Parliamentary roadshow
On 15 October 2021, Sir David Amess, MP for Southend West, was fatally stabbed at his constituency surgery in Leigh-on-Sea. The anniversary of this tragic event was marked yesterday at Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons. Unaware of this, I happened to be walking past the Houses of Parliament and was appalled to see the new 3-metre high security fence being erected along the perimeter of the House of Lords' forecourt, extending up to the Soverereign's Entrance of the Victoria Tower. This latest work adds to the railings, fences, gates and barriers already in place that began to be installed following the death of Airey Neave MP, whose car was blown up by an IRA bomb as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster underground car park in 1979. Additional works were carried out following the 2017 terrorist attack, when a car was driven into the Victorian railings and the driver ran into New Palace Yard, fatally stabbing a police officer. The resulting works were...