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Terrorism Bill (13 Dec 2005)

Lord Stratford: ...been in the Chamber but he clearly did not have his ears open. We heard what the noble Lord, Lord Imbert, said. No one in this Chamber or in the other place will vote with enthusiasm either for the Terrorism Bill or, indeed, for any period of detention without trial or charge. The whole point of the detention is to ensure that at its end there is a charge that you can apply—that is...

Terrorism Bill (21 Nov 2005)

Lord Stratford: ...days of liberal individualism are probably numbered. I turn from the Bill's context to its content, parts of which still concern me. The first is the problem of providing an adequate definition of terrorism itself. I am delighted that the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, is being asked to review the definition. I do not envy him his task and, by the sound of what he has just said, neither does...

UK Olympic Bid (2012) (30 Mar 2004)

Mr Tony Banks: ...go through those setbacks. Sydney did so last time and Athens is now going through the problems of putting in place the infrastructure and getting it all together. There are the added problems of terrorism and security needs. I do not suppose that Beijing will have many problems with construction. Anyone who can run tanks over their own people in Tiananmen square is not likely to be held...

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Tony Banks: ...front of us. We will have a divided country, a divided party, a divided Parliament, a divided UN and a divided European Union, which I think is terrible; and there will always be the chance of more terrorism in this country and around the world. That is my analysis. If I am wrong there is no damage, but if the Government are wrong we really are in deep do-do.

International Terrorism (4 Oct 2001)

Mr Tony Banks: ...the outrages of 11 September, but matters were made worse—if such a thing is possible—by hearing claims that those who carried them out would go to heaven. That struck me as larding terrorism with religious obscenity—it was a perversion of religion to make such a claim. What sort of heaven would welcome mass murderers—killers of innocent men, women and children? If...

Football (Disorder) Bill (Allocation of Time): Supplemental orders (17 Jul 2000)

Mr Tony Banks: ...of points made by the hon. Member for North Thanet (Mr. Gale) about the Dangerous Dogs Act 1989 and by my hon. Friend the Member for Crewe and Nantwich (Mrs. Dunwoody) about the prevention of terrorism Acts. If a Bill came to the House cold and we were asked to act immediately, that could be described as a knee-jerk reaction, to use that horrible expression, but so far as I can see the...

Football (Disorder) Bill (Allocation of Time): Supplemental orders (17 Jul 2000)

Mr Tony Banks: ...is all about. I described the Bill as incremental to show that the issue has not just hit us smack in the face, like the problems with dangerous dogs or issues surrounding the prevention of terrorism Acts. For example, there was a sudden, calamitous experience in Birmingham and an immediate rush to do something. Such legislation worries me far more than the Bill. The Football Spectators ...

Orders of the Day — Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Bill [Lords] [Money]: Financial Assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (25 Feb 1997)

Mr Tony Banks: ...go through the lists of appointees and not show any affection for old Etonians merely because he is one of them. I hope that he will be cheerfully slitting throats. That is what we want in this place; we want a bit of red terror when the Labour Government come to power. I want Labour Ministers going through the lists of the great and the good, weeding out the Tories and all the friends of...

Orders of the Day — Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Bill [Lords] (7 May 1996)

Mr Tony Banks: ...the opportunity to sack the incompetent Sir Tag Taylor. My hon. Friends on the Front Bench know that I am not an ambitious man, but I want to take horrible revenge on the London residuary body. I want to introduce an element of red terror to those who have stripped the GLC of its assets and sold so many of them at give-away prices. I want the opportunity to find out where all the bodies...

Prevention of Terrorism (Additional Powers) Bill (Allocation of Time) (2 Apr 1996)

Mr Tony Banks: ...-proof, chauffeur-driven limos. When my hon. Friend the Member for North-East Derbyshire (Mr. Barnes) said that those who opposed the timetable motion or the Bill would be accused of being soft on terrorism, I heard a sedentary "Hear, hear" from one of the limo-occupiers on the Government Front Bench. That is a monstrous suggestion. I do not want my civil liberties to be blown up either....

National Lottery (16 Dec 1994)

Mr Tony Banks: ...deal of interest in it. If someone enters the lottery, he must be prepared to have his name and identity revealed. If everyone understood that on going in for the lottery, we would take much of the terror from winning the biggie. When the biggie is won, it is not surprising that everyone wants to know who has won it. We have talked about roll-over. I think that we should continue rolling...

Points of Order (7 Dec 1992)

Mr Tony Banks: On a point of order, Madam Speaker. As you are aware, the Metropolitan police have been conducting a number of stop-and-search exercises in connection with cowardly acts of terrorism perpetrated in London. Have you been consulted by the Metropolitan police on such searches taking place well within the one-mile radius of the House of Commons and about the fact that a number of hon. Members...

Earth Summit (3 Jun 1992)

Mr Tony Banks: ...hon. Member for Billericay (Mrs. Gorman). The hon. Member for Broxtowe made a good point about the photosequence of Africa. It is not, as the hon. Member for Wycombe suggested, a question of eco-terrorism or of television companies confusing witless morons who watch nature programmes; the evidence of our own eyes tells us that something is badly wrong. When the hon. Member for Wycombe...

Terrorist Incident (Whitehall) (7 Feb 1991)

Mr Tony Banks: The whole House is obviously united in the belief that democracy will never be threatened or intimidated by mindless acts of terrorism on the streets of London. At present, cuts have either taken place or are being considered for both the London ambulance service and the London fire brigade. Given the tension that exists in London now, will the right hon. Gentleman undertake to look at both...

Bus Routes (London) (21 Dec 1989)

Mr Tony Banks: ...in London. Many of our roads resemble ploughed fields and traffic congestion is appalling. Recently the Government announced their proposals for red routes. What we need in London is a bit of red terror to go with those red routes. The extent to which people park on double yellow lines and at bus stops is appalling. It is anarchy, in traffic terms, out on the streets of London, and parking...

Adjournment (Christmas) (20 Dec 1989)

Mr Tony Banks: ...that do to public opinion in America, when United States soldiers go back in coffins? The third reason that the United States has given is that it had to move in to stop General Noriega's reign of terror. That is grotesque. I do not stand here and defend Noriega but, as the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Mr. Field) pointed out, one cannot begin to compare him and what has been going on in...

Panama (20 Dec 1989)

Mr Tony Banks: ...City is an act of naked aggression against the sovereignty of that country. He knows that that is true. Whatever he might think of General Noriega, to describe the Noriega regime as a reign of terror is grotesque in the light of what is happening in Romania, what happened in Tianamen square and the death squad activities in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. When will the Government...

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Bill (6 Dec 1988)

Mr Tony Banks: Will the Home Secretary accept from me that no Opposition Member supports terrorism or bomb outrages, or indeed, as far as I know, the IRA? However, since the right hon. Gentleman is giving examples, let me give him one. One of my constituents, Peter Clifford, a bookseller, was arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and, frankly, that was an outrage. That is why people such as me...

Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address: Debate on the Address (25 Nov 1988)

Mr Tony Banks: ...to the already critical economic position. Nicaragua has been suffering the cost of aggression that amounts to almost $12,000 million and there have been 54,000 victims of United States-inspired terrorism led by the Contras. The damage has been enormous, yet, despite our close political and cultural links with Nicaragua, our contribution will be a measly £413,000, which includes the...

Nicaragua (Hurricane) (24 Oct 1988)

Mr Tony Banks: May I remind the Minister that the greatest damage to Nicaragua has been caused by the state-sponsored terrorism of the Reagan Administration.