and robert halfon, glad we . that. and robert halfon, glad we have got you back.to do myjob. i love _ want to continue to do myjob. i love my— want to continue to do myjob. i love myjob. it is a privilege to be a member— love myjob. it is a privilege to be a member of parliament. but if i'm being— a member of parliament. but if i'm being honest, given what has happened, it is scary, because you 'ust happened, it is scary, because you just don't— happened, it is scary, because you just don't know, even if you have security— just don't know, even if you have security guards at surgeries, if you're — security guards at surgeries, if you're walking about the town, just going _ you're walking about the town, just going shopping, even, even if you are not— going shopping, even, even if you are not doing yourjob as an mp, this could — are not doing yourjob as an mp, this could happen. people can follow you and _ this could happen. people can follow you and target you. so, i don't know the answer— you and target you. so, i don't know the answer to — you and target you. so

for example, robert halfon, another conservative mp in essex saying it is truly devastating news, sirity for mps when they are out and about, this is not the first time an mp has been stabbed while carrying out the constituency surgery. most recently, the example ofjo cox, in the run—up to the eu referendum, before that we had a labour mp stephen timms, lib dem mp nigeljones, his colleague andrew pennington tragically died in that attack in trying to protect the mp. understandably, people are extremely shocked by what has happened this morning in essex. to underline that point, you mention jo cox, the mp who was murdered in 2016, and her widower brendan cox has said attacking i elected representatives is an attack on democracy, there is no excuse or justification, it is as cowardly as it gets. i think that reflects the feelings that many are expressing, of both concern but also anger, because if this leads to a limited access, situations like this when an mp can safely meet their constituents in a church hall —— with an mp cannot safely meet the constituents, the effect that has on ev