article_snippet: But Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe said parents had a responsibility to come forward if parents teenagers betrayed any interest in extremist ideology.
article_snippet: However, the families refused to accept any responsibility for the teenagers' actions when the families appeared before a committee of MPs earlier this week.
article_snippet: Instead, the families spent spent more than an hour castigating police over what the families claimed was a failure to inform of the families children's potential radicalisation.
article_snippet: However, senior figures, led by David Cameron, insisted parents must take responsibility and play senior figures, led by David Cameron, insisted parents part in stopping the spread of militant beliefs. '
article_snippet: Everyone has a role to play,' said the Minister of Public Safety.
article_snippet: Foreign Secretary Phillip Hammond echoed the comments saying: 'Parents have responsibilities, schools and community workers have responsibilities as well as the authorities and airports and airline operators.'