Results 1-20 of 25 for terrorism speaker:Paul Flynn

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

Paul Flynn: Osama bin Laden still has a safe haven in which to plan his attacks on the west, and the incubator for terrorism has moved. Can the right hon. Gentleman think of any way in which we can secure a military victory to ensure that that incubator for terrorism disappears? We have not made any progress in that area for the past eight years.

British Troops (Helmand Province) (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Flynn: .... Will he give us the evidence behind what he and the Secretary of State for Defence have said today, that there is some link between our presence in Afghanistan and a reduction in the threat of terrorism on British streets?

British Troops (Helmand Province) (8 Jul 2009)

Paul Flynn: ...Secretary of State today said: "For Britain to be secure, Afghanistan must be made secure". That is a repeat of comments made by past Secretaries of State, meaning that there is somehow a threat of terrorism to Britain because of the Taliban. That is part of the canard that it is much easier, or more plausible, to repeat old myths than to reveal a new truth. That is a myth: there has never...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

Paul Flynn: Part of the aim was to destroy al-Qaeda's safe place from which to organise terrorism. We have not been successful: that safe base continues, either on the borders or in Pakistan itself. Where is the threat of Taliban action in Britain? Is there any evidence that the organisation is planning terrorism here?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: EU Council/Afghanistan, India and Pakistan (15 Dec 2008) has video

Paul Flynn: ...means more targets for the Taliban? Is not the best way of consolidating the gains made in Afghanistan to embark on a new policy, based not on a military victory but on tackling the causes of terrorism with a peace strategy?

Afghanistan (29 Oct 2008)

Paul Flynn: ...we stirred up was the incursion into Helmand province. Our decision to invade Afghanistan was originally supported by every member of the House, including me, on the basis of reducing the threat of terrorism by weakening the Taliban and removing al-Qaeda's safe base from which to operate against us, but the Taliban have been greatly strengthened, and Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda have an...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (17 Dec 2007)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps have been taken to counter threats of nuclear terrorism against potential targets in the UK.

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: Afghanistan (16 Jul 2007) has video

Paul Flynn: ...for three years without a shot being fired. Half a million shots have been fired and it may last for 30 years. There has been no improvement in the drug situation, no reduction in the threat of terrorism, and precious little reconstruction because the non-governmental organisations will not operate there—all bought at the cost of the worst casualties that Britain has suffered since...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

Paul Flynn: The major counter-terrorism decision taken by the House was our decision to go to war in Iraq, with the aim of eliminating the threat of terrorism to British citizens. It did nothing of the sort. In fact, that threat and the reality of terrorism became worse because of that decision. Will my right hon. Friend please understand the position of those who opposed the measure the last time it was...

Afghanistan (9 Jan 2007)

Paul Flynn: ...is directly in our interests." The hope that was shared by the Government and the Opposition, almost unanimously throughout the House, was that there could be a twin battle against the threat of terrorism and, rightly, against the Taliban and their mediaeval cruelty, to which the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling referred, while also destroying the refuge that al-Qaeda had...

Written Answers — Defence: Counter-terrorism (24 Jul 2006)

Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what budget has been made available to support his Department's Counter-Terrorism Science and Technology Centre at Porton Down for 2006-07.

Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: British Forces (Afghanistan) (3 Jul 2006)

Paul Flynn: ..., not among the Taliban but among the ordinary people: murderous resentment of our troops. If we are sucked into a war in Afghanistan, it could deteriorate into a British Vietnam and provoke Afghan terrorism on the streets of Britain. When will we explain to our American friends and to our Government that it is not possible to win hearts and minds by using bombs and bullets?

Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Policing (15 Feb 2006)

Paul Flynn: Is it not a fact that the majority of the people of Wales have rejected that incoherent, uncosted shotgun wedding? When someone suggests that opposing it means that we increase the risk of terrorism in Wales, is that not just cheap, vacuous, desperate scaremongering?

Military Deployments (Afghanistan) (14 Feb 2006)

Paul Flynn: ...years and lost 15,000 soldiers. When they left, there was an army of mujaheddin of 30,000 surrounding Kabul because the occupation antagonised Afghanistan's population. We know that the answer to terrorism is not to go in with guns blazing, but to win the hearts and minds of the people. By going into Helmand province we are losing the hearts and minds of the people. The province has been...

Police Restructuring (19 Dec 2005)

Paul Flynn: ...for Meirionnydd Nant Conwy (Mr. Llwyd) and my hon. Friend the Member for Gloucester (Mr. Dhanda) said, makes a weak case. We are offered the window dressing that it will solve the problem of terrorism. The same excuse was used for selling identity cards, but that was dropped. Identity cards will not solve the problem of terrorism. The other issue is drugs, to which a rational approach...

Cafcass: Police Forces (Reorganisation) (2 Nov 2005)

Paul Flynn: ...Gwent and Dyfed-Powys? This reorganisation is being forced on Wales for the benefit of English cities. If there is a need for a special emphasis on the problems of serious crime, drugs and terrorism, why not form a special unit and leave those splendid forces intact?

Prime Minister: Engagements (19 Oct 2005)

Paul Flynn: Does my right hon. Friend agree with the statement by the late Robin Cook that our nuclear weapons are hopelessly irrelevant to the task of dealing with terrorism and helping our vital role in international peacekeeping? Will he answer the question of which I gave him notice earlier today and tell us that, before any decision is made about spending a massive amount of money—at least...

Iraq: UK Forces Adjustments (27 May 2004)

Mr Paul Flynn: ...the lies of the crook Ahmad Chalabi? Is it not the case that Members might well have been misled on the war, which has not found weapons of mass destruction, which has not decreased the threat of terrorism—but increased it—and which has replaced the torture rooms of Saddam Hussein with the torture rooms of George Bush? If there is to be a major extension of our troops in Iraq,...

Bali (21 Oct 2002)

Mr Paul Flynn: Experience has taught us that the best way of reducing the number of acts of terrorism of this kind is to win over the hearts and minds of supporters and potential supporters of terrorism. Does my right hon. Friend agree that among Muslims in this country and throughout the world there is a wholly misplaced but deep sense of grievance against the west and against Christian countries? While...

Defence in the World (17 Oct 2002)

Mr Paul Flynn: ..., in space, cyberspace, and perhaps the world of microbes. It says that advanced forms of biological warfare that can target specific genotypes may transform biological warfare from the realm of terror to a politically useful tool. The people who wrote that and believe that it is the future are in charge of the only superpower in the world. It is a tragedy that we have not taken a more...