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Hello, I'm David Kornock, and this is today in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

On Thursday, March the 12th, the security minister warns of the unprecedented level of threats facing MPs.

Assults, vandalism, stalking, blockading, a blizzard of online abuse.

He promises new measures to protect politicians from intimidation and abuse.

But the Conservatives say ministers must be honest about the sources.

The single biggest extremist threat to our country remains the threat of But the Conservatives say ministers must be honest about the sources.

The single biggest extremist threat to our country remains the threat of extremist Islamist violence.

Also in this programme, Britain's newest MP, Hannah the Plummer, makes her Commons debut.

I truly believe that anyone doing a job like mine should get a seat on these benches. But first, the security minister has warned that the harassment and intimidation of politicians is a serious threat to democracy.

Dan Jarvis came to the Commons to unveil plans to improve the protection of political candidates ahead of May's elections

to some English councils and the Scottish and Welsh parliaments.

He told MPs that free debate and honest disagreement

were the lifeblood of democracy.

But let me be clear, harassment, intimidation, abuse and violence

are not political expression.

And today, the volume, breadth and tempo of threats against elected representatives is unprecedented.

Across this House, colleagues will recognise the grim reality.

Assaults, vandalism, stalking, blockading,

a blizzard of online abuse.

Women and people from ethnic minorities reported the highest volumes of abuse,

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