Results 1-20 of 58 for terrorism speaker:David Amess

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Hamas (9 Sep 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the alleged broadcasting by Hamas of children's television programmes glorifying (a) terrorism and (b) attacks on the State of Israel; and if he will make a statement.

Business of the House: Whitsun Adjournment (21 May 2009) has video

David Amess: ...themselves to me and suggesting yet another meeting, and so it goes on. That shows the difficulty in conducting IPCC inquiries. I have the highest regard for the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing. He said in a written answer to me that the IPCC is not responsible for imposing disciplinary sanctions on police forces or individuals. As we all know, Members of...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (19 May 2009)

David Amess: ...circulars, (c) consultation documents and (d) other documents she (i) has issued since February 2008 and (ii) plans to issue in the next two years consequent on the provisions of counter-terrorism legislation passed since 1984; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (14 May 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will hold discussions with representatives of police forces on the application of section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2000 to persons arranging or managing a meeting to be addressed via a video link by a person who belongs or professes to belong to an organisation listed in the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment)...

Written Answers — Home Department: Proscribed Organisations (6 May 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which date each organisation proscribed under the Terrorism Act 2000 was so proscribed; and if she will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Proscribed Organisations (6 May 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which date each organisation that has been removed from the proscription list under the Terrorism Act 2000 was removed; what the reasons for the removal were in each case; and if she will make a statement.

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

David Amess: ..., North told us how many people had died, and the number is just appalling. As for Afghanistan, any hon. Members who reckon that they have the necessary expertise should tell us how we can defeat terrorism when the people responsible for it are willing to take their own lives. I should be very interested to hear from them. I repeat that when the British public are given the opportunity to...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Written Questions: Government Responses (11 Feb 2009)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 242696 about terrorism in Israel, tabled on 8 December 2008; what the reason is for the time taken to reply; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (12 Jan 2009)

David Amess: ...the Home Department which (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents she plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential on the provisions of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008; and if she will make a statement.

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

David Amess: ...Prime Minister told us earlier today that 41 countries have signed up to our involvement in Afghanistan, but I need more convincing about the real objective there. If anyone can come up with a solution to terrorism when people are prepared to take their own life, I would be interested to hear it. We have just had an election in America. After Mr. Bush, I was not too concerned whether Mr....

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Israel: Terrorism (28 Oct 2008)

David Amess: ...for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he received of terrorist attacks in the State of Israel since July 2008; what discussions he has had with the Government of the State of Israel on terrorism in Israel since July 2008; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

David Amess: ...to the mullahs in Tehran needs to be very clear: Britain will no longer have anything to do with a mediaeval regime that stones women to death, hangs children in public, exports fundamentalism and terrorism across the middle east, trains, funds and arms terrorists responsible for the killing of innocents in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as coalition troops, and pursues nuclear weapons. The...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

David Amess: ...to the hon. Gentleman's question—were made in the United Kingdom and the European Union. They stated that the PMOI, as I shall refer to it from now on, was not connected in any way with terrorism. The Government, however, are still proscribing it as a terrorist organisation, which is bizarre, particularly as it is the only Iranian movement capable of producing democratic change in...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

David Amess: ...and funding the terrorist activities of both Hamas in the Palestinian territories and Hezbollah in Lebanon. On July 25 2006, Henry Crumpton, the US State Department's co-ordinator for counter-terrorism, said that Iran is "clearly directing a lot of Hezbollah actions. Hezbollah asks their permission to do things, especially if it has broader international implications." Apart from specific...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

David Amess: That is in my speech, my hon. Friend will be pleased to hear, but his pronunciation is far better than I could aspire to. Accusing the PMOI of terrorism gives credit to the fundamentalists who are perpetrating countless atrocities under the banner of Islam in Iran. The PMOI has been the unrivalled source of revelations of the regime's terrorist activities in Iraq. Last year it exposed the...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

David Amess: ...Government's continued ban on the PMOI is "flawed" and "perverse" and "must be set aside". Following seven days of hearings, the POAC ruled that there was no evidence that the PMOI "is concerned in terrorism", a requirement of the Terrorism Act 2000 for inclusion in the terrorist list. The hon. Member for Finchley and Golders Green (Dr. Vis) was absolutely right that this matter has been...

People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran (4 Mar 2008)

David Amess: ...PMOI has at any time since 2003 sought to re-create any form of structure that was capable of carrying out or supporting terrorist acts; that there is no evidence of any attempt to "prepare" for terrorism; that there is no evidence of any encouragement to others to commit acts of terrorism; and nor is there any material that affords any grounds for a belief that the PMOI was "otherwise...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Orders and Regulations (27 Feb 2008)

David Amess: ...what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents she (i) has issued and (ii) plans to issue in the next 12 months consequential to the provisions of counter-terrorism legislation passed since 2001.

Independent Police Complaints Commission (9 Jan 2008)

David Amess: ...British. Shortly afterwards, the head of the Met even gave the Richard Dimbleby lecture. In the same month, he openly lobbied Members of Parliament in support of the extension of the detention of terror suspects to 90 days. He cannot have it both ways. Either he is a policeman or he is a politician. He cannot continue to be both. Recently, five former heads of the armed services made...

Written Answers — Home Department: Databases: Genetics (11 Dec 2007)

David Amess: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent meetings she has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on (a) terrorism and (b) an increase of the 28 days maximum pre-charge detention of suspected terrorists; what the (i) location and (ii) duration of each meeting was; whether a record of each meeting was kept; who attended each meeting; what the cost was of each...