Results 1-20 of 20 for terrorism speaker:David Drew

Food Security (3 Jun 2008)

David Drew: ...asked him about it and there have been various DEFRA investigations, is the threat of animal disease. I have felt for a long time that we underestimate that. We could be seen to be obsessed with terrorism. One aspect of that could always be the threat of animal disease being deliberately put into our food supply, but more particularly, we are talking about accidents of fate. This country...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Police Funding (10 Jan 2008)

David Drew: ...to restart negotiations on the structure of police pay. However, after that it was quite difficult to deconstruct its meaning—a bit like the remarks made by the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing yesterday. I need some early guidance because I have just sent the letter to all those lovely police officers who phoned me and sent me e-mails and letters. They...

[Ann Winterton in the Chair] — Police Funding (10 Jan 2008)

David Drew: .... Why do I raise this issue? I was quite critical of the setting up of separate police authorities because I felt that policing was an important responsibility of local government. In these days of terrorism and major emergencies, there are clearly national priorities alongside the regional and sub-regional priorities, but policing is at its best when people see what the police do. The...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Sudan: Terrorism (15 May 2007)

David Drew: ...State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the US authorities on the State Department report's description of the Sudanese regime as a strong partner in the war on terror.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Fire Service (5 Feb 2007)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the potential impact of (a) terrorism and (b) climate change was considered in the development of the Online Business Case for the Fire Control Project.

Animal Husbandry (Welfare Standards) (11 Oct 2006)

David Drew: ...fortune in dealing with those things because we are only one jump ahead of the next problem caused by animal disease. We underestimate the impact of animal disease in this country. We talk about terrorism and other things happening around the world, but animal disease, as we know from foot and mouth, can cost us millions of pounds—let alone the moral dilemmas that it confronts us...

Military Deployments (Afghanistan) (14 Feb 2006)

David Drew: ...to chase Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in the east. However, the numbers and the roles are slightly different. I want to concentrate on three issues deriving from my reflections on the visit. Constraining terrorism and peacekeeping are not obverse but interconnected. Unless I have completely misunderstood things, the problem of how we work in Afghanistan is that the Taliban, the warlords and others...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [2nd Allotted Day ]: Clause 12 — Trespassing etc. on nuclear sites (3 Nov 2005)

David Drew: ...at RAF Fairford, which I have visited on several occasions to talk to my constituents and others. Part of the problem surrounding the dispute and the question of section 44 powers under the Terrorism Act 2000 was disagreement about where the actual perimeter was. During the course of the conflict—it was a real conflict—the authorities moved the perimeter, which forced...

Written Answers — Home Department: Bio-terrorism (12 Sep 2005)

David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice his Department has issued on dealing with the latest forms of bio-terrorism; and if he will make a statement.

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Peru (21 Mar 2005)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Peruvian Government concerning the arrest of Pastor Jose Garcia Pena on terrorism charges.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police Funding (17 Nov 2004)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much central Government grant was given to each police authority to counter terrorism in 2003–04.

Written Answers — Home Department: Stop and Search (1 Sep 2004)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases are outstanding from the stop and search orders issued under Section 44 of the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 at the time of the use by the US Air Force of RAF Fairford.

Fire and Rescue Services Bill: New Clause 5 — Regional Management Structures (15 Mar 2004)

Mr David Drew: ...reiterate what I said on Second Reading. I have no fear about the way in which regional management boards would operate, in terms of the degree of strategic thinking and the need, in these days of terrorism and counter-terrorism, to consider how best we can operate and deploy our forces, but if we are talking about the making of decisions at a local level, the provision is not appropriate....

Fire and Rescue Services Bill (26 Jan 2004)

Mr David Drew: ...but aware of the need for greater co-ordination. We must recognise that individual brigades, let alone individual services, cannot be immune from other pressures—whether that is the threat of terrorism, massive flooding or something like foot and mouth. All such incidents require changes in the way in which the services operate—today, let alone in the future. The concern was...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Measures (6 Oct 2003)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will hold an inquiry into how anti-terrorism legislation is performing, with specific reference to the monitoring of police use of that legislation.

Written Answers — Home Department: Stop and Search (24 Jun 2003)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the time period and (b) the area covered for all authorisations for stop and search granted under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 since 1 January.

Written Answers — Home Department: RAF Fairford (21 Mar 2003)

Mr David Drew: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision under the Terrorism Act 2000 he is using to prevent people from protesting at RAF Fairford.

Business of the House (13 Mar 2003)

Mr David Drew: ...Secretary of State for Defence on the arrangement with the United States air force under which those B-52s will be used? Will he also talk to the Home Secretary about whether it is right to use the Terrorism Act 2000 to try to prevent those who protest under our democratic rights in this country? Will he question whether that is the appropriate legislation to use?

European Food Law (25 Oct 2001)

Mr David Drew: ...the agency was trying to engage with the general public on issues that matter to them. Food issues do matter. Anyone who wants a good discussion—not disregarding the subject of international terrorism—should mention food and people will put in their threepenny-worth. It is not usually my inclination to be pro-European, but I can see the value in setting up such a European...

Fisheries: Adjournment (Christmas) (13 Dec 1999)

Mr David Drew: ...to listen to right hon. and hon. Members. I should like to comment on the rural issues raised. I could comment on the views of the hon. Member for Mid-Bedfordshire (Mr. Sayeed) on nuclear terrorism, because I have read some of the same source material. I could also be taken along the planning route, about which the hon. Member for Banbury (Mr. Baldry) spoke. However, I shall stay with the...