03/11/2025
Today in Parliament
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🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Mandy Baker reports as the Home Secretary condemns the train attack as the 'worst of humanity' - and the Prime Minister vows that a new bill will stop cover-ups by the state.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:06.0 | Order. Order. |
| 0:08.6 | Hello, I'm Mandy Baker, and this is the Today in Parliament podcast for Monday the 3rd of November. |
| 0:14.1 | Coming up, the Home Secretary condemns the mass stabbing on a train as the worst of humanity. |
| 0:19.8 | But the actions of those who responded, who ran towards danger to save the lives of people |
| 0:24.9 | they did not know, was the very best of us. |
| 0:27.9 | A local MP adds his tribute to the emergency services and the train staff who risked |
| 0:33.0 | their lives to help. |
| 0:34.3 | The swift action of all those involved prevented a horrific attack from being far, |
| 0:38.3 | far worse. Also tonight, the Prime Minister vows to use the Hillsborough law to prevent future cover-ups. |
| 0:45.1 | I want to begin this debate with a simple acknowledgement, long overdue, that the British state |
| 0:51.3 | failed the families and victims of Hillsborough to an almost inhuman level. |
| 0:57.3 | This morning, a 32-year-old man, Anthony Williams, appeared in court, |
| 1:02.0 | charged with attempting to murder 10 people on a train travelling from Doncaster to King's Cross on Saturday evening |
| 1:08.5 | and one other person at a separate incident in East London. |
| 1:12.4 | As MPs gathered in the Commons a few hours later, five people were still in hospital, |
| 1:17.4 | a member of railway staff who tried to stop the attack in a critical condition. |
| 1:21.8 | The Prime Minister paid tribute to the emergency services. |
| 1:24.9 | And in particular to the heroic actions of both the driver and members |
| 1:29.6 | of staff on board the Doncaster to London train, where such a violent, horrific attack took place |
| 1:35.6 | this weekend. We all share in the revulsion of this shocking incident, but there's no doubt |
| 1:41.1 | that their collective action, their brave action, saved Countly's |
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