The stabbing has led to a review of security arrangements amid calls for stricter measures at MP surgeries and offices. Despite this, some MPs have struck a cautious note, raising concerns that extra security measures could take them further away from the public.
A similar debate was taking place at Hillingdon youth offending service (YOS) at the time of the murder of 18-year-old Hakim Sillah at a knife awareness course held at the council’s civic centre (see analysis). An independent review into the fatal knife attack by a 17-year-old who was also attending the course concluded that the killing would likely have been prevented if there was a weapons detection system in place at the building.
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