Results 1-12 of 12 for terrorism speaker:Andrew George

[Mr. Joe Benton in the Chair] — Maritime and Coastguard Agency (Industrial Relations) (21 May 2008)

Andrew George: My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point, and she has been assiduous in representing the interests of the Falmouth station, which has an important international role not only in counter-terrorism, but in co-ordination of rescues. It has provided an international co-ordinating role in many other parts of the world, and is an important watch station for the MCA. The third grade, watch...

Written Answers — Defence: Ministry of Defence Police: Overtime (17 Jul 2007)

Andrew George: ...of the decision of the Ministry of Defence Police to cancel all non-mandatory staff overtime on (a) the security of military bases and (b) the capacity of his Department (i) to implement its anti-terrorism strategy and (ii) to meet its financial targets.

Arms Exports (24 Jan 2007)

Andrew George: ...the background to the case. The letter stated: "I should make clear that commercial considerations played no part in the SFO decision. Rather it was based on potential damage to the UK's counter-terrorism strategy, and ultimately on the risk to the lives of our citizens and service people if the case had gone ahead. The judgment was that UK co-operation with Saudi Arabia in the...

Written Answers — Defence: Search and Rescue Services (6 Jul 2006)

Andrew George: ...Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2006, Official Report, column 2052W, on search and rescue services, whether the assessment of the future of the Maritime Counter Terrorism role will include consideration of RNAS Culdrose as a possible base for the fulfilment of this role.

MOD Search and Rescue Services (7 Jun 2006)

Andrew George: ...to the points made by the Minister of State, Department for Transport, in his letter of 5 June, I would like to know how a more harmonised service will be provided if the maritime and counter-terrorism service is being taken away from the search and rescue service. We still do not know how a service including the air ambulance, medevac, casevac and other functions provided by 711...

MOD Search and Rescue Services (7 Jun 2006)

Andrew George: ...in the written answer that I quoted—the squadron needs a greater capacity than one aircraft with a back-up. As the Minister is also aware, the service fulfils an important maritime anti-terrorism function, to which he referred in his letter to me on 26 May this year: "Additionally, the new UK SAR-H will not undertake the counter-terrorism role currently undertaken by 771 squadron....

Written Answers — Defence: Search and Rescue (7 Jun 2006)

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how capability to maintain (a) real-life training experience for military personnel, (b) counter-terrorism measures and (c) transference of skills to combat search and rescue (SAR) for military crews will be maintained under the proposed single SAR private finance initiative contract for UK provision.

Written Answers — Defence: 771 Search and Rescue Squadron (10 May 2006)

Andrew George: ...a) the protection of lives of those at sea and on the coast in western waters and Cornwall and the south west, (b) the training of and experience available to naval pilots and crew and (c) anti-terrorism activities.

Written Answers — International Development: Counter-terrorism (13 Jun 2005)

Andrew George: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) proportion and (b) amount of his Department's resource budget was spent on counter-terrorism measures in (i) Africa, (ii)Afghanistan, (iii) Pakistan, (iv) the Philippines, (v) the remaining South and East Asia and Pacific countries and (vi) all other countries in each year since 2001–02.

Middle East (3 Jun 2003)

Mr Andrew George: ...Office seeks it, too. We must remain focused on where we want the process to end, because it is not simply a means—there is an end. There are people on both sides whose purpose is war and terror, and they have lost sight of where they want to go, what this is about and why they do what they do.

Middle East (3 Jun 2003)

Mr Andrew George: ...for purely cynical purposes. It must also be recognised that the middle east is a focus for the whole world and for the tension between the west and Arabic and Islamic countries. On the campaign on terror, the perpetrators of the atrocities of 11 September 2001 must be pursued. However, the only way ultimately to deal with Islamic fundamentalist terrorism is the overwhelming retaliation...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (23 Oct 2002)

Mr Andrew George: If the Prime Minister agrees that, to combat international terrorism, the United Kingdom should support actions that make it less likely rather than more likely, will he tell the House which he thinks would command more support at home and at the UN; the unilateral option of President Bush or the multilateral approach of President Chirac?