Results 1-20 of 30 for terrorism speaker:Nigel Evans

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Arrests (20 Jul 2009)

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people arrested under the Terrorism Act 2006 have subsequently been deported.

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

Nigel Evans: ...says that this is a shared responsibility, but many people in both the UK and the US are concerned that only a small number of countries bear what is a huge responsibility. Clearly, defeating terrorism benefits all countries, so what more can he do to encourage other countries present in Afghanistan to take more responsibility?

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Arrests (6 May 2009)

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions have been made under the (i) Terrorism Act 2000 and (ii) Terrorism Act 2006 in each year since their implementation.

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Nigel Evans: ...coming in, but there are going to be real issues. As she will know, two of those involved were arrested in Clitheroe in my constituency. That is not a town that would normally be associated with terrorism. Does not that spell out to everyone in this country that no part of the United Kingdom is immune from the threat of terrorism, and that anyone who sees anything suspicious should pass it...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Iran: EU External Relations (26 Jan 2009)

Nigel Evans: ...what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts in advance of the forthcoming Council of Ministers meeting on the delisting of the People's Mujahedeen Organisation of Iran from the EU terror list following the judgement of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on 4 December 2008.

[Mr. Mike Hancock in the Chair] — Poppy Crops (Afghanistan) (11 Jul 2007)

Nigel Evans: ...issue on the ground than I do, because I have never been there. However, is not part of the problem the fact that the drugs trade is so rife because the Taliban sell what is produced to carry on terrorism? Drugs are an integral part of the war against terrorism.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Lancashire (16 Apr 2007)

Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 were from (i) Lancashire and (ii) Ribble Valley.

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (19 Feb 2007)

Nigel Evans: The Government say that they believe that ID cards will help in the fight against terrorism. Spain has ID cards, yet it became the victim of the atrocious bombings that took place in Madrid. What is the compelling case for the use of ID cards in the fight against terrorism?

Orders of the Day: Adjournment (Summer Recess) (25 Jul 2006)

Nigel Evans: ...been an effective ceasefire. What does the hon. Lady believe the Arab states should be doing themselves to ensure that Hezbollah is properly removed from the area so that it cannot perpetrate its terrorism on Israel?

Business of the House (10 Oct 2005)

Nigel Evans: We will debate issues relating to terrorism on Thursday. The Leader of the House knows that incidents about which hon. Members may want to ask questions have occurred in this country during the 81 days that we have been off. Will he reflect on opportunities for hon. Members to table written questions during the recess?

Debate on the Address: [First Day] (17 May 2005)

Nigel Evans: ...by what happened at the tail end of the last Parliament, when not just Conservative or Liberal Democrat peers, but Cross Benchers and Labour peers repeatedly told the Government to think again on anti-terrorism legislation. The Government said that they could not do this or that, but every time the Bill came back here, we did think again and it was revised and sent back again. We ended up...

Orders of the Day — Energy Bill [Lords] (10 May 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...-East (Dr. Iddon), who spoke a lot of common sense, particularly when he referred to the fact that if we rely on imports of energy, anything could happen, particularly in the light of the rise of terrorism. It would be completely stupid for any Government to have a policy that was based on that. This is an important debate because 100 per cent. of the Lancashire Conservatives have spoken...

Written Answers — Transport: Flight Delays (Terrorism) (27 Feb 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to UK businesses of flight delays between London and Washington due to terrorism alerts in recent months.

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: I was concerned with activities that utility companies are not normally involved with from day to day—if there were something exceptional, for example, an act of terrorism, where they were instructed to do certain things that they would not normally be doing.

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...has used for his defence to date. Exercises are also hugely expensive. Workers are taken away from their normal jobs and undertake role-playing of certain circumstances. London used to be a centre of terrorism; for example, there was the explosion in the City of London several years ago, and the centre of Manchester was also targeted by an IRA bomb. We have had more than our fair share...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...spent on funding of emergency planning is £36 million, and the LGA points out that, ''unlike the emergency services (police, fire etc), local authorities have received no extra funding to undertake additional anti-terrorism work expected of them by the Government as a result of 9/11.'' Post–11 September, everyone else has opened their eyes to what may happen, but local...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...I cannot remember the exact figure. Australians used to go to that part of the world for their holidays. Many of the victims were youngsters. They should never have been thought of as a target for terrorism, but they were cruelly executed. The Australians have risen to the challenge. John Howard has ensured that the sensitivities of all Australians with regard to terrorism have been...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...think of would fall within the scope of the Bill. That is why it should include effective measures to ensure that whatever happens, people will be ready. That brings me back to the point that terrorists will try to cause as much damage as possible. Those insane suicide bombers want to cause terror, but they also want to perpetrate as much damage, loss of life and carnage as they can....

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill: Clause 2 - Duty to assess, plan and advise (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...what our emergency planning procedure was. I do not believe that we ever discussed emergency planning or procedures. That might have been because it was before 11 September 2001 and international terrorism was not so much in our minds. I assume, however, that someone was looking after such matters. We had a bunker in West Cross in West Glamorgan that was fairly famous, because although it...

Public Bill Committee: Civil Contingencies Bill (27 Jan 2004)

Mr Nigel Evans: ...essence of what we are talking about it has to be somewhat broad or else we would not be able to cover some of the eventualities that we cannot predict. That leads on to some of the international terrorism that has occurred: we all joined together to ensure that we can counter the terrorism that exists throughout the world and address every eventuality. I hope that we can address serious...