Key information
Date: Thursday 02 July 2026
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Alex Wilson AM moved, and Keith Prince AM seconded the following motion:
“This Assembly notes that the Metropolitan Police officers who responded to the Golders Green Knife attack on 29 April 2026 acted with the utmost courage and professionalism. This Assembly also notes the unjustified online attacks targeted at those brave officers, which were fuelled by ideology and ignorance; this Assembly condemns those attacks.
This Assembly notes that unverified, harmful claims have been publicly made regarding the Metropolitan Police officers who apprehended the alleged terrorist in Golders Green on 29 April 2026, and calls on London’s politicians to lead by example by not circulating such claims.
This Assembly believes that its Members have a moral duty to not undermine trust in London’s brave police officers when they carry out their jobs correctly, and that undue, ill-informed criticism of them leads to increased community tension and, in some cases, violence.
This Assembly resolves to:
- Request that the Metropolitan Police Service establish a formal briefing protocol for all Assembly Members following any high-profile operational incident.
- Write to the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, Sir Mark Rowley, to ask him to award the Commissioner's High Commendation to all the officers who apprehended the alleged attacker.”
Following debate and upon being put to a vote, the motion was agreed with 18 votes being cast in favour, and 0 votes cast against.