Shabana Mahmood: “Politics is a calling for those of us here, but it should not be a dangerous one.”

Those who enter public life do so to serve. Robust debate and criticism are part of the job. Threats, abuse and violence are not.

An attack on any individual in public life is an attack on every one of us, and it is an attack on democracy itself.

My message to the Eritrean government is simple: take back your nationals or face a complete ban on your citizens entering the UK.

I can therefore announce today that I will expand, with immediate effect, police support to political figures who are not currently members of parliament.