Results 1-15 of 15 for terrorism speaker:Graham Allen

Business of the House: Easter Adjournment (2 Apr 2009) has video

Graham Allen: ...of focus and resources away from the real threat, al-Qaeda, has taken place—imagine what we could have done in Afghanistan to the nest of al-Qaeda had we deployed all those resources where terrorism was clearly a threat. A new home for terrorism has been created. I take second place to nobody in condemning the tyranny of Saddam Hussein—the only thing that can be said for him is...

Orders of the Day — Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (21 Jun 2005)

Graham Allen: ...already protects everyone from abuse and harassment. As was pointed out earlier, it is only four years since we added religious aggravation in order to justify additional sentencing under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. Just as there is great confusion in the House, as we have heard in the debate, as to what the provisions will actually deliver, one can imagine the impact...

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Pre-legislative Scrutiny (15 Mar 2005)

Mr Graham Allen: ...of last Thursday and Friday, I hope that people inside and outside the House will look back on them and say that Parliament did a very effective job in difficult circumstances, as the Prevention of Terrorism Bill was considered by the House. Does my hon. Friend accept that if we had been able to have proper pre-legislative scrutiny of that Bill, perhaps over many months in different...

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Graham Allen: ...system of checks and balances, such as it was, has grown weaker and weaker. That is why we have come to this pass today. The Government are right to take measures to safeguard us from international terrorism, but Parliament is also right to insist on measures to preserve, especially in difficult times as well as easy times, the balance between security and liberty. If there is the will, in...

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Graham Allen: ...the Government seek to arrogate is necessarily extraordinary, given the threat that we face. Our democratic response must be equally extraordinary. A one-club policy of containment of international terrorism will not suffice any longer. We need not only the proper involvement of the rule of law, which I hope can be achieved by hon. Members contributing to the progress of the legislation,...

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Graham Allen: ...Shoreditch. I hope that the few pips that have squeaked today will help those in No. 10 and those who aspire to be there to understand that in Britain we cannot choose between vigorously fighting terrorism or deepening and strengthening our democracy. Both are essential and inseparable partners if we are to prevail in an ever more dangerous world.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Tyrannical Regimes (14 Dec 2004)

Mr Graham Allen: ...in the last two or three weeks, to make real progress on developing a global legal system that will allow all of us to unite when faced with tyrannies and re-create the global coalition against terrorism on a sound legal basis?

Tyrannical Regimes (26 Mar 2004)

Mr Graham Allen: ...authority for any strong country to shoot its way into any weak one and depose its Government at a time of its choosing. That way lies international anarchy and the law of the jungle in which terrorism breeds so virulently. My first question to the Minister runs through my contribution: what action have the Law Officers and the Foreign Secretary and his team taken in this field over the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (11 Nov 2003)

Mr Graham Allen: ...than anyone that there was some dispute over the legal basis of the invasion of Iraq, but I know that he takes second place to no one in his desire to rebuild both the global coalition against terrorism and the United Nations. Can he tell the House whether—in case we were ever to take on a murdering butcher in future—he is working on restoring and strengthening the legal basis...

British Detainees (Guantanamo Bay) (21 Jan 2002)

Mr Graham Allen: Does my hon. Friend accept that we have fought a long, difficult and risky war against terrorism and have emerged victorious, but that one staggeringly incompetent misjudgment by the American authorities may throw that gain and that victory away and give incredible propaganda value to the enemies of the free world? Will he make every effort to inform our American friends that the treatment of...

Human Rights (19 Nov 2001)

Mr Graham Allen: ...gathered against them, and will therefore not be able to challenge its accuracy. None the less, the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister say that they believe the measure is necessary to combat terrorism, and I will trust their judgment. I am certain that they have no other motive. Indeed, it would be unlawful for them to have any other motive. However, the Prime Minister intriguingly...

Croydon Tramlink Bill [Lords]: Suppression of Terrorism (India) (21 Jul 1993)

Mr Graham Allen: ..., they bring to the House another measure which may be the subject of widely differing interpretations. The Labour party and. I hope, every hon. Member fully supports initiatives intended to combat terrorism and human rights abuses. The danger is that the Government may be seen to be dealing with one of those problems, through this extradition treaty, at the expense of the other. The...

Croydon Tramlink Bill [Lords]: Suppression of Terrorism (India) (21 Jul 1993)

Mr Graham Allen: I hope that it will become clear as I continue my speech that the Opposition feel that the extradition provisions on terrorism are obviously necessary in some parts of the globe. I do not believe that anyone would wish to be associated with any weakening of the fight against terrorism. But equally, I hope that the reservations that I have outlined so far will make it clear to hon. Members on...

Orders of the Day — Asylum and Immigration Appeals Bill (2 Nov 1992)

Mr Graham Allen: ...have been After that education of 27 Back-Bench speeches, one thing is crystal clear: that the Bill does not help, in any shape or form, those who are seeking political asylum, who are fleeing terror and persecution, to whom lip service is paid every night when we see the terrible scenes in Yugoslavia and elsewhere. The Bill is irrelevant when viewed against the background of those...

Prevention of Terrorism (16 Feb 1988)

Mr Graham Allen: ...wishes to talk about the police and the valuable role that they perform in Northern Ireland, would he not be better advised to book a Committee Room when we are talking about the Prevention of Terrorism Act?