Home Secretary Jacqui Smith Speaks on the Threat of International Terrorism
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith spoke at the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission on national security and the security challenges we face in today’s world.
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I welcome the work that IPPR’s Commission is doing to strengthen our understanding of the security challenges we face in today’s world – a world in which no-one can doubt that changes can be rapid, and in which the importance of our interdependence will not be lost on anyone.
The commission’s work is very timely for us in government, with the
Significantly – and it is a theme I want to explore in this speech – it will reflect my belief that we need to be more sophisticated in how we engage openly with the public on our work to counter the threat of terrorism.