Results 1-17 of 17 for terrorism speaker:Tom Brake

Women and Equality: National Security Strategy (25 Jun 2009) has video

Tom Brake: ...the Minister tell us anything about how many attacks there have been on our networks, for instance over the past 12 months? This Government have a rather illiberal and invasive overarching counter-terrorism strategy that includes such Orwellian measures as control orders. Can the Minister give us some assurance that the cybersecurity operations centre will not just be used for snooping on...

Sri Lanka (5 Feb 2009) has video

Tom Brake: ...in this House on this issue do so to condemn equally the atrocities committed by both sides, to further humanitarian aid ambitions and to ensure that there is a peaceful solution? We do not condone terrorism: we are implacably opposed to it.

[Mrs. Janet Dean in the Chair] — Counter-Terror Strategy (25 Jun 2008)

Tom Brake: ..., but as was said, the threat is very un-Islamic and we should perhaps treat it that way, rather than describe it in another. We also concur with the Government's view that the current threat from terrorism is serious and sustained. That is the reason why the monitor in Westminster Hall today shows that we are at a "severe" level in terms of the risk in Parliament. However, we need to look...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: New Clause 5 (15 May 2008)

Tom Brake: ...of the concerns we have about new clause 5 are equally applicable to new clause 11 in terms of an organisation being able to demonstrate that it “has not unequivocally renounced support of terrorism”. I do not know whether there is a legal definition for unequivocally renouncing something. I assume that there is not. Therefore to be able to demonstrate that,  for example,...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: New Clause 5 (15 May 2008)

Tom Brake: ...Gentleman for explaining that. He made a good choice. However, what is also illustrated is that in arriving at the point where it was agreed that Sinn Fein had unequivocally renounced support for terrorism, there were a large number of staging posts along the way where some argued that it had, and others that it had not. Because of the problems about agreeing where the point of unequivocal...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: None (15 May 2008)

Tom Brake: ...will go away and look again at the matter. Under the amendments, it would be necessary to show clear intent that the information procured will be useful to someone committing or preparing an act of terrorism. We need that sort of clarity in the Bill, and I hope that he will take that on board.

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Tom Brake: .... I repeat: anything is possible”. Anything is indeed possible, but he went on to say that “the question is whether it is remotely likely.”——[Official Report, Counter-Terrorism Public Bill Committee, 22 April 2008; c. 58, Q150.] Reading between the lines, he was clearly saying that in his view, it was not remotely likely. The Director of Public Prosecutions is...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Tom Brake: ...scrutiny, I confess to being rather troubled... I do not understand on what basis Parliament could decide whether it is right to extend the period.”——[Official Report, Counter-Terrorism Public Bill Committee, 22 April 2008; c. 65-66, Q174.] Again, that is the view of someone who is very knowledgeable on this subject and who believes that the safeguards are at best illusory.

Topical Debate: Policing in London (27 Mar 2008) has video

Tom Brake: ...the boroughs. The Mayor's role will be very limited. We know that, within that figure, he was seeking 300 designated security posts, but only 97 will be delivered. He was also seeking 300 counter-terrorism officers, and I hope that the Minister will be able to confirm whether they will be delivered. There are already significant gaps in the Mayor's promised 1,000 new officers.

Point of Order: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (21 Feb 2008)

Tom Brake: I echo the hon. Gentleman's point about expectations of how the Counter-Terrorism Bill might assist by making it likely that the need for control orders diminishes or goes away entirely. However, I must remind the hon. Gentleman of what he said about how he thinks the Government will deal with the Counter-Terrorism Bill: he said that he was cynical, and not confident that they will address it...

Oral Answers to Questions — International Development: Occupied Territories (31 Mar 2004)

Mr Tom Brake: Does the Secretary of State agree that the best hope for development in the occupied territories is an end to the occupation and, of course, an end to terrorism? Will he confirm the Government's position on the unilateral withdrawal from Gaza? Does he agree that the proposed withdrawal would be acceptable only as part of a negotiated final agreement that would include a withdrawal from the...

Public Bill Committee: Railways and Transport Safety Bill: Clause 29 - Jurisdiction (11 Feb 2003)

Mr Tom Brake: ...police force.'. This is a probing amendment. We welcome the measures that give the British Transport police statutory jurisdiction over the railways. Those were originally set out in the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and the Police Reform Act 2002. Our amendment has two purposes. First, it seeks to establish that there are clear limits to the powers that a constable would...

Oral Answers to Questions — Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate Change (18 Apr 2002)

Mr Tom Brake: I thank the Secretary of State for her response, but does she not agree that the UK has worked hand in hand with the US in the international coalition to fight terrorism and it is now time for the US to work hand in hand with the UK, the EU and other communities to combat an equally important international threat to the global environment? Does she further agree that the UK's position is...

Orders of the Day — Civil Defence (Grant) Bill (28 Nov 2001)

Mr Tom Brake: ...Government have issued guidance saying that, as well as normal arrangements for emergency planning, local authorities should be putting together a central Government advisory team, which is supposed to consider terrorism and hostage scenarios. They are also supposed to be drawing up a joint health advisory cell to consider chemical and biological threats. Such systems are obviously not in...

Regional Air Services (31 Oct 2001)

Mr Tom Brake: ...regional airline representatives raised the issue of insurance. The Government made the welcome announcement that they would underwrite—or provide for—third-party insurance for war and terrorism for a 30-day period that began on 22 September, or thereabouts. The Select Committee's report said that the Government were at the point of charging commercial rates for that service....

Airport and Aircraft Safety (23 Oct 2001)

Mr Tom Brake: I invited the Minister to say whether, given these incidents, it would be appropriate for all staff to be counter-terrorism checked before going airside, rather than having to rely on supervision that might be of variable quality.

Airport and Aircraft Safety (23 Oct 2001)

Mr Tom Brake: ...screening. The reports of the lack of security on the flights involved in the tragedy of 11 September made shocking reading to those in the UK because we are used to taking precautions against terrorism, and have done so for many years. To UK travellers, it seemed that essential security precautions were missing. British aviation is not guilty of basic safety failings, but we should...