Results 1-20 of 25 for terrorism speaker:Malcolm Bruce

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (22 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Bruce: ...Sundeep Waslekar of the Strategic Foresight Group, whom we have met on several occasions and is based in Mumbai. He produced research that shows—unsurprisingly—that the rise of extremism and terrorism is sustained in areas where there is a deficit in development, democracy and dignity. It offers a transition in which aid, as a means of conflict resolution, provides support for...

Royal Assent: Bicentenary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade (20 Mar 2007)

Malcolm Bruce: ...to be done. The International Development Committee, which I chair, had an informal briefing this morning from the Strategic Foresight Group. Its ideas about and analysis of the causes of division, terrorism and extremism are interesting. It also makes some practical suggestions about tackling that. It pointed out that in the United States, which, as nobody needs telling, is the world's...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Corruption (27 Jun 2005)

Malcolm Bruce: ...community since December 2003 to raise awareness of the UK's obligations under (a) the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Anti-Bribery Convention and (b) Part 12 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...debates to express their views, but there seems to be a paucity of Labour Back Benchers queuing up to give the Government their support. None of us underestimates the need to address international terrorism. I do not think that we want to challenge the integrity either of Ministers or of the security services—who have access to information that they cannot share—on the need to...

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...Government make the case, the sooner we can go on to have a real debate about how to test that case, how to put it through the system and ensure that there is genuine support so that we can defeat terrorism and maintain the integrity of British justice. That is surely what we are all trying to achieve.

Written Answers — Home Department: Bribery/Corruption (7 Jul 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been (a) arrested and (b) convicted for bribing foreign officials under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Written Answers — Home Department: Bribery/Corruption (7 Jul 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...of State for the Home Department what additional resources have been made available to the security and police services for enforcement of the provisions on bribing foreign officials under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Written Answers — Home Department: Bribery (6 Jul 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what enforcement measures are available under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 to prevent UK citizens bribing foreign officials.

Written Answers — Home Department: Bribery (6 Jul 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...Department if he will commission a joint review with the Attorney-General's office of the reasons why no prosecutions for bribery of a foreign public official have been brought under (a) the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and (b) other legislation dealing with corruption offences since 1989.

Written Answers — Home Department: Bribery/Corruption (5 Jul 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...by the Metropolitan Police into allegations of foreign bribery began; and what stage these investigations have reached; (2) what resources are available for enforcement of Part 12 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; and what plans he has to make changes to the amount available.

Written Answers — Defence: Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act (15 Mar 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what guidance his Department has issued to companies on Part 12 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; (2) what meetings his Department has held with companies to discuss (a) Part 12 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 and (b) corruption laws in the UK; and on what dates.

Written Answers — Home Department: Corruption (9 Mar 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...a) investigations and (b) prosecutions of individuals and companies for the offence of bribery of a foreign public official by the Metropolitan Police under (i) UK corruption laws and (ii) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Written Answers — Solicitor-General: Bribery (8 Mar 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...Solicitor-General (1) if she will make a statement on Serious Fraud Office investigations into bribery of a foreign public official since 1997 under (a) the UK's corruption laws and (b) the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; (2) what the Serious Fraud Office's operational policy is on investigating allegations of bribery of a foreign public official which took place prior to...

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Bribery (23 Feb 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department has spent on implementing (a) the OECD convention on combating bribery in each year since 1997 and (b) Part 12 of the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 in each year since it came into force.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Departmental Expenditure (23 Feb 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on implementing (a) the OECD convention on combating bribery and (b) Part 12 of the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Seminars (4 Feb 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...the Government has organised for the UK business community since 1997 on (a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Convention and Combating Bribery and (b) Part 12 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; on which dates and in which locations; and (i) how many and (ii) which companies attended each seminar.

Public Bill Committee: Employment Relations Bill: Duty of employer to supply information to union (3 Feb 2004)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...this country and that many people who work in this field have been put under pressure. I also wonder how many public campaigners who oppose Huntingdon Life Sciences, even if they do not support the terrorism, would be willing to refuse treatment for their dying child if such research had produced a cure. That is the question that people must ask themselves. The real point of the amendment...

Minorities (Former Yugoslavia) (17 Jun 2003)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...to arrive with $3,000 within an hour. If they arrived, he could have the car back. If they did not arrive within an hour, they would find his body. That is not ethnic cleansing: it is crime and terrorism. When I asked what he did about it, he said he had done nothing. He said that the next time they took his car, they could keep it. He had no confidence in the law enforcement agencies....

Aviation (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 — Arrest Without Warrant (16 May 2003)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...progress. As my right hon. Friend the Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed (Mr. Beith) rightly said, it deals with bad behaviour by people who drink too much and are disorderly. The Bill is not about terrorism and security, but at a time of heightened tension because of the security risks and threat of terrorism, people should understand that any disorderly behaviour that could cause other...

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr Malcolm Bruce: ...no real commitment to persuading the international community of the merits of their case. We have been confused about whether the US objective is regime change, the defeat of international terrorism or the elimination of weapons of mass destruction. Regardless of the legal advice—and I am not competent to comment on it—we can all recognise that the only legitimate reason for...