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Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Martin Salter: ...is a trigger for al-Qaeda targeting Britain. I found the evidence from Lord Dear unconvincing in that regard. We have seen appalling loss of life as a result of al-Qaeda atrocities in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Bali, Kenya, the USA, Spain and the UK. Those are jurisdictions with totally different legal and pre-charge detention systems. There is no golden, black or evil thread linking...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Martin Salter: ...Member for Beaconsfield and I put it to him that one of the best prevent strategies, if we are using that term, would have been for the country and Parliament not to have endorsed the war in Iraq. That led to far more concern in minority, and particularly Muslim, communities than any system of amendment to pre-charge detention or specific counter-terrorism proposals. I think that we should...

House of Commons Commission (Annual Report) (16 Dec 2004)

Mr Martin Salter: ...to learn that during the one time when I thought that this place really was the cockpit of our democracy—that is, in March last year in the run-up to the votes on whether we should invade Iraq—some 600 people were logged on to the webcast from the Houses of Parliament at any one time. We have an audience out there; we have a fan base. A lot of people are interested in what we...

Asylum Applications (8 Jul 2004)

Mr Martin Salter: ...about a figure in excess of £1.2 billion, with legal aid bills pushing £200 million. That is an awful lot of resources. Is the situation sustainable? As my right hon. Friend said, if the population of Sudan or Iraq arrived on the shores of a European country, our treaty obligations would mean that we had to process every single claim. Of course, that is not going to happen, but...

Business of the House (13 Mar 2003)

Mr Martin Salter: ...Leader of the House give us some indication of when we will be able to consider and vote on the Report stage of the Hunting Bill? May I respectfully suggest that, should we be dragged into a war in Iraq, it would hardly be appropriate for the House to be turning its attention to such matters?

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