Chris Philp supports calls for 'Prevent' inquiry

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Chris Philp has supported calls for a public inquiry into the anti-terror programme 'Prevent'. It comes as the daughter of the late Sir David Amess, a Conservative MP who was murdered during a constitutency surgery in 2021, said she believes the Southport attacks may not have happened if there had been a full public inquiry into her father's death three years ago. Mr Philp said: "I think we do need a proper inquiry to look at these systemic issues where Prevent or mental health services have failed to take dangerous people off the streets." Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We've seen a number of tragic murders in recent years and the one we discussed in

00:04Parliament today was Sir David Amess, our late colleague who was tragically

00:07murdered by an Islamist terrorist and we saw in that case Prevent looking at this

00:13perpetrator some years before and failing to take action. We've seen that

00:18in other cases as well where either Prevent reviews have failed or mental

00:23health services has failed. People have been very disturbed but have not been

00:26sectioned or detained so I think we do need a proper inquiry to look at these

00:30systemic issues where Prevent or mental health services have failed to take

00:35dangerous people off the streets.

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