Results 1-20 of 41 for terrorism speaker:Harry Cohen

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Crime Prevention (11 Nov 2009)

Harry Cohen: ...Department pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 9, on Prevent, what his most recent assessment is of the operation of the Prevent strand of his Department's counter-terrorism strategy in the Waltham Forest area; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (25 Apr 2008)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will remove the proscription of Hamas under terrorism legislation to enable discussions between the Government and Hamas representatives on the political situation in the Middle East to take place.

Written Answers — Defence: Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (21 Apr 2008)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any Minister has made an authorisation under section 48 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (18 Mar 2008)

Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what authorisations she has made under section 48 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Public Bill Committee: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill: Clause 116 (27 Nov 2007)

Harry Cohen: ...fears that “it will be used to deny asylum to individuals who may have been engaged abroad in resistance to an oppressive regime, but are caught by the UK’s very broad definition of terrorism.” That signals some problems. It is very easy to talk about foreign criminals when we are dealing with convicted foreign criminals, but if some of them have not been proved to be...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Harry Cohen: ...are prepared to secure. Protecting the oil wells rather than the population has had predictable results. The population does not live under a beneficent or even an efficient democracy, they live in terror—terror of being killed and of their loved ones being killed or being injured and finding that there are no medical supplies at the hospital. The occupiers are not a solution to the...

Orders of the Day: Clause 8 — Desertion (22 May 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...that "relevant service" means: "actions or operations against an enemy". He said that the clause applied to Iraq. My understanding is that we have not declared anyone an enemy. I know that a war on terror has been announced, but can he cast some light on who is an enemy in these circumstances? It is said that there are insurgents and terrorists. We know that British soldiers have died. Why...

Written Answers — Home Department: Identity Cards (10 May 2006)

Harry Cohen: ...the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the effectiveness of identification cards and associated data in (i) thwarting acts of terror and (ii) helping identify perpetrators; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iraq (12 Jul 2005)

Harry Cohen: ...and referred to in paragraph 11 of the Response of the Secretary of State to the Seventh Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee session 2003–04, on Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day — Racial and Religious Hatred Bill (21 Jun 2005)

Harry Cohen: ...on religion against Muslims especially, but also against Jews and people of other faiths. There is an institutional aspect to Islamophobia because it can arise from fear generated by the war on terror, which some deliberately misinterpret as a war on Muslims. The violence inflicted on innocent Muslim citizens on the streets and in neighbourhoods is the ugly personal face of Islamophobia....

Written Answers — Home Department: Counter-terrorism (17 Nov 2004)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the (a) Metropolitan Police and (b) British Transport Police to take delivery of high standard chemical and biological suits for counter-terrorism duties; when he expects each force to have similar standard suits available for joint operations; and if he will make a statement.

Defence (21 Oct 2004)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...conflict less virulent. No link has been proven between Saddam's Iraq and al-Qaeda—they detested each other. A police state was turned into a failed state, making it more amenable for terrorists to operate in. As regards the war on terror, it was the wrong target. President Mubarak of Eygpt warned: "Instead of having one bin Laden, we will have one hundred bin Ladens." Up to 40,000...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: United Nations (10 Nov 2003)

Mr Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the remarks by Ambassador Jeremy Greenstock on identifying terrorism.

Role of the United Nations in Iraq (10 Sep 2003)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...that we were promised and Iraq was not a threat in any realistic understanding of the term. There was no evidence of a clear connection with al-Qaeda—a diversion from the real war on terror that has to be fought. There were no weapons of mass destruction. If there were any, they would have been discovered long before now. The UN inspectors were doing a good job and should have been...

Written Answers — Treasury: Bank of Credit and Commerce International (24 Feb 2003)

Mr Harry Cohen: ..., the parts of the Official Report into the affairs of BCCI that were excluded from public disclosure, with particular reference to information linking BCCI with organisations now known to conduct terrorism.

Written Answers — Trade and Industry: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act (15 Apr 2002)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps have been taken to ensure that practical measures directed at the arms industry are in place for the enforcement of Part 12 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001.

Defence Policy (14 Feb 2002)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...full of reports that the US plans a large-scale attack on Iraq. That would be an awful mistake and make the region less stable. It would also create grievance to an extent that could foster future terrorism. The Americans are also pressing ahead with national missile defence, a scheme that will eventually require British bases. The British Government should resist the temptation to approve...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act (29 Jan 2002)

Mr Harry Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those detained under the recent Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, indicating the reason why each one has been detained.

Written Answers — Home Department: Data Protection (15 Jan 2002)

Mr Harry Cohen: ...of State for the Home Department if he is reviewing the draft PIU report into delivering electronic Government in the context of his consideration of entitlement cards and the threats posed by terrorism; when he expects to publish the report; and if he will make a statement.