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London Attacks

May I, as a London MP, join my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition in passing compliments to the Prime Minister for his behaviour at the time of the explosion? Had I been in that position, I would have behaved in no other way at all, so I pass him my compliments directly for his behaviour and for uniting us and giving us real focus. May I also join with the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick), who pointed out that those who have spent the past three days trying to divide us by blaming everyone for the reasons behind this were not only wrong, but shameful? The best answer to them was to be found in constituencies such as mine on Saturday and Sunday. There were wonderful crowds who gathered on Sunday to show the terrorists what they thought of them. They do not care about the terrorists; they care about peace. I and my constituents promise the Prime Minister and the Government that we will do our level best to back him in whatever he does to find these people.