After chairing a roundtable of the group, he said:
"On your behalf I am very active in Parliament, first and foremost as your Member of Parliament for #Basildon and #Billericay. I am also the Shadow Transport Secretary, which means I hold the Government t to account for their transport policy and work on new policy for the Conservatives too - like our recent ‘plan for drivers’ >>> www.conservatives.com/news/our-new-plan-for-drivers
But I also work cross-party on important areas too, including chairing the All Parliamentary Parliamentary Group on Freedom of Speech. I was pleased to chair a roundtable of the group in Parliament, bringing together parliamentarians, policing experts and journalists to discuss policing and free speech in the wake of the tragic murder of Henry Nowak.
We heard a range of perspectives on the difficult balance between keeping people safe, effective policing and protecting the fundamental right to free expression.
Thank you to Chris Philp MP, Rick Prior (who was very senior in the Police Federation), Charlie Peters (journalist), Lord Young of Acton and David Rose for contributing to a thoughtful and important discussion."
