Comment on crash into Parliament today

 

 

Chloe Smith, MP for Norwich North, has commented following a man being arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences after a car crashed outside the Houses of Parliament earlier today:

 

"This is very worrying and my thoughts are with the injured people.  I would like to thank the emergency services for what they've done today.  They work hard to keep us all safe, in Parliament today but anywhere, anytime throughout the country too."

 

One woman is being treated in hospital for serious but non life-threatening injuries.  Scotland Yard's head of counter terrorism has explained that given that this appears to be a deliberate act, the method and this being an iconic site, police are treating it as a terrorist incident.  There is not thought to be intelligence at this time of further danger to London or the UK as a whole.

 

The government's Cobra emergency committee is meeting later.