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Outlawries Bill: Debate on the Address — [1st Day] (18 Nov 2009)

Michael Howard: ...globalised world of the 21st century. The fundamental question is who will be ultimately responsible for striking that balance: elected Members of Parliament or unelected judges? In the cases on terrorism, Parliament twice, after much anxious consideration by both Houses, reached its view. It was not always a view with which I agreed, but it was the view of elected Members of Parliament...

Bill Presented: Coroners and Justice Bill (9 Nov 2009) has video

Michael Howard: ...out the history of the matter, partly to excuse the fact that my contribution lacks all novelty. I am here to repeat the arguments that I put before the House on the Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill on 10 June 2008 and the Second Reading of this Bill on 23 March this year. After I made my intervention on the former, the provisions that would have made intercept evidence...

Bill Presented: New Clause 14 — Inquests in camera (23 Mar 2009) has video

Michael Howard: I am grateful to my hon. and learned Friend. I am afraid that much of the rest of what I have to say this evening will be a repeat of what I said on Second Reading of the Counter-Terrorism Bill on 10 June last year, as that Bill contained similar provisions to those I now wish to address, particularly those dealing with the proposed admissibility of intercept evidence at coroners' inquests...

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Justice (7 Nov 2007)

Michael Howard: ...a long period. The Gracious Speech referred to two Bills that are at the heart of today's debate: one of them seeks to reform the criminal justice system, and the other seeks to change the law on terrorism. I shall, with considerable difficulty, resist the temptation to take issue with the many tendentious claims the Secretary of State for Justice made in his speech at the outset of the...

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Justice (7 Nov 2007)

Michael Howard: ...advanced by my hon. Friend, but it is certainly an interesting thought. I believe that it is time to allow intercept evidence to be used to help secure the conviction of those who are guilty of terrorism and other serious offences. I hope that we shall see legislation that will achieve that outcome on the statute book in this Session.

Points of Order: UK-US Extradition Treaty (12 Jul 2006)

Michael Howard: ...."—[ Official Report, 5 July 2006; Vol. 448, c. 807] That statement is plainly incorrect, and the Prime Minister should apologise and withdraw it. Secondly, the Government resort to the terrorism gambit. On 1 March, in response to the leader of the Liberal Democrats, the Prime Minister referred to these issues as "international terrorism issues". As we know, that is a gross...

Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Nov 2005)

Michael Howard: Every Member of the House is united in a desire to take effective action against the new terrorist threat that—[Interruption.] There are people on the Benches behind me who fought terrorism on the streets of Northern Ireland and that response is disgraceful. Since the Terrorism Bill was first presented to the House it has been amended to provide for High Court supervision of detention,...

Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Nov 2005)

Michael Howard: Let me repeat that we all accept that we face a new threat of terrorism and that we all want to take effective action against that threat. Let me remind the Prime Minister of what he said in the past in relation to anti-terrorism issues. He said: "The view of the police must be taken into account, but . . . the objections received from a very broad range of opinion on these proposals should...

Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Nov 2005)

Michael Howard: We all want to fight terrorism effectively, but we do not have to look very far beyond our shores to see what happens if minority communities are alienated. What is likely to be the state of mind of someone who spends the equivalent of six months in prison on the basis of no evidence whatever and is then released without charge? What will that person's friends, relatives and community think?...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 Jul 2005)

Michael Howard: ...action, on which he has just touched. Since then, there has been a particular focus on Pakistan, where the Government and President Musharraf have pledged their full support in the fight against terrorism. Will the Prime Minister update the House on the work that is being carried out with the Government of Pakistan, including keeping the madrassahs under closer scrutiny?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 Jul 2005)

Michael Howard: ...for that answer and he will know that I entirely agree with the sentiments that he has just expressed. I also welcome the discussions that took place with the Home Secretary on Monday about counter-terrorism legislation and the Government's agreement to our suggestion that their new legislation should be considered separately from the issue of control orders. Will the Government also give...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (20 Jul 2005)

Michael Howard: ...on the use of intercept evidence and I look forward to discussing those matters with him further next week. Yesterday, The New York Times reported that, less than a month before 7 July, the joint terrorism analysis centre had concluded that "at present there is not a group with both the current intent and the capability to attack the UK". Is there anything that the Prime Minister can say...

London Attacks (11 Jul 2005)

Michael Howard: ...institutions, the democracy and the values of which we are all so justly proud. Instead, our Government, our citizens and our way of life proved once again resilient in the face of evil. And the terrorists failed to divide us, one from another. They failed to incite one group in our national community to blame another. The very society—multifaith and multicultural—that stands...

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

Michael Howard: ...promise to narrow the pay gap between men and women. We welcome many measures in the Government's programme. For example, we support legislation that will genuinely help in the fight against terrorism. We support any legislation that will restore the integrity of the voting system, which was recently described as something that would "disgrace a banana republic". But why are the Government...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (16 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: ...exposed the evil of IRA thuggery? In paying tribute to their courage, will the Prime Minister make it clear that there can be no place in the Government of Northern Ireland for any party linked to terror and organised crime and that refuses to co-operate with the police?

Prevention of Terrorism Bill (10 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: On a point of order, Mr. Deputy Speaker. The House is this morning debating matters of the most fundamental importance to our country. They relate to the protection of our country from the threat of terrorism, and the fundamental liberties of the people of this country. It is essential for the future confidence in this House, and the political system as a whole, that these debates take place...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: Today, the House will debate the Prevention of Terrorism Bill. It is important that we all understand its scope. At the weekend, the Prime Minister said that its provisions could be used against protesters against the G8 meeting in Scotland. Did he mean that?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: The Prime Minister was asked whether the Home Secretary would use the new anti-terror laws against G8 protesters, and he replied, "I couldn't rule it out." So what on earth was he on about?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: If the Prime Minister thinks that it is only the Conservative Front Bench in the House of Lords that is opposed to the Bill, he is living on another planet. I did take action against terrorism when I was Home Secretary, and when we brought the prevention of terrorism legislation to this House, he opposed it. He opposed it even when the terrorist bombs of the IRA were raining down on Heathrow...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (9 Mar 2005)

Mr Michael Howard: ...the Government if there is a sunset clause in the Bill. I have come to the conclusion that this Prime Minister wants this Bill to fail. He wants to pretend that he is the only one who is tough on terrorism. Is not it a dreadful measure from a desperate Prime Minister, and should he not be thoroughly ashamed of himself?