Results 1-20 of 40 for terrorism speaker:Lord Corbett of Castle Vale

Parliament Square: Right to Protest — Question (16 Mar 2009)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ..., can the Minister give the House an assurance that the police will do everything they can to facilitate peaceful protest during the coming G20 summit rather than obstructing it and praying in aid terrorism laws that were not introduced for that purpose?

Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2008 (23 Jun 2008)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...the Minister delved into history—but that is not the point. The tests here, in front of both courts, is whether the PMOI is presently—not in the past, distant or near—concerned in terrorism or preparing to be concerned in it. The Government's argument at both the Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission and the Court of Appeal can be summed up this way: once a...

Terrorism: Inquiries (17 May 2007)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...police constabularies who are on the payroll of national newspapers to sell information, including highly sensitive information, which puts the public at even further risk in these cases of alleged terrorism? Does my noble friend think that there is any virtue in asking the Metropolitan Police Commissioner to inquire into this and in asking the Press Complaints Commission to see what it...

Iran: Presidential Comments on Israel (1 Nov 2005)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that reply. I suggest to him that the best response to that incitement to terrorism—that is what it was—is to treat the Iranian resistance as a friend who stands in the way of the mullahs' attempts to produce a lethal mix of Islamic fundamentalism and nuclear weapons. Will the Minister now review or remove the proscription on the Iranian...

EU: The Hague Programme — Justice and Home Affairs (EUC Report) (20 Jun 2005)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...train bombings on 11 March last year. It is worth noting that that outrage killed more people than died in the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbour in World War II or during the whole of the Basque terrorist campaign. In passing and to underline the immensity of the threat, I point out that it is estimated that the Madrid attack cost no more than €8,000 or just over...

Lebanon (24 Mar 2005)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...and non-Lebanese militias in Lebanon, which surely must include Hezbollah? Is it not the case that earlier this year our own Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary condemned Iran for sponsoring terrorism at home and abroad? What actions will the Government take to get the Iranians to withdraw their forces and to see that Hezbollah is disbanded?

Written Answers — House of Lords: Terrorism Act 2000 (23 Feb 2005)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: asked Her Majesty's Government: How many arrests have been made under the Terrorism Act 2000; how many of those arrested: (a) have been charged with; (b) have been convicted of; and (c) are awaiting trial on terrorist-related offences; and how many: (i) have been charged with; (ii) have been convicted of; and (iii) are awaiting trial on other criminal offences, detailed by category; and how...

European Border Guard (EUC Report) (8 Jan 2004)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...years or more—but it would erode national sovereignty for unproven and, I believe, unlikely gain. Secondly, it may encourage some member states to become less vigilant on the need to counter terrorism, cross-border organised crime and people smuggling, on the grounds that someone else is going to do it, so we need not bother. Thirdly, we know from our work at ports of entry by both...

Iran: IAEA Report (10 Sep 2003)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that reply. Can there be any doubt that the mullahs' regime in Tehran, which uses terror at home and sponsors it abroad, is trying to deceive the world over its nuclear weapons programme, which was revealed to the world last year by the National Council of Resistance of Iran? May I take it from what my noble friend said to me that the United Kingdom is...

Iran (6 Feb 2003)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend for that response, but is it not morally offensive for the UK to seek or accept assistance about Iraq from a regime that uses terror at home, sponsors it abroad and is developing nuclear and chemical weapons? Does my noble and learned friend share the revulsion of a majority of Members of both Houses at the mullahs' use of public executions,...

Iran (16 Apr 2002)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: My Lords, first, I declare an interest as chairman of the Committee on Iran Freedom. Why do we not make clear to the regime in Iran, which sponsors terrorism abroad, denies human rights and builds weapons of mass destruction, that if it wants critical engagement it can be critical of the person whom we want to send as an ambassador but we will engage that ambassador?

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill (29 Nov 2001)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ..., but we shall return to that matter later. Has the noble and learned Lord just told the Committee that someone who has been charged, convicted and sentenced under what we will call Xdomestic" terrorism laws, in circumstances at the end of that sentence could then be pounced upon under the powers of this Bill? If that were the case, I should regard it as an absolute abuse of those powers....

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill (29 Nov 2001)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...Box, but on this amendment he has not been as clear as he normally is. The clause applies only when a decision is taken that there is insufficient admissible evidence to use the vehicle of the Terrorism Act, because certain allegations cannot be proved. That is why we are here. I am grateful to those who have joined in the debate, and particularly to those who have taken this point....

Human Rights Act 1998 (Designated Derogation) Order 2001 (19 Nov 2001)

Lord Corbett of Castle Vale: ...this Parliament. Perhaps I should make clear to your Lordships that I come here with attitude about terrorist legislation. I was in the other place when literally overnight the first Prevention of Terrorism Act was steamrollered through that place with all the dire consequences that had for many citizens wrongly, brutally, gaoled for lengthy periods, only later to have those convictions...

Orders of the Day — Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (13 Mar 2001)

Mr Robin Corbett: ...has almost trebled in the past year or so is because those are people who cannot live at home. They are in this country and elsewhere in Europe not as terrorists and not because they support terrorism. They are, in every sense of the word, the victims of terrorism. They are among the relatives of an estimated 30,000—yes, 30,000—political prisoners butchered by the regime in...

Orders of the Day — Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (13 Mar 2001)

Mr Robin Corbett: My hon. Friend is right; that may not be the best recent example of joined-up government. During the passage of the Bill that became the Terrorism Act 2000, my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary said that the legislation was aimed at groups in Britain that supported efforts to overthrow democratic regimes abroad, but he made clear that dissent was a vital part of our democracy. Does he...

Orders of the Day — Home Affairs and Inner Cities (12 Dec 2000)

Mr Robin Corbett: ...by, one which they thought was completely unimportant. In and around the centre of Birmingham, cowboy clampers operate from mobile phones, publishing no business addresses and using tactics, including terror, to extract cash from helpless victims. In one case, a young woman was asked to hand over jewellery when she could not produce a credit card to obtain cash from a cashpoint. In...

Stansted Hijacking (10 Feb 2000)

Mr Robin Corbett: ...events persuade me that it may be time for us to re-examine the 1951 convention, which was drawn up in totally different circumstances, to take better account of the great changes in international terrorism and hijacking.

Bill Presented: Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill (2 Sep 1998)

Mr Robin Corbett: ...of both traditions in Northern Ireland—and, indeed, the people in the Republic of Ireland—were saying that they were no longer going to hide the men and weapons that make these acts of terrorism possible. They were saying that they would no longer supply them with the information that has helped those on both sides of the argument, let it be said, and has made this violence...

Bill Presented: Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Bill (2 Sep 1998)

Mr Robin Corbett: ...names in this Chamber today. That is not proof and evidence. I say to the hon. Gentleman again: please at least consider the possibility that the withdrawal of the life support system from these terrorist groups is really what has made them realise and accept that violence will no longer win support from those communities in Northern Ireland. That is my view. It will not be shared...