The energy security secretary says the government has "serious concerns" over pro-Palestinian protests planned in London on Armistice Day. Claire Coutinho says disruption "wouldn't chime with the British public at all" and if the police were to ban marches the government would "stand fully behind them". Report by Brooksl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 Look, I have really serious concerns about it.
00:02 Next weekend, it's a day of national mourning
00:04 for the country.
00:06 It's a really significant moment where we respect and remember
00:10 the people who've given up the ultimate sacrifice for us.
00:14 And I think it would be a real shame if that was disrupted.
00:17 I don't think it would chime with British culture at all.
00:19 And what we have said is we've made it clear to the police
00:22 who have operational responsibility for this
00:25 that if they were to ban those marches,
00:27 we would stand fully behind them.