Results 1-20 of 33 for terrorism speaker:John Gummer

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

John Gummer: ...that, especially for those who are not American, to stand out is to risk very long prison sentences indeed. I see complacent smiles on the faces of the Minister for Policing, Crime and Counter-Terrorism and his Parliamentary Private Secretary, but as far as British justice is concerned, it is not good enough for them not to take seriously the fact that we are in this House above all to...

Written Answers — Home Department: Extradition: USA (26 Jun 2008)

John Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from the UK to the US to face charges connected to terrorism in the last three years.

Orders of the Day: Clause 28 — Jurisdiction to try offences committed in the UK (10 Jun 2008) has video

John Gummer: Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that we have come across this problem before, in a rather different form? Legislation on terrorism is at its best when it sits best with all other legislation. Is it being suggested that we should look at how this matter is dealt with in all the other, non-terrorism legislation? It would be very much better if this Bill were on all fours with all...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 18 — Recording of interviews (10 Jun 2008) has video

John Gummer: ...justice system works, and the more we are able to see that changes can be made which do not damage the right of the individual in face of the full majesty of the law, the better. Special anti-terrorism arrangements inherently cause most of us concern. I agree with my right hon. and learned Friend, and the Minister might like to consider that. The key thing for today is to ensure judicial...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 18 — Recording of interviews (10 Jun 2008) has video

John Gummer: ...is a valuable example of taking a sensible measure in a non-draconian way, which gets support of the kind that we need in order to ensure that the special arrangements that we make for our counter-terrorism activities are accepted as suitable within a democratic society. Most of us ought to be concerned to avoid alienating people by going against our own philosophy. The concept of going to...

Written Answers — Home Department: Coroners: Armed Forces (10 Mar 2008)

John Gummer: ...Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to exclude all inquests relating to deaths in the course of military operations from the powers given to her in the Counter-Terrorism Bill which would allow her to certify that a coroner's inquest be held without a jury.

Written Answers — Home Department: Counter-Terrorism Bill (10 Mar 2008)

John Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from other governments on Part 6 of the Counter-Terrorism Bill.

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners: Armed Forces (10 Mar 2008)

John Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to exclude inquests relating to deaths in the course of military operations from use of the powers in the Counter-Terrorism Bill to appoint a specially appointed coroner.

Written Answers — Justice: Coroners: Armed Forces (10 Mar 2008)

John Gummer: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to exclude inquests relating to deaths caused by friendly fire from use of the powers in the Counter-Terrorism Bill to (a) certify that a coroner's inquest be held without a jury and (b) appoint a specially appointed coroner.

Orders of the Day: Clause 3 — Changes of terminology (3 Mar 2008)

John Gummer: ...is clear, given those present in the Chamber, that we are likely to be able to discuss everything before us in the time that we have available, which is unique. For those of us for whom there is no terror in this remarkably valuable treaty, the House's inability to debate and argue in order to show that it is much less difficult than how some would characterise it has proved to be a great...

Business of the House (Lisbon Treaty) (No.2): Lisbon Treaty (No.1) — (1st Allotted Day) (29 Jan 2008) has video

John Gummer: Does the right hon. Lady agree that, if we are to face the much greater problems that we now have with international terrorism, we cannot but do that in any way other than to work very closely and continuously with our neighbours—that needs a provision that goes beyond where we are now—and that co-operation in a general sense is not satisfactory when we face such a very present...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Middle East (17 Jul 2006)

John Gummer: ...be proportionate but be seen to be proportionate. In so far as it is disproportionate, it leads people outside to use the phrase, "A plague o' both your houses!" and it looks like the same kind of terrorism to which it is meant to respond. Will the Government assure the House that they are putting all pressure on the United States, which, after all, is the key to a solution, to be...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism (15 Feb 2006)

John Gummer: Will my hon. Friend return to his statement that we do not need the word "glorification" because the legislation covers the indirect encouragement of terrorism? Can he think of a single example in which a person who could be prosecuted for glorification could not be prosecuted for indirect encouragement in a case that would be likely to be won?

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of terrorism (9 Nov 2005)

John Gummer: ...is my first objection. My second is this. If the clause does not refer to that, how can it refer to anything that is not covered by the rest of the clause, which deals with the encouragement of terrorism? That is the distinction that seems to me so difficult. If it does mean something different, what it means seems to me to be something that should not be made illegal and punishable by...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of terrorism (9 Nov 2005)

John Gummer: I shall not glorify any of those people, thus protecting myself from the clause. There are circumstances in which terrorism is seen in different lights in different places. In democracies, people have a right to expect an obedience to the law that they do not have a right to expect in military dictatorships. In today's world, we have a right to expect obedience to the law in a way that...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of terrorism (9 Nov 2005)

John Gummer: ...among the ethnic minorities in this country. The Home Secretary was utterly right, in answering an earlier intervention, to point out the enormous support for law and order and the opposition to terrorism that we find among the Muslim community. Unfortunately, he was not answering the question that he had been asked. It was a very good answer to a question on that subject, but that was not...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Encouragement of terrorism (9 Nov 2005)

John Gummer: ...why glorification is so dangerous to history teachers and so on. It is almost impossible to imagine circumstances in which the provision creates any additional defence of freedom or opposition to terrorism that could properly be used. It does not make sense. Introducing into British law an offence of glorification is seriously dangerous. The word "glorification" is so loose, difficult to...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 23 — Extension of period of detention by judicial authority (2 Nov 2005)

John Gummer: ...threat, because whole communities have ceased to believe that the law is equally on their side. For me, that consideration meant that I had to vote against the Bill in its entirety. We will defeat terrorism in the end only when the communities within which the terrorist hides, or upon whose tacit support the terrorist depends, withdraw any scintilla of support. In this case, we start with...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (18 Oct 2005)

John Gummer: ...in a better position and whether the solution would have been cost-effective if applied to their past actions. Perhaps the Minister could explain the role of the identity card in the prevention of terrorism. I can see that it would be useful in circumstances in which someone claims to be Mr. Jones to check whether they are indeed that person. That is a satisfactory concept, but I cannot...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (18 Oct 2005)

John Gummer: Do we not need to know from the Government precisely how helpful identity cards and the register would be in the detection and prevention of terrorism, so that we can judge whether the system's disadvantages would be outweighed by such help? Is it not true that at the moment, the Government are offering the blanket statement—sometimes it is a blanket statement—that this provision...