrooke. Labour’s Harriet Harman called for an official review of MPs’ safety, while former Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott also rallied against ‘airport-style screening’ – but told the BBC she would support meeting constituents behind a screen to prevent possible stab attacks. And Home Secretary Priti Patel insisted that MPs must keep meeting voters, telling the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show this morning it would be ‘unacceptable’ for Sir David’s killing to ‘break the link between an elected representative and their democratic role, responsibility and duty to the people who elected them’. However, the killing of Sir David at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea as he met with Southend West constituents has prompted the Government to look at ensuring that every MP gets police on guard at their weekly surgeries – a move backed by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
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