Results 1-20 of 40 for terrorism speaker:John Bercow

Oral Answers to Questions — Work and Pensions: Equality Bill (11 May 2009)

John Bercow: .... There is therefore a powerful case for saying "Let's have the duty." My own Front Benchers are committed to a pupil premium, which is a form of positive action, and I cannot see what the great terror of this clause is. It seems to me that if we look at the evidence, we see that class tends to trump everything. It was said earlier that less able but more fortunate children could overtake...

Written Answers — Home Department: Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (22 May 2008)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances have been reported to her Department of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 powers being used for cases unrelated to terrorism or serious crime.

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 27 (8 May 2008)

John Bercow: ...out subsection (5). Government amendment No. 136 Amendment No. 167, page 20, line 19, leave out subsection (6). Amendment No. 126, page 20, line 19, after ‘offence’, insert ‘with terrorism connections’.

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 23 (8 May 2008)

John Bercow: ...the following amendments: No. 125, in page 16, line 21, leave out subsection (2) and insert— ‘(2A) Subject to subsections (2B) to (2E) a constable may question a person about a related terrorism offence where the person has already been charged with, or been officially informed that they may be prosecuted for, a terrorism offence. (2B) A police officer of at least the rank of...

Business of the House (13 Mar 2008)

John Bercow: ...have plenty of time to debate controversial matters, may I invite the right hon. and learned Lady to make a statement next week informing the House when we will address the much delayed Counter-Terrorism Bill, and to confirm that there will be generous consideration of its more controversial provisions in a Committee of the whole House?

Written Answers — Defence: Conventional Military Threats (13 Dec 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of conventional military forces in tackling terrorism (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.

Points of Order (11 Dec 2006)

John Bercow: ..., separate and entirely unrelated point of order, I seek your guidance. Given that the United Nations last week airlifted no fewer than 82 of its own staff out of Darfur as a result of the latest terror induced by the Janjaweed militias and that no fewer than an estimated 224,000 people in Darfur have been entirely cut off from essential aid supplies on account of the intensity of the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Islamic Terrorism (11 Dec 2006)

John Bercow: To ask the Secretary of Statefor Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what discussions (a) her Department and (b) the Intelligence Service have had with Salah Abdallah Gosh on Islamic terrorism; (2) what assessment she has made of the role of Salah Abdallah Gosh in tackling terrorism; (3) what assessment she has made of the role of Salah Abdallah Gosh in crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Transport (23 Nov 2006)

John Bercow: ...Winchester noted in his powerful speech, it is particularly pertinent that the Government keep shifting tack on ID cards. One minute, the main raison d'être of proposed legislation is to counter terrorism, the next it is to tackle immigration, and then it is to reduce benefit fraud. To each of those rather weak cases, there is a cogent and unanswerable response. Whenever the...

Points of Order (20 Nov 2006)

John Bercow: ...Nations/African Union force to Darfur, we have observed further and authoritative weekend news reports that the Government of Sudan have launched fresh attacks on civilians in Darfur and exported terror to neighbouring Chad. In the circumstances, Mr. Speaker, may I ask whether you have had an indication from the Foreign Secretary or the Secretary of State for International Development that...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Algeria (6 Nov 2006)

John Bercow: ...the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to address human rights violations in Algeria, with particular reference to the torture of detainees accused of terrorism.

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — World Trade (Doha Development Agenda) (12 Oct 2006)

John Bercow: ..., internal conflict, and the acquisition of small arms and unregulated circulation of such weaponry, which kills about 400,000 people around the world each year, there is also an ultimate threat of terrorism. I have made the point before, and I make no apology for repeating it, that if as a matter of calculated policy we exacerbate the plight of the poor and increase the gap between them...

Points of Order: European Affairs (14 Jun 2006)

John Bercow: The right hon. Lady spoke about terrorism and about the need for the European Union to be effective. Given that the Government of Burma are guilty of state terrorism and massive human rights abuses, including rape as a weapon of war, compulsory relocation, the use of child soldiers and the use of human minesweepers, does she agree that this is a scandalous state of affairs, and that it is...

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Darfur Crisis (18 May 2006)

John Bercow: ...record. Does the Secretary of State agree that it is vital that no one who is reasonably suspected of atrocious acts should be allowed impunity on the ground that he is assisting in the war against terror?

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Darfur Crisis (18 May 2006)

John Bercow: ...in Yugoslavia, Kosovo or Iraq. Will the Secretary of State tell us something about the interesting idea of police-keeping and apply his remarks to the real crisis of insecurity and the sense of terror that had been pervasive in the camps for too long? On both my visits, with the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) and subsequently with members of the Select Committee, the most striking...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan (20 Mar 2006)

John Bercow: ...Affairs what assessment he has made of statements by Jan Pronk regarding the deployment of troops from NATO countries to Darfur, with particular reference to his comments regarding Islamic terrorism.

Terrorism Bill (16 Mar 2006)

John Bercow: ...if such people—in expressing support for the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, or strong opposition to the Government of Sudan or the Arab militias—were held up as supporters of terrorism when what they really want is the opportunity to enjoy civil rights and to live in a free Darfur?

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (10 Nov 2005)

John Bercow: As one who jousted with the Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety on the definition of terrorism, and who expressed a real concern about the plight of people fighting for freedom in thoroughly unfree and, in some cases, bestial environments, I consider this an extremely positive development. The review by Lord Carlile will be warmly welcomed, and I would not want the Home...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [2nd Allotted Day ]: Clause 12 — Trespassing etc. on nuclear sites (3 Nov 2005)

John Bercow: ...needs to address. If we do not do that, we will not only create uncertainty, because people will not know what many of the clauses mean, but be in danger of debauching the currency of debate about terrorism legislation itself, which greatly bothers me. I cannot see why this clause must be in this Bill. It may be perfectly worthy, but it would be more effectively and appropriately...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [2nd Allotted Day ]: Clause 5 — Preparation of Terrorist Acts (3 Nov 2005)

John Bercow: ...hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob Marris), but I put it to the Minister that this is not a wider issue: it is germane to clause 5. For an organisation to plan and commit an act of terrorism, it requires explosive devices, munitions or a combination of the two and they must be purchased, and in making such a donation, the hon. Gentleman is therefore providing the organisation...