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Bill Presented: Intelligence and Security Committee (17 Jul 2008) has video

Margaret Beckett: ...; in any event some members of the Committee, on both sides of the House, may wish to do so. But I want to point out that it identifies some ongoing concerns, such as anxiety about non-counter-terrorism work or about the potential impact of any attempt to use intercept material as evidence, and some issues that were then current, such as the BAE Saudi Arabia case. During 2006-07, the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Turkey (21 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...of PKK attacks have struck military and civilian targets in Turkey recently, causing a significant number of fatalities. We utterly condemn the attacks carried out by the PKK, as we do all acts of terrorism. The Turkish and Iraqi Governments have denied recent media reports of Turkish troops entering northern Iraq. We have no evidence to the contrary. We encourage Turkey to work with the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq: Turkey (21 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...of PKK attacks have struck military and civilian targets in Turkey recently, causing a significant number of fatalities. We utterly condemn the attacks carried out by the PKK, as we do all acts of terrorism. We encourage Turkey to work with the Iraqi government and the Kurdish Regional government to address the PKK presence in northern Iraq and we welcome the ongoing trilateral...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Affairs (20 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...in the House may all believe is wanted and needed might otherwise be blocked by those who resist that change. We are in favour of a Europe-wide response both to organised crime and to international terrorism. I imagine that that, again, is common ground across the House. In fact, more than that, we think a Europe-wide response is a vital necessity, but we are equally clear that any EU...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Terrorism (12 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...of the Iranian Government. We remain deeply concerned that Iran is undermining the prospects for stability, peace and democracy in the region. Iran continues to support those engaged in acts of terrorism, including arming and financing groups which have no regard for securing a peaceful Middle East. We firmly believe that Iran should co-operate fully with the rest of the international...

Bill Presented: Darfur (5 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...a way to fulfil that moral obligation, the international community needs the Government of Sudan to be an ally. We need to work together on issues of mutual importance such as migration and counter-terrorism, and we need a stable Sudan for a stable region.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (4 Jun 2007)

Margaret Beckett: The UK supports the Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force's (MENAFATF) objective of raising standards in combating the financing of terrorism in the middle east/north Africa region. Government representatives have attended all five plenary meetings to date in an observer capacity. We are discussing with the MENAFATF Secretariat the possibility of UK technical assistance to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: UK-Islamic Relations (1 May 2007)

Margaret Beckett: .... Based on shared values and interests, we are working together for a safer, more just and more prosperous world for all, addressing the common challenges that face us all, such as development, terrorism and climate change.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Terrorism (Iran) (20 Mar 2007)

Margaret Beckett: We have long-standing concerns about Iran's support for terrorism. We assess that Iran continues to fund and arm extremist groups engaged in violence in Iraq. It remains a leading supplier of military and financial assistance to Lebanese Hezbollah, and it funds and retains close links to Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Terrorism (Iran) (20 Mar 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...Lord Archer, for whom I have great personal respect. I am afraid, however, that we continue to judge that there is insufficient evidence to show that that body has turned away from the path of terrorism and violence. Until we judge that the evidence demonstrates that much more fully, it would not be right or responsible to lift the proscription.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: Hezbollah (12 Mar 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...that Iran continues to finance groups undermining peace in the middle east, including Lebanese Hezbollah. Lebanese Hezbollah's External Security Organisation (ESO) is proscribed in the UK under the Terrorism Act 2000. ESO is also on the list of terrorist organisations subject to an EU-wide assets freeze. We will have no hesitation in taking robust action against any individual or entity in...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Margaret Beckett: The middle east is a region that engages every aspect of foreign policy, not just our security with regard to conflict, proliferation and terrorism, but the security of our economy, energy supplies and climate. It is a region that is critical to our deeper goal of building a safe, just and prosperous world for all. This afternoon, I will concentrate on four areas: first, of course, Iraq...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...unity have only been in place for eight months—something that we often overlook. Governing by coalition is never an easy job, and doing so in a country that has been riven by decades of terror and oppression, and in which there is no tradition of government by consensus, is harder still. What is being tried in Iraq today—genuine power-sharing among the different major...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ..., backed by the United Nations Security Council, for their nuclear programme; play a constructive role in Iraq, in the middle east peace process and throughout the region; and end their support for terrorism. The alternative is for the Iranian regime to lead the country and its people into increasing political, economic and cultural isolation. Iran has consistently tried to portray itself...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Margaret Beckett: ...stability in Lebanon, or in supporting President Abbas's efforts on behalf of the Palestinians. Syria, like Iran, faces a strategic choice: either to act responsibly or to continue to support terrorism and hold back progress in the region. We will continue to engage diplomatically with both countries. As the Prime Minister has repeatedly stated, progress on the middle east peace process...

Church Commissioners: European Council (18 Dec 2006)

Margaret Beckett: ..., it would be a huge strategic error for the European Union not to hold out the prospect of membership to Turkey and not to take Turkey into membership. We have already talked about cross-border terrorism, people trafficking, narcotics and so on. Those are all issues where we have a lot of common interest and where Turkey can do a great deal to help and support us, as it can as a conduit...

Delegated Legislation: European Affairs (6 Dec 2006)

Margaret Beckett: ...and home affairs agenda and, in particular, migration. Goods, money and people are moving around the world in greater volumes and more freely than ever before, and that makes the fight against terrorism, organised crime and illegal migration more complex and difficult.

Delegated Legislation: European Affairs (6 Dec 2006)

Margaret Beckett: ...part of the agenda will be justice and home affairs. The Hague programme of 2004 set out a comprehensive framework for EU co-operation, and it was supplemented by the action plans on counter-terrorism, drugs and human trafficking, and by the global approach to migration that was agreed at the Hampton Court summit during the UK presidency last year. The Council will examine how we can use...

Delegated Legislation: European Affairs (6 Dec 2006)

Margaret Beckett: ...match. It has a young and increasingly educated work force, and larger armed forces than any other European country. It has shown that it can deliver real successes, working with us, on tackling terrorism, organised crime, illegal migration and trafficking. Perhaps most of all, at a time when some people are peddling the idea of an inevitable clash of civilisations, it is an immensely...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Overseas Diplomatic Posts (5 Dec 2006)

Margaret Beckett: ...network of diplomatic posts overseas under constant review. Resources are redeployed in order to best align them to meeting the pressures of globalisation, and challenges such as climate change, terrorism and migration. The comprehensive spending review is still on-going.