Results 1-18 of 18 for terrorism speaker:Eric Forth

Orders of the Day — Climate Change and Sustainable Energy Bill: Clause 3 — National targets for microgeneration (10 Mar 2006)

Eric Forth: ...is wishful thinking. We have endless stories about how climate change is the greatest threat to mankind, but that is so nonsensical as to be hardly worth contemplating. I would have thought that terrorism, war, disease, lack of clean water or avian flu are much more immediate threats to mankind than a rather dubious change in the climate in 50 or 100 years' time. That is just my view and I...

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

Eric Forth: ...be above suspicion and beyond fraud. Security applies, of course, not only to the defence of the realm against attack from outside but to the security of our citizenry against inside threats of terrorism. A sense of community, defined, I suggest, by geography, tradition, inheritance and a sense of identity, is something that we all greatly value. In that context, I do not subscribe to the...

Business of the House (10 Mar 2005)

Mr Eric Forth: Prime Minister's porkies. Yesterday, in PMPs, my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition said that the Prime Minister had said that the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill could be used against protesters. The Prime Minister then said that he confessed that he had absolutely no recollection of saying that. He went on later to say that he—the Prime...

Business of the House (24 Feb 2005)

Mr Eric Forth: Will the Leader of the House make an urgent statement about the obvious dispute between him and the Prime Minister? When he referred to the powers in the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, he said: "It is not possible simply to renew them".—[ Official Report, 21 February 2005; Vol. 431, c. 22.] At PMPs yesterday—

Orders of the Day — Civil Contingencies Bill: New Clause 11 — Scotland: Cross-Border Collaboration (24 May 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...Assemblies and so on, and for the first time, a statute has set out how difficult such an arrangement can be. It is a great challenge in a genuinely integrated state to respond to the horrors of terrorism, but it is much more difficult to do so when we must deal with the multifarious bureaucracies that we have been crazy enough to set up in the United Kingdom. Proposed subsection (1)(a),...

Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill (14 May 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...loyalties remain elsewhere, we should nevertheless allow them into our governmental process. At this, of all times, the argument appears bizarre. Tragically, in the early 21st century, we face terrorism, infiltration into our society and others, subversion of our society, and threats to our society by people who, admittedly and sadly, are sometimes our own citizens, but are all too often...

Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill (14 May 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...possible, in which case the mechanism should be cranked up a bit and more of those people should be allowed in—but only after they have been given a proper going over. In these days of terrorism, subversion and threats to our society, it would seem a dereliction of our duty to our fellow citizens suddenly to tell them that we had decided that all sorts of people, from some very odd...

Crown Employment (Nationality) Bill (14 May 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...shall have a go. I should have thought that, self-evidently, there was probably less risk to national security in local government than in central Government, but, given the nature of the risk from terrorism, sadly, elements of the responsibilities of local government could touch on the security of our communities. In fact, the more I think about the hon. Gentleman's suggestion, the more I...

Crown Employment (Nationality) (20 Jan 2004)

Mr Eric Forth: ...British nationality? Surely that would solve the problem in a far more acceptable way. Incidentally, it would provide a useful filter against the background of all the unease that we now have about terrorism and so on. In expecting those individuals to go through the procedure of work permit, ILR and nationality, we would give ourselves a reasonable chance of identifying those who not only...

Business of the House (31 Oct 2002)

Mr Eric Forth: ...business that appears in today's Order Paper. In the Chamber this afternoon, we are debating defence matters. Simultaneously, in Westminster Hall, there is a debate touching on matters related to terrorism and foreign policy. A number of my right hon. and hon. Friends—I suspect that this applies to Members throughout the House—have a great interest in both debates. It is...

Facilities of the House (18 Dec 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ..., staff and so on of the Members who are referred to in the motion. Those people will be asked to answer the questions on the green form, including: "Have you ever been involved in: espionage? terrorism? sabotage? . . . Have you ever been involved in actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means?" That sounds to me like a...

Business of the House (13 Dec 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ..., the motion does not cover them. Will the Members be required to fill in the form, which we have always regarded as important for our security? It asks: "Have you ever been involved in espionage, terrorism, sabotage" or "actions intended to overthrow or undermine Parliamentary democracy by political, industrial or violent means? Have you ever been a member of, or supported a group or...

Business of the House (18 Oct 2001)

Mr Eric Forth: ...for the announcement of the Christmas recess. I also thank the right hon. Gentleman for his announcement that he wants to make provision on Thursday 1 November for a possible further debate on terrorism. On Monday 15 October, he said: "we will have repeated debates on the issue of terrorism . . . Whenever appropriate, we will return to it"—-[ Official Report, 15 October 2001; Vol....

Orders of the Day — Disqualifications Bill: Amendment of Section 1(1)(E) of the Disqualification Acts (25 Jan 2000)

Mr Eric Forth: ...to reinforce and strengthen the Bill by making cross-references to the decommissioning process and to the agreement process; and amendment No. 32 makes an explicit reference to the rejection of terrorism. None of that, surely, can be regarded as remotely controversial. None of it seeks to undermine the Bill. Even those of us who voted against Second Reading have accepted the verdict of...

Orders of the Day — Disqualifications Bill (24 Jan 2000)

Mr Eric Forth: ...been said, so far we have seen the release of a large number of extraordinarily unpleasant and violent prisoners into the community, all in the name of the peace process. We have seen supporters of terrorism being invited into our institutions of government in part of the United Kingdom. We have seen no moves whatever towards decommissioning. It would appear that now, as part of the...

Business of the House (9 Jun 1988)

Mr Eric Forth: ...of the House, about the fact that the BBC is prepared to spend a large amount of its, and therefore its licence payers', money and a lot of air time on praising somebody who has been convicted of terrorism and who refuses to renounce violence?

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: African National Congress (5 Mar 1986)

Mr Eric Forth: Will my hon. Friend confirm that meeting ANC representatives in no way condones or supports the techniques of terror that they are prone to use in South Africa? What would be her reaction if a foreign country approached Her Majesty's Government to make representations on the legitimate imprisonment of one of our citizens?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (25 Jun 1985)

Mr Eric Forth: ...another British initiative in this matter by raising with other Heads of Governments and perhaps with Governments and flag carriers the possibility of a co-ordinated effort to counter such acts of terrorism and horror, particularly at airports?