David Cameron will meet intelligence and security chiefs today to discuss whether further measures are needed to deal with the threat of terror attacks in Britain.
The meeting comes after the Prime Minister joined French President Francois Hollande and world leaders for a rally in Paris to remember the 17 victims of last week's attacks on France.
Speaking to Sky News following the march, Mr Cameron said it was necessary to "ask ourselves how we would respond to this sort of situation" in Britain.
"We've spent a lot of time in the past looking at how we would respond to this kind of marauding firearms attack by people who want to martyr themselves," he said.
"In a free country, there's never any way you can guarantee against an attack and the damage an attack can do.
"But what we do have in Britain is brilliant security and intelligence services, very strong counter-terrorism policing, and a way of co-ordinating the work that they do with special forces and others to make sure that when these things happen, we respond in the best way we possibly can.
"Crucially in recent months, the brilliance of our intelligence services has prevented a number of plots, including to kill police officers. But you can't always guarantee that will happen."
Plans for a new communications data bill in the UK were previously blocked by the Liberal Democrats, but the Conservatives have signalled that they will revive the legislation if they win the May General Election.
Civil liberties campaigners have warned against any attempt to use the Charlie Hebdo attack as a pretext for introducing further surveillance powers in Britain.
Big Brother Watch director Emma Carr said: "It is wholly unacceptable for this tragedy in Paris to be used as a means to call for a return of the snooper's charter.
"It is the wrong solution and would divert resources from focused surveillance operations at a time when the agencies are already struggling to cope with the volume of information available."
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Gallery: France Attacks: Marches Worldwide
London's Tower Bridge is illuminated by the red, white and blue of the French Tricolore in solidarity with the capital of the UK's nearest neighbour state
People in many countries around the world have taken part in demonstrations of unity with the French people after the attacks in Paris. A large number of people gathered in Madrid
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