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Yesterday in Parliament

Yesterday In Parliament 07 May 2025

Yesterday in Parliament

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4.310 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Minister tight-lipped on terror arrests.

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the Yesterday in Parliament podcast.

0:08.8

On Tuesday, the 6th of May, MPs tried without much success

0:12.6

to find out more about the dramatic arrests of Iranian nationals across England on Saturday.

0:19.2

Technically, ministerial statements to the House of Commons

0:21.8

are made in order to tell MPs about things.

0:25.0

A statement about the arrests in two major counter-terror investigations

0:28.7

at the weekend was slightly different in that regard.

0:32.1

There is a strict limit to what I can say at this stage,

0:36.0

given investigations are now ongoing.

0:38.8

As he continued, the security minister Dan Jarvis was as good as his word.

0:43.7

I am not able to provide further information on the target at this time.

0:48.5

And he went on to inform MPs that...

0:51.4

We will not be providing a running commentary.

0:54.5

Well, having managed MP's expectations, Dan Jarvis gave them all the information reported at the

1:01.0

weekend that eight arrests had been made involving Iranian nationals. And he explained why

1:07.0

who could say so little. Investigations continue with searches and activity still underway at multiple addresses

1:15.6

across the country. The investigation relates to a suspected plot to target specific premises.

1:23.9

Police officers have been in contact with the affected site to make them aware and provide relevant security advice and support.

1:32.5

And he said he didn't want to jeopardise those investigations or public safety.

1:37.6

Now, Dan Jarvis used to be an officer in the Paris, a veteran of the Balkans and Afghanistan,

1:43.0

so he was unlikely to crack under interrogation,

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