Election debate. We are on the Asian Network, and the bbc news channel. Im nomia iqbal, here in the Splendid Alga Concert Hall at the university of birmingham, and on stage here in the concert hall. With me is our audience, people from all different backgrounds, different political allegiances, and with just one week to go before the big vote, they have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of gu ests putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Va Ra parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Masood mood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in th
They have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Mahmood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. There were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. Lets begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, and looking at some of the issues that came from it. Lets go to our first question. In light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities . Shailesh vara from the conservatives . Let me expr
They have a lot of questions about a wide range of issues. They will be putting those questions to our panel of guests from different Political Parties. With us today is Shailesh Vara from the conservatives, Khalid Mahmood from labour, Baroness Sheehan from the liberal democrats, bob dhillon from ukip, and leanne wood from plaid cymru. Following the horrific Terror Attack in manchester last week, campaigning for the election had been suspended. Of course it has now resumed. But the events of manchester are still very much on peoples minds. I was in the city reporting and i am from manchester. There were a lot of questions being asked in the aftermath. Lets begin the debate today with talking about what happened in manchester, and looking at some of the issues that came from it. Lets go to our first question. In light of the recent atrocities committed in manchester, should muslims do more to condemn terrorism within their communities . Shailesh vara from the conservatives . Let me expr
And we are joined 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we arejoined by 0k, plenty more from these tonight and we are joined by senior politicians from seven parties who will be listening and responding to what everyone has got to say. They are, for the conservatives. Representing the labour party, said area champion. The Scottish National party. Ukip, the Liberal Democrats and plaid cymru join us and for the green party, their co leader. Also, give them applause. Applause. Also, Jonathan Blake is working with bbc Reality Check looking at the numbers promises we will hear about by working out what really stacks up. And it is going through comments we have been getting all day on bbcdebate. First, tonight, after two devastating Terror Attacks in two weeks, including In Manchester, security has become a bigger part of the election campaign, in particular how best to protect british people from future attacks. Police numbers in england and wales have fallen by almost 20,000 since 2010 an