Valentina Gomez and the protection of public order and community cohesion

That this House welcomes reports that the Government is taking steps to prevent the entry of Ms Valentina Gomez to the United Kingdom for the far-right march in London on 16 May organised by Stephen Yaxley-Lennon; notes with serious concern her previous conduct at the same Unite the Kingdom rally, where she is reported to have used inflammatory and dehumanising rhetoric about Muslim communities and issued language that could be interpreted as encouraging confrontation and violence; further notes her documented pattern of directing abusive and Islamophobic language at Muslims in public life, including elected representatives; also notes her dissemination of deliberately provocative material, including the public desecration of the Quran, apparently intended to inflame religious tensions; recognises that such conduct goes beyond legitimate freedom of expression and risks inciting hatred, hostility and disorder; affirms the United Kingdom’s commitment both to free speech and to protecting communities from targeted abuse and incitement; recalls the Government’s decision to refuse entry to Kanye West on the grounds that his presence was not conducive to the public good due to antisemitic hatred; believes that this principle should be applied consistently across all forms of hatred, including Islamophobia and anti-Muslim hostility; and supports the use of the Home Secretary’s powers to refuse entry to individuals whose presence may not be conducive to the public good, where there is a clear and evidenced risk to public order and community cohesion.