Results 1-20 of 43 for terrorism speaker:Mike Gapes

[Mr.Greg Pope in the Chair] — Arms Export Controls (5 Nov 2009)

Mike Gapes: ...Lankan Government label anybody who raises concerns about Sri Lanka as some kind of mouthpiece for the Tamil Tigers, I want to make it clear that what I say today is based on my total opposition to terrorism, to the assassination of political leaders, to blowing up buses and to killing children. That is my position whether those acts are carried out by the Tamil Tigers, the Irish...

Oral Answers to Questions — Defence: G8 Summit (13 Jul 2009)

Mike Gapes: ...pushing climate change up the agenda of the meeting. Does he agree that climate change is a bigger threat to the future of humankind than any of the regional conflicts, the economic crisis or the terrorism so prevalent in the world today? We need to act urgently on the climate change agenda.

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Global Security (Iran) (9 Jul 2009)

Mike Gapes: ...Iranians of all kinds are proud of their history and culture. They wish to share it and to engage with other countries. However, while they are run by a holocaust-denying extremist and a regime that sponsors terrorism in other countries and is in breach of its obligations under the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, the people of Iran will not be able to engage fully with the rest of the...

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Global Security (Iran) (9 Jul 2009)

Mike Gapes: ...in the country of forces it is afraid of and wishes to repress. President Obama stated: "We've got some fixed national security interests in Iran not developing nuclear weapons, in not exporting terrorism, and we have offered a pathway for Iran to rejoining the international community." However, that requires the international community to maintain certain standards and values, and to...

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

Mike Gapes: Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that co-operation between India and Pakistan in combating terrorism is also extremely important, and that it is a tragedy that the people who carried out the Mumbai attacks—who were also responsible for the bombings in Pakistan to which he referred—have been successful in that they have managed to create a situation in which the Indian and...

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

Mike Gapes: ...and Afghanistan is that the Afghan Government do not accept that border and there is almost open movement between the two countries, which makes it almost impossible to deal with the problem of terrorism and insurgency on both sides?

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Human Rights (18 Dec 2008)

Mike Gapes: ...is not doing that at the moment. Will the Minister update us as to how the Government intend to press for a more balanced approach on these matters within the UN system? The Committee has looked at terrorism for several years, both in this report and in specific reports on other issues. Examples include our report "Foreign Policy Aspects of the War Against Terrorism" and reports on the...

[Robert Key in the Chair] — Human Rights (18 Dec 2008)

Mike Gapes: ...and killed people in Islamabad and elsewhere. The Prime Minister in his statement earlier this week talked about the need for co-operation between the Indian and Pakistani Governments to combat terrorism, and the UK has offered to help both Governments. If we do so, we must know the basis on which people are interrogated, and the basis on which there is access for British or...

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

Mike Gapes: The Prime Minister has rightly referred to his efforts to improve the climate between India and Pakistan and to secure greater co-operation against terrorism, but does he not agree that the Afghan Government also have a responsibility to improve co-operation with Pakistan so that there is a collective effort? He referred to burden sharing. What discussions has he had with his German partners...

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Mike Gapes: ...said just 10 days before the terrorist attacks was that there is a need for economic co-operation between India and Pakistan. That is vital. As well as trying to ensure co-operation in combating terrorism and encouraging the European Union and our own country, we should be encouraging economic and human contacts on a much greater scale between the countries of the India-Pakistan region....

Points of Order: Promoting Democracy and Human Rights (13 Oct 2008) has video

Mike Gapes: ...and in the Arab world. Many African countries are Arab countries, and that has an enormous impact not only on potential migration resulting from climate change, but on radicalism, extremism and terrorism. There is a huge agenda, but there is also an irony in respect of the African countries, many of which have weak Governments and need the kind of excellent assistance that is given by the...

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Mike Gapes: ...that we are giving it carte blanche for ever. We need to be sure that any organisation based in this country is involved only in peaceful, democratic activities, and that it is not supporting terrorism in this country or in any other part of the world.

Orders of the Day: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (23 Jun 2008) has video

Mike Gapes: ...Government are completely obsessed with the Mujaheddin-e-Khalq, the PMOI, or whatever name we choose to give it. They even tried to organise a televised meeting between us and victims of MEK terrorism.

[Mr. Christopher Chope in the Chair] — Human Rights (11 Oct 2007)

Mike Gapes: ...that I should at least mention them. A considerable part of the report talks about the US practice of rendition of prisoners, as well as about aspects of what was called at that time "the war on terrorism", and their implications for human rights in general. Another aspect touched on in another Select Committee report that was published over the summer was the controversy concerning the...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Mike Gapes: ...the report produced by the Committee chaired by my long-standing and right hon. Friend the Member for Torfaen (Mr. Murphy) pointed out, there is a serious and sustained threat from international terrorism to the UK and its interests overseas, the most significant being from al-Qaeda and associated networks. The Foreign Affairs Committee drew a similar conclusion in our report, "The...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Mike Gapes: My right hon. Friend referred to domestic terrorism. Does he share my concern about the opinion poll that was published a few days ago indicating that 13 per cent. of British Muslims sympathised with, or actually supported, the aims of the people who carried out those terrible murders in London a year ago? Does that not indicate that we need to deal with not only intelligence, but the way in...

Terrorism (Foreign Policy Aspects) (8 Dec 2005)

Mike Gapes: ...Committee are here. I am sure that they will supplement, or even contradict, what I might say on some aspects, and they may refer to the parts that I do not touch on. There has been no let-up in terrorism internationally since the report was published. We know, sadly, from the events of 7 July in London and then 21 July that our country is now seriously threatened by radical terrorist...

Terrorism (Foreign Policy Aspects) (8 Dec 2005)

Mike Gapes: ...become so prominent and—to return to my earlier point—have become part of the debate about standards, double standards and the image of the democratic world in the context of the war on terrorism. It is not justifiable or excusable and it is also politically foolish for us to use measures that imply that our standards have changed so as to infringe human rights and break...

Terrorism (Foreign Policy Aspects) (8 Dec 2005)

Mike Gapes: ...insurrectionists who enter Iraq, but has known links with some of the more radical rejectionist Palestinian terrorist groups. It is quite clear that the Syrian regime could do much more to reduce terrorism, not just on its borders, but throughout the region. The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has come under international criticism and scrutiny, not least due to United Nations Security...

Terrorism (Foreign Policy Aspects) (8 Dec 2005)

Mike Gapes: ...west bank. We were told—I say this as someone who has always supported the two-states position and always believed that the Israelis have a right to defend themselves from attack and suicide terror—that it used to take one hour to travel by road from Hebron in the south to Ramallah, north of Jerusalem; it now takes an average of three hours. The disruption caused by the...