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Terrorism and Community Relations

: Yes, I am aware of it and had a brief opportunity to meet some of its members. I am delighted to involve them and sure that they will have some very practical suggestions for us. The final issue was identity, which has been mentioned by all speakers. How do we all feel British in a multicultural country? The commission will have some good information on that. [Interruption.] I do not know whether that is a mechanical toy or a battery-fed bunny, but it is driving me mad. I want to mention the seven working groups that we established over the summer under the banner ““tackling extremism together””. I am grateful to the people who took part in them. What was really important was that they were led by the Muslim community, not by the Government saying, ““We are going to tell you what you should be doing.”” There was a range of groups working with young people and women, looking at the role of imams and of mosques and considering how we might define extremism, which is very difficult to do. I was hugely impressed by their work. The reports have gone to the Home Secretary, and we shall take forward a number of the proposals that have emerged. The final reports are due shortly, but we have three specific proposals: the first is to have a national road show. That came from the young people's group, which was very engaged. It suggested—in the spirit of the comments made by the hon. Member for New Forest, East—that we bring together influential scholars, people who can give a true version of Islam, have sufficient background knowledge to challenge the perverted view of it that is often peddled by the extremist, and are popular with young people, too. They might be controversial, but they will be able to connect, and if we can create a national road show in which they can meet thousands of young people across the country in an engaging fashion, that will do a great deal to challenge some of the messages that are out there.