UK venue owners must plan for militant attacks, says government | Malay Mail

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LONDON, Feb 24 — British venue owners will have to come up with plans to try to prevent militant attacks and deal with them better if they do happen, the government said today, responding to a series of incidents in recent years. The interior ministry said it wanted to introduce a law creating a...

Britain's security minister James Brokenshire, then Secretary of State for Housing, seen outside Downing Street in London April 8, 2019. — Reuters pic

The interior ministry said it wanted to introduce a law creating a duty on owners and operators of venues and public spaces to consider the risk of an attack and their preparedness for such an event. Security minister James Brokenshire said such venues needed to have “effective and proportionate protective security and preparedness measures to keep people safe.”

The proposed law will be put to a public consultation later in the year, and will invite submissions from businesses and the public sector on how the new duty should be enforced.

 

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