Sarah Sackman

I think the suggestion that the government has fermented a climate of hate is a suggestion that I totally reject.

Is it right to say that marches and ambient antisemitism, which may take place in the workplace, the sort of antisemitism that allowed for the casual booking of a well-known antisemite in the form of Kanye West, that concert would have been full if organizers had allowed it to go ahead.

Do I think that is contributing to a climate of fear?

I do.

Do I think the government has been passive?

I don't.

When I called on the Home Secretary

to ban the Al Quds march, she responded.

We have taken action as a government to ban face coverings at these marches, to prevent their cumulative impact, to stop them taking place outside Jewish places of worship.

We believe in free speech in this country.

It's important that people are allowed to protest, but there is a world of difference between that

and marching to promote hate.

So, of course, government has a responsibility, and it's a responsibility that government takes very seriously.

But I want to say this.

We have a responsibility to keep people safe.

We have a responsibility to tackle anti-Semitism, whether on campuses, whether in public services, whether in the workplace.

But there is, as I said earlier, a role for civil society here as well, for other institutions to step up, and where they see anti-Semitism, to call it out.

And that's what I think we all need to do.

I would welcome that, John, to be honest with you.

I think that the Jewish community is a canary in the coal mine.