Results 1-20 of 22 for terrorism speaker:Quentin Davies

Written Ministerial Statements — Defence: Armoured Fighting Vehicles (23 Jun 2009)

Quentin Davies: ...advice from elsewhere. We owe a great debt to the men and women of the armed forces who operate in hostile environments, risking their lives to secure freedom and to ensure that international terrorism, which threatens us all, is not allowed to take hold. We must ensure that they receive the very best support and the very best equipment for the roles they are undertaking. In this statement...

Written Answers — Defence: Atomic Weapons Establishment (29 Apr 2009)

Quentin Davies: ...Nuclear Treaty Verification (including arms control verification research and support to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organisation). Nuclear Accident Response. Counter Radiological and Nuclear Terrorism. Nuclear Intelligence. The detailed tasks and objectives within the four work-streams are being withheld as their release would, or would be likely to, prejudice national security.

Written Answers — Defence: Nuclear Weapons (30 Mar 2009)

Quentin Davies: ...experiments. The increased activity in 2008 reflects a number of unrelated visits associated with stockpile maintenance activities and a specific classified project relating to nuclear counter-terrorism, details of which I am withholding in the interests of national security. In addition to these visits, a number of other non-MDA related visits will have taken place. Statistics covering...

[Mr. Peter Atkinson in the Chair] — Israel (20 May 2008)

Quentin Davies: ...leadership refused to deal with Israel, refused any kind of settlement and decided instead, first, under Ahmad Al-Shukairy and then under his successor, Yasser Arafat, to invest in international terrorism—those were the terrible days of the Achille Lauro and the murder of the Israeli athletes and so forth—as if that were going to solve the problems of the Palestinian people. So...

Business of the House: Defence in the World (8 May 2008) has video

Quentin Davies: ...politics with the defence of the nation. The greatest possible threat to our making a permanent positive contribution to providing stability in Afghanistan and Iraq, to defending ourselves from terrorism, and to ensuring that we have the best possible chance of leaving those countries with reasonably stable and democratic Governments for the long term—the best way of undermining any...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: European Affairs (20 Jun 2007)

Quentin Davies: ...to a global emissions trading scheme in due course; or, in the immediate future, to get acceptance for quotas for carbon emissions, which we desperately need; and if we want to have an impact on world terrorism or world poverty, we can no longer use the purely national instruments and institutions that we used with great pride for centuries. There is a natural human tendency not to adapt...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Terrorism Victims (Compensation) (30 Jan 2006)

Quentin Davies: To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 16 January 2006, Official Report, column 888W, on terrorism victims (compensation), when he expects to be able to report to the House on the results of the Government's consideration of the feasibility of introducing a scheme to provide compensation for UK victims of terrorism referred to in his reply to the hon. Member for Walsall, North...

Orders of the Day — European Union Bill (9 Feb 2005)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...only way in which we can exercise any influence in the world on key issues for the future such as world trade, international stability, sources of tension and potential conflict, nuclear threats, terrorism, and sources of migration. We cannot possibly influence those things standing alone in this country, and it would be absurd to think that we could. Should we really walk away from all...

Occupied Palestinian Territories (29 Apr 2004)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...to the problem. It is therefore hypocritical, if we are trying to take out the leaders of al-Qaeda, to protest against another Government seeking to defend themselves by taking out the leaders of a terrorist organisation that is directing violence at them. The Northern Irish problem, to which my hon. Friend refers, is in a different category, because there is a negotiation in place. There...

Katharine Gun (26 Feb 2004)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...to the credibility of our ability to keep our secrets, and to the confidence that our allies and partners have in that ability; and to our national security and safety in an age of international terrorism? Does she agree that this morning, even greater damage was done to those essential elements, and will she tell the House now whether the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood (Clare...

Terrorism Financing (Northern Ireland) (10 Jul 2003)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...is a characteristically thorough piece of work on an important subject, and there is no doubt that for a long time it will be the locus classicus for anyone taking an interest in the financing of terrorism in Northern Ireland. It corrects many of our assumptions. It always takes a while for us to adapt to changes, and our impression, even of important situations, can sometimes be out of...

Police (Northern Ireland) Bill [Lords]: New Clause 1 — Independent Members: Declaration Against Terrorism (26 Mar 2003)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...disqualifications that we consider very important. The first is a disqualification for anyone who has had a sentence of more than 12 months. The second, which relates to a concept drawn from the Terrorism Act 2000, disqualifies anyone who is, in the opinion of a senior police officer, connected with a paramilitary organisation. For the sake of completeness, we refer to two different...

Access To Facilities Of The House (28 Oct 2002)

Mr Quentin Davies: I agreed so much with what the hon. Gentleman said about terrorism a moment ago that I shall give way to him.

Northern Ireland Peace Process (16 Jul 2002)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...we are to make a success of the peace process. Nevertheless, what has been said this evening should not be ignored—it would be irresponsible to do so. People who have lost family members to terrorism in the past 20 to 30 years will not be minded to take seriously any statement from that quarter—I thoroughly understand that. However, we have a responsibility to determine policy...

Written Answers — Home Department: Irish Terrorism (17 Apr 2002)

Mr Quentin Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many incidents connected with Irish terrorism, excluding murder, have taken place in Great Britain between 1969 and 10 April 1998 for which nobody has been convicted; and if he will list them; (2) how many murders connected with Irish terrorism have taken place in Great Britain between 1969 and 10 April 1998 for which nobody has...

Written Answers — Home Department: Extradition (17 Apr 2002)

Mr Quentin Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list those people subject to extradition proceedings for offences committed in Great Britain in connection with Irish terrorism before 10 April 1998; and for what offences extradition is being sought.

Paramilitary Intimidation (14 Feb 2002)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...background out of an area. As the hon. Member for South Down (Mr. McGrady) said, sadly, Northern Ireland has a long tradition of that. Secondly, there is the phenomenon of gang bosses—terrorist bosses—enforcing their hideous discipline by terrorising the people of their own communities. They decide who is allowed to live there, and they dispense the atrocious punishments about...

Facilities of the House (18 Dec 2001)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...alone are soft people who will respond generously and sentimentally to concessions. The lack of realism is amazing. It was most graphically represented the other day when the House debated the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill. As originally drafted, the Bill contained an extraordinary clause whereby the powers taken against terrorism in the Bill—understandably taken, in the...

Facilities of the House (18 Dec 2001)

Mr Quentin Davies: Is the right hon. Gentleman telling the House that, in opposition, the Labour party voted for the Prevention of Terrorism Act?

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill (21 Nov 2001)

Mr Quentin Davies: ...to hear back from the Government about the all-important matter of amendment No. 98. I remind the House that that amendment seeks to remove the lines in clause 21(4) that state: "'international terrorism' does not include terrorism concerned only with the affairs of a part of the United Kingdom." The provision has caused the greatest consternation and anxiety in Northern Ireland. When...