Results 1-20 of 25 for terrorism speaker:Mr Paul Boateng

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (26 Jan 2005)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...into 2003–04 and added a further £500 million in 2003–04. £300 million was also added in 2004–05 as a prudent allowance against continuing commitments in Iraq and elsewhere in the war against terrorism. A further £520 million for the Special Reserve in 2004–05 was announced by the Chancellor in the 2004 pre-Budget report. The Ministry of Defence drew...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (17 Nov 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...£500 million for the Special Reserve in the financial year 2003–04 and a further £300 million for 2004–05 as a prudent allowance to cover Iraq and our continuing international commitment to the war on terrorism. At the Madrid Donors' Conference in October 2003, the Government announced a total UK pledge of £544 million towards the reconstruction effort in Iraq up...

Public Expenditure (14 Jul 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...;950 million in 2001 to £1.5 billion this year, and £2.1 billion by 2007–08. That is an annual real-terms rise of 10 per cent., which will go towards modernising our homeland security, our counter-terrorism efforts and our intelligence. Under the Conservatives, defence would be cut by £2.6 billion. We do not hear a word. No one is denying that that would be the result...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (18 May 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...£500 million for the Special Reserve in the financial year 2003–04 and a further £300 million for 2004–05 as a prudent allowance to cover Iraq and our continuing international commitment to the war on terrorism.

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (1 Apr 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...a further £500 million set aside for the financial year 2003–04 and a further £300 million for 2004–05 as a prudent allowance to cover Iraq our continuing international commitment to the war on terrorism.

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (23 Mar 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...tough choices, have consistently shirked them. Let me take them through those choices. The right hon. Gentleman can rise and protest if I misrepresent his position. We recognise that international terrorism puts additional pressures on law and order, so to keep the country safe and secure the Government are making real-terms increases in spending on our police and other forms of security...

Written Answers — Treasury: Iraq (2 Feb 2004)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...announced a further £500 million set aside for this financial year and a further £300 million for 2004–05 as a prudent allowance to cover Iraq and our continuing international commitment to the war on terrorism.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Money Laundering (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...Authority, the police, Customs and Excise and, of course, the financial services industry itself, to strengthen the UK's protection against the money laundering that underpins so much crime and terrorism.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Money Laundering (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...anti-money-laundering strategy. It is undoubtedly making a contribution to the increase in prosecutions, but also, vitally, to the intelligence gathering that is so important in combating crime and terrorism. The role of NCIS is vital. That is why my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced last week the establishment of a multi-agency taskforce to ensure that other criminal justice...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Money Laundering (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...not only with the Spanish Government and authorities, but across the EU and beyond. It is that international co-operation that is securing the gains that are being made in combating crime and terrorism, not least in the aftermath of the events of 11 September.

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Money Laundering (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...joined the industry in an information campaign explaining to the wider public why they are asked to provide proof of identity on a more routine basis. It is vital in the battle against crime and terrorism. I pay tribute to the police and Customs and Excise in Northern Ireland. They work with the public in combating crime and terrorism. Gathering intelligence as the hon. Gentleman suggests...

Finance Bill: New Clause 10 — Registered Social Landlords: Treatment of Certain Leases Granted Between 1st January 1990 and 27th March 2000 (1 Jul 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: The hon. Gentleman was in the fifth remove; no doubt he was the terror of the fifth remove. There is absolutely no basis for the amendments that the Opposition have tabled in an attempt to persuade the House of the virtues of a change of name, and I urge the House to reject them. Amendments Nos. 9 and 10 are perhaps the more serious Opposition amendments. They would remove the provisions...

Written Answers — Treasury: Terrorism (16 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: The UK banking and financial sector gives the Government its fullest support in the fight against terrorism. UK institutions have successfully frozen some US$100 million of terrorist funds before and since 11 September and provide regular reports to the Bank of England on the totals held. Currently, around $58 million remains frozen. All the relevant institutions in UN member states work...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 76 - Duty to deliver land transaction return (10 Jun 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...Those weaknesses have been known since 1983, but the hon. Member for Tatton suggests that the legislation is the sinister sign of a novel new tax—in 1983, he was probably the chubby-cheeked terror of the first remove. Nevertheless, even in 1983 the then Conservative Government—no doubt he was a juvenile supporter of the Conservative party even at that early age; he has that...

Written Answers — Treasury: War Chest (10 Mar 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...;618 million from 2001 to 2003, and £1.75 billion set aside this year to cover the costs of military and overseas operations so that the UK can continue to play a leading role in the global war against terror, the Treasury does not hold information on all departmental expenditure on counter terrorism and UK resilience measures since 11 September 2001. The Government are committed to...

Written Answers — Treasury: Money Laundering (24 Feb 2003)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...refuted at the time of publication by the UK Government and by the authorities of Gibraltar and the Crown Dependencies. The UK has stringent laws to combat money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 further enhances controls and the Financial Services Authority takes vigorous action to enforce these controls. It is also the policy of Gibraltar and the...

Written Answers — Treasury: Defence Contingency Fund (12 Dec 2002)

Mr Paul Boateng: The #1 billion special reserve is available to cover costs of military and overseas operations this year to ensure the UK can continue to play a leading role in the global war against terror. No decisions have been taken about any future UK military contribution in the Middle East, although prudent contingency planning is taking place. Indeed no UK contribution will be needed if Saddam...

Public Bill Committee: Finance Bill: Clause 6 - Regulating trade in rebated heavy oil etc (14 May 2002)

Mr Paul Boateng: There is large-scale, organised crime behind it in Northern Ireland. The links with terrorism are real, and we should not ignore them for one moment. There are also some indications that it is spreading to the mainland, so we must take the matter seriously. There is a clear and pressing need to improve customs controls over the distribution of the network and to persuade distributors to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Local Authorities (Emergency Planning) (9 May 2002)

Mr Paul Boateng: ...recognition. That is why my right hon. and hon. Friends in the Cabinet Office and my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary have given the matter the attention that it deserves, and why counter-terrorism is now specifically treated as a mainstream priority and is being handled through the spending review 2002. The points that the hon. Gentleman and my hon. Friend the Member for Portsmouth,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury: Afghanistan (8 Nov 2001)

Mr Paul Boateng: The Chancellor has made it clear that the Government will meet the costs of measures related to our response to international terrorism while continuing to deliver our spending plans within the fiscal rules. Additions to departmental expenditure limits will be announced to Parliament via parliamentary answers in the usual way. It would be inappropriate to give detailed figures about the costs...