Results 1-20 of 41 for terrorism speaker:Tony Baldry

Africa (30 Mar 2009) has video

Tony Baldry: ..., comprehensive study of what was needed and required. Tragically, various bombings then took place, and instead of us focusing on the war on poverty, the language was suddenly all about the war on terror. The focus moved from what we could do on development in Africa; the focus was increasingly elsewhere. I suspect that I am not alone in being somewhat confused about what the...

Points of Order: Fighting Crime (Public Engagement) (6 Nov 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...to "crime" things to tick boxes rather than because crimes have been committed. What confidence can one place in national crime statistics? I was grateful to the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing for kindly coming to my constituency to see neighbourhood policing in Bicester. It is an excellent example of neighbourhood policing, with sworn officers, PCSOs and...

Orders of the Day: Climate Change Bill [Lords] (9 Jun 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...take care. Interestingly, a new US military report, commissioned by the US Government and financed by the Centre for Naval Analyses, lays out strong support for a link between climate change and terrorism. Admiral Joseph Lopez, a former commander-in-chief of US naval forces in Europe and of allied forces in southern Europe, has said: "Climate change can provide the conditions that will...

Opposition Day — [12th Allotted Day]: Burma (14 May 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...of any State, but the 'responsibility to protect' of every State when it comes to people suffering from avoidable catastrophe—mass murder and rape, ethnic cleansing by forcible expulsion and terror, and deliberate starvation and exposure to disease, and there is growing acceptance that while sovereign Governments have the primary responsibility to protect their own citizens from such...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Topical Questions (21 Apr 2008) has video

Tony Baldry: ...charge beyond 28 days? It is not just the usual suspects who are saying that; it is being said by Sir Ken Macdonald, the Director of Public Prosecutions, and by Sue Hemming, who heads the counter-terrorism section of the Crown Prosecution Service. A whole cacophony of informed opinion opposes the Home Secretary on this matter. Sir Ian Blair has said that there has been no case in which the...

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Neighbourhood Policing (19 Mar 2008)

Tony Baldry: ...and highly trained. It seems likely that this proportion will rise in future years because of the high demand for specialist trained officers for the 2012 Olympics, the increased risk of terrorism, and other factors such as the opening of Terminal 5 at Heathrow. The loss of specialist officers impact in two ways: it leaves a capability gap, and increases the recruitment and training costs...

Pakistan (Terrorism) (16 Jan 2008)

Tony Baldry: My hon. Friend the Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood) has more reason than most of us to be concerned about the impact of senseless terrorism. My comments may carry a slightly different nuance from his. There are three words for Pakistan to consider: democracy, democracy and democracy. Tragically, 60 years after partition, India and Pakistan could not be further apart. India is a...

Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (6 Nov 2007) has video

Tony Baldry: ...as a pro-European. I want Europe to work. It is in all our interests that the European Union runs smoothly, and it is in all our interests that it is fit for purpose to tackle global challenges such as climate change, terrorism and illegal immigration. But—and this is a substantial but—we were promised a referendum and there should be one. Everyone knows that the new treaty is...

Orders of the Day: International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Bill [Lords] (13 Jun 2007)

Tony Baldry: ...state are not immune from international law. Nor was the international community going to allow the natural resources of Africa to be plundered by terrorists and those wishing to perpetrate acts of terrorism throughout the world. A compromise was achieved, and it is important that we understand that it was a compromise between President Kabbah, the Government of Sierra Leone and the...

Point of Order: Police (31 Jan 2007)

Tony Baldry: ...support is required to manage the scheme. The nature of major crime is constantly changing, and police forces have to apply the national intelligence model, and are engaged in counter-terrorism initiatives. Alternative criminal tactics require additional resilience and resources. More work is done in organised crime units, and the Thames Valley force requires a new team of appropriately...

Orders of the Day: Police and Justice Bill (24 Oct 2006)

Tony Baldry: ...another mistake if the Minister had allowed us to intervene? She seemed to think that none of the forum rules was determined by judges, but the forum rules under the 1957 European convention on terrorism are determined by judges. The idea that the forum should be determined by prosecutors is rather novel. The Minister seemed to think—and was pretending to the House—that that...

Torture and Rendition (Government Policy) (15 Feb 2006)

Tony Baldry: I was quoting Professor Crawford's opinion, which was commissioned by the all-party parliamentary group and published in December. It is entitled "Extraordinary rendition of terrorist suspects through the United Kingdom", and states that "the United Kingdom is bound by its own obligations in respect of torture, and not by any view taken by the United States as to what constitutes torture . ....

Torture and Rendition (Government Policy) (15 Feb 2006)

Tony Baldry: ...intend to say. On 5 December the Foreign Secretary issued a statement on rendition in which he said, among other things, that "we, the EU and the wider international community must be clear on the terrorism threat we face. Modern terrorism means mass casualties, as we saw on 11 September and 7 July. We are exposed to an unprecedented threat of suicide attacks on innocent civilians using...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Tony Baldry: I understand why we want to put up a united front with the Government today against terrorism. However, while going through the Bill, would my right hon. Friend make clear those parts of the Bill that, if the Government do not amend in Committee, we shall vote against on Report? As the Bill is drafted, indirect incitement to terrorism is an offence that could be committed by negligence. We...

Armed Forces Personnel (20 Jan 2005)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...added to the strategic defence review: indeed, it was titled "A New Chapter" and was published in July 2002. It sought to re-examine the UK's defence in response to the challenges of international terrorism and the issues highlighted by the events of 11 September. The Defence Secretary told the House in a statement on 17 October 2002: "Across Government, we have now been set new...

Belmarsh Judgment (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...as an ethical, moral or philosophical judgment, but a legal judgment? Does he accept that that judgment is now a statement of law regarding the relationship between human rights legislation and terrorism legislation? Since the judgment, he has given the impression—unintentionally, I am sure—of being rather contemptuous of it.

Arms Trade (5 May 2004)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...violence, but let me give just one example. During the recent conflict, over 10 years or so, rebels in Sierra Leone deliberately drugged children to use them as child soldiers. As part of their terror campaign, these children with AK47s would target pregnant women and take bets on whether the foetus was male or female. That is the level of degradation that was reached. Today, the so-called...

Occupied Palestinian Territories (29 Apr 2004)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...that it would have been acceptable for the British Government, at any time, to have ordered or organised targeted assassinations of those whom they thought to be responsible for those acts of terrorism?

Occupied Palestinian Territories (29 Apr 2004)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...cobbled together exiles . . . the occupation has created generations . . . that have to adore an unknown beloved; distant, difficult, surrounded by guards, by walls, by nuclear missiles, by sheer terror. The long occupation has succeeded in changing us from children of Palestine to children of the idea of Palestine." I turn to the Committee's conclusions and recommendations. For there to...

Iraq (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Tony Baldry: ...the elections schedule." Those of us who voted against the war on the grounds that it did not have the authority of the United Nations can only sadly observe that far from striking a blow against terrorism, the invasion of Iraq seems to have unleashed the very forces of extremism that it was supposed to destroy. During the Easter recess, we watched sadly as the situation in Iraq became...