Results 1-20 of 90 for terrorism speaker:Michael Ancram

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Convictions (6 May 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of indictments on charges of terrorism has resulted in convictions in the last two years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Glorification of Terrorism (27 Mar 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges relating to the glorification of terrorism have been brought in England since 2007.

Written Answers — Home Department: Community Relations: Islam (10 Mar 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Muslim community on the threat of terrorism committed by Somalis in the UK.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (10 Mar 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges relating to offences under counter-terrorism legislation were brought by police in England in 2006.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: India: Terrorism (23 Feb 2009)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Indian counterpart about international terrorism.

Gaza (15 Jan 2009) has video

Michael Ancram: ...square five years ago I not only attended but addressed. It is a tragedy for Israel, because it has forced it from the moral high ground of self-defence into a strategy in which it has met terror with greater terror. By following that course, it has lost many friends, and I still ask how a member of the United Nations can turn its back on a UN Security Council resolution. It is a tragedy...

Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Jul 2008) has video

Michael Ancram: ...the Minister for giving way again. It is important that we get our distinctions correct. How does he define the military wing of Hezbollah? It is a movement that sometimes finds itself involved in terrorism or violence, but at other times is involved in politics.

Petitions: Police Escape Masks (27 Feb 2008)

Michael Ancram: ...circumstances arose. In 2005, through the police national chemical biological radiological and nuclear centre at Winterbourne Gunner, ACPO (TAM)—the Association of Chief Police Officers terrorism and allied matters committee—identified the need for a design for a protective hood to be used by police officers in the event of a CBRN attack. It asked Avon Rubber, which has been...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

Michael Ancram: ...an insurance against such remote possibilities, but £20 billion is a pretty hefty premium against a pretty unlikely threat. Today's and, I suspect, tomorrow's threats come more from international terrorism and so-called rogue states. Iran is sometimes cited as encompassing both. Let us, for the sake of argument, assume that she could pose a nuclear threat to the United Kingdom. Does...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

Michael Ancram: ...this year. We are told that staying in Iraq would mean winning Iraqi hearts and minds, yet neighbourhoods are now too hostile for us to enter. The Prime Minister defines "the job" as defeating terrorism, yet there was no terrorism in Iraq until we went there, and it is there now because the absence of the promised comprehensive reconstruction plan created a vacuum into which the terrorists...

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: ..., as we so often do in this House, but that we want to be part of the solution and that, therefore, we are going to take an even-handed approach. I will discuss why I believe Israel's reaction to terrorism is justified, but when I consider the conflict and what is happening today I am also reminded that in all the conflicts in history military action has never resolved them. Military...

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: ...certainty that a Taliban state would be restored. Such a state—once again and as its fundamentalist philosophy dictates—would allow itself to become a base for international Islamist terrorism. As we know, that would pose a direct threat to Britain, Europe, the US and all western nations. I am concerned that we face very difficult circumstances in Afghanistan because our...

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: ...Secretary answer the question that she has just been asked? Does she believe that the action taken by the Israeli Government in Lebanon, which, initially, was understandable as a response to terrorism, is proportionate or disproportionate?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Middle East (17 Jul 2006)

Michael Ancram: While accepting totally the need for Israel to defend itself against terrorism, I should like to ask the Minister to call upon our Israeli friends to avoid any further attacks on non-Hezbollah Lebanese citizens and non-Hezbollah interests such as the airport. Otherwise, is there not a danger that the impotence of the Lebanese Government to protect their own non-Hezbollah citizens will lead...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Terror Suspects (23 Jan 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what NATO's policy is on the rendition of terror suspects detained by International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Defence: Iraq (12 Jan 2006)

Michael Ancram: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of those suspected of committing a serious terrorism-related offence in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan and detained by the British armed forces (i) have been extradited to another state and (ii)have been handed over to US authorities in Iraq since March 2003; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the legal status is of those in...

Written Answers — Defence: Naval Rules of Engagement (6 Dec 2005)

Michael Ancram: ...of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rules of engagement under which the Royal Navy ships operate in the Mediterranean to deal with (a) threats of terrorism, (b) drugs and arms running and (c) the smuggling of illegal immigrants; and if he will make a statement.

Defence in the United Kingdom (17 Nov 2005)

Michael Ancram: ...that he has just given to the emergency services and the way they operated after the terrorist outrages of 7 July. But those terrorist outrages and their connection to Islamic fundamentalist terrorism underlined the way in which homeland security and events overseas are now inextricably linked. The balance, therefore, between the maintenance of defence resources within the United Kingdom...

Defence in the World (7 Jul 2005)

Michael Ancram: ...if necessary in the light of this morning's circumstances. Like him, I am pleased that we have been able to hold this debate, as it is important that democracy shows that it is resilient against terrorism and that the terrorists are never allowed to achieve their evil purpose. It is therefore important that we debate this issue today. I apologise to the House because, for personal reasons,...

Defence in the World (7 Jul 2005)

Michael Ancram: ...trained Iraqi security forces. On Monday, the Secretary of State said that "approximately 170,000 security forces . . . are now sufficiently trained gradually to take the lead in counter-terrorism."—[ Official Report, 4 July 2005; Vol. 436, c. 15–16.] In the interests of transparency in this central part of the coalition's plans to ensure future security in Iraq, will the...