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Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (13 Mar 2008)

Stephen Byers: ...and expect from their Government? What role do they expect us to play? What should the size of government be? There are competing forces. At a time of globalisation, mass migration, international terrorism and climate change, we need national Governments to respond to those global issues and work internationally. However, the public increasingly want to stand on their own two feet. They do...

Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)

Mr Stephen Byers: ...are not complacent, however. We know that, as time moves on, the nature of crime changes, so many of the measures in the Queen's Speech deal with crimes that have developed over recent times: terrorism and the problems of the corrosive effect of drugs on our communities—something that all European countries have to face, not just the UK alone. I do not accept the argument that we...

Anti-Semitism (20 Apr 2004)

Mr Stephen Byers: ..., people will not stand by them in their hour of need. Instead of sympathising with victims, anti-Semites exploit the Palestinian cause to side with the people responsible for terrible acts of terrorism. Around the world, it is only Jews, and Israel, that earn that particular treatment. We need to be robust in confronting anti-Semitic views wherever they occur. Anti-Semitism is not...