<p>Questions Without Notice from the Party Leaders</p>

Part of 3. 2. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:18 pm on 23 May 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:18, 23 May 2017

I thank the leader of the Welsh Conservatives for his comments. It is difficult for us in this Chamber and the vast majority of people across the world to conceive of a philosophy that holds that murdering young people advances the cause of humanity. How can we understand those thought processes? But we know that there are some, unfortunately, who hold those views, and there is, of course, a duty on all authorities to provide as much protection as possible to the public against these people.

After the events in Tunisia, we did set up a helpline that looked to provide signposting to counselling for people. We will look to do the same thing again in the aftermath of this event. We are not aware of anybody who has been injured or killed who comes from Wales as yet. There is nothing to indicate that but, of course, we will monitor the situation very, very closely.

One thing I think we do need to be careful of is not to put people off coming to events. He is right when he says that the last thing we should do is to modify our behaviour, and our beliefs for that matter, in the face of terrorism. That’s exactly what they want. They want us to become more intolerant so that we share their intolerance. They want us to alter the way in which we exercise our freedom and go to events. They see that as a victory. What I can say to people is that, of course, we will be taking further advice with regard to the Champions League, but a lot of work has already been done regarding security around the Champions League. That work has been in train for many, many months, as Members would expect, given the fact that it is an event of significant size.

In terms of information, he has identified the issues. Firstly, some information is shared on what is effectively Privy Council basis; it’s confidential. Members will understand that there is information that needs to be kept confidential so as not to interfere with any police investigation. Of course, where information is no longer sensitive and where that information needs to be shared with the public, that will happen at the appropriate time.