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Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 21 - Scope of emergency regulations (10 Feb 2004)

Mr Patrick Mercer: ...of the nature of their calling. It is therefore proper that firemen, ambulance workers and special constables, members of the civil contingencies reaction force and the like can be sent down into smoke or water-filled tunnels to try to remove casualties to prevent people from being injured further and thus to mitigate the effects of a disaster. This amendment is designed to protect...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 5 - General measures (29 Jan 2004)

Mr Patrick Mercer: ...; it will inevitably be too little, too late.'' We hear that such a campaign would be very expensive. However, the Government are perfectly happy to be involved in campaigns such as the anti-smoking campaign, and so they should be. An extraordinarily effective campaign of public information is being mounted at the moment, with disgusting scenes of fat being squeezed from people's veins...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 1 - Meaning of ''emergency'' (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Patrick Mercer: ..., oil spills off the coast, or perhaps, if we look to other areas, forest fires—particularly in the way that Australia and parts of south-east Asia have had their environment damaged by smoke and other forms of contamination. I would like to address particularly amendment No. 13 by pointing out the need to underline the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threat and its...

Estimates Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates, 2002–2003 — Foreign and Commonwealth Office — War Against Terrorism (11 Mar 2003)

Mr Patrick Mercer: ...are told that it concerns a number of drone aircraft that can be fitted to deliver weapons of mass destruction. The Government Front Bench has been remarkably quiet about what some people call the smoking gun. I do not know, but it is interesting that so little has been made of that particular subject. The one thing that does convince me of the need for imminent action is the terrorist...

Coalition against International Terrorism (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Patrick Mercer: ...the extent of the casualties and why we did not see scenes of suffering. Most of those killed on 11 September died instantly; they were not available to be photographed. Their monument is the smoking ruin of the twin towers, which are mute testimony to bin Laden's random butchery. If we engage in war, we must understand that it is a nasty business. Indeed, this war will be nasty, brutish...