Results 1-20 of 27 for terrorism speaker:Gerald Howarth

Opposition Day — [14th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (11 Jun 2007)

Gerald Howarth: ...to provide British military support. We had to initiate the debate and we did so on 30 January 2003, when my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) said: "If the wider war on terrorism is to succeed, it is crucial that we do not forfeit vital international support by pursuing a war against Saddam Hussein without a comprehensive humanitarian strategy for helping the innocent...

Written Answers — Defence: International Anti-terror Exercise (4 Sep 2006)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the Stepnoy Orel-2006 (Steppe Eagle) international anti-terror exercise; and what (a) UK and (b) international forces were involved.

Territorial Army Rebalancing (23 Mar 2006)

Gerald Howarth: .... May I pose a few specific questions to the Minister? First, there is no mention in the statement of the civil contingency reserves. What has the Minister to say about the TA's role in countering terrorism at home and being available to deal with other civil emergencies? Secondly, what significance should we attach to the mobilisation of a new combat legal force, something that sounds...

London Terror Attack Update (20 Jul 2005)

Gerald Howarth: While I welcome the creation of the new offence of indirect incitement to terrorism, I point out to the Home Secretary that some of us, including the hon. Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore), have been warning about the activities of fanatics for the past 10 years, yet the Government have taken no action. I sent the Home Secretary's predecessor, the right hon. Member for Blackburn (Mr. Straw),...

Written Answers — Home Department: Scanner Technology (19 Jul 2005)

Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the contribution which QinetiQ's scanner technology could make to the anti-terrorism campaign.

Zimbabwe (1 Jul 2004)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...of the issue of the safeguarding of pensions. The Government owe these people a debt of honour. It would not cost a huge amount, but if they accept that they have a duty to the victims of Mugabe's terror regime, I hope that they will step up to the mark and accept that they have a duty to discharge towards people who did not work for profit in the private sector but were public servants...

Defence Procurement (16 Jun 2004)

Mr Gerald Howarth: .... We expect to see a similar pattern of operations in the future." In other words, as I said at the time, the Government expect multiple, concurrent, small-to-medium-scale operations on counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation and enduring peace support that are well beyond the assumptions of the strategic defence review to be the norm, or to be carried out without creating overstretch....

Defence Policy (25 Mar 2004)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...planning assumptions. We expect to see a similar pattern of operations in the future." In other words, the Government expect multiple, concurrent, small to medium-scale operations such as counter-terrorism, counter-proliferation operations and enduring peace support operations well beyond the assumptions of the strategic defence review to be the norm, without creating overstretch. The...

Estimates Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates, 2002–2003 — Foreign and Commonwealth Office — War Against Terrorism (11 Mar 2003)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...for a substantial grant of further resources, in this case to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to cover the excess expenditure that it has incurred on foreign policy aspects of the war against terrorism. The eighth motion on estimates, which cannot be debated, calls for the provision of more than £600 million of excess expenditure by the Ministry of Defence to be authorised by the...

Estimates Day — [2nd Allotted Day] — Supplementary Estimates, 2002–2003 — Foreign and Commonwealth Office — War Against Terrorism (11 Mar 2003)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...must be done. We have had a good debate in which the Foreign Affairs Committee's excellent report has acted as a catalyst for a considered and measured assessment of the threat from international terrorism and the way ahead in dealing with Iraq. We have some way to go in formulating a comprehensive defence against terrorism. As my hon. Friend the Member for South Antrim (David Burnside)...

Defence in the United Kingdom (31 Oct 2002)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...live in more dangerous times, which is why the security of the Palace of Westminster has been greatly strengthened in recent years and, indeed, recent weeks. We have ranged well beyond security and terrorism, however, in discussing retention, boy soldiers, service accommodation, arms exports, reserves, and the sleeping arrangements of the hon. Member for Crawley (Laura Moffatt) on...

Overstretch (Armed Forces) (29 Oct 2002)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...words of a gentleman who was, until recently, the Chief of our armed forces. I hope that the Minister will respond when he replies to the debate. Other additional burdens include the war against terrorism and the enhanced homeland security requirements, to which General Sir Michael Rose recently referred in an excellent article in the Daily Mail. There is increased tension in Northern...

Armed Forces Personnel (11 Apr 2002)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...and for Newark were right to say that we must consider the role of our reserve forces as we decide how best to tackle the defence of the United Kingdom homeland against the threat of international terrorism. They have a role to play, albeit that none of us wants them to spend all their time being recruited to go and sit by some key installation, because that is not their function. As my...

Afghanistan (20 Mar 2002)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...".—[ Official Report, 18 March 2002; Vol. 382, c. 25.] That is entirely untrue. My right hon. Friend and the Conservative party fully support the deployment of British troops for fighting terrorism, as part of an important contribution to the coalition with the United States in attempting to eradicate the al-Qaeda terrorist network in Afghanistan. Indeed, we have consistently made...

Orders of the Day — Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill — [2nd Allotted Day]: Clause 97 — Jurisdiction of MoD police (26 Nov 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...time properly to consider the complexities arising from the Bill, of which problem this matter is just another example. The Bill extends the powers of the MOD police well beyond dealing solely with terrorism, to which my hon. Friends on the Front Bench wish to confine it. They are right that a police Bill would have been a more appropriate measure in which to deal with the wider issues of...

Coalition Against International Terrorism (1 Nov 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...has been made to the attitude of Muslims in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. I reiterate that we all believe that this is not a war against Islam. However, it is not a war against international terrorism as such. It is a specific conflict against a specific threat and a specific enemy—Islamic fundamentalist extremists. Unless we accept that, we are, to an extent, deluding ourselves....

Public Bill Committee: Export Control: Clause 4 - Controls on provision of technical assistance overseas (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...the interpretation of technical assistance as the Minister suggests. Under the present circumstances, we must make it explicit to the courts of England that they have a duty to help to eradicate terrorism. In view of my hon. Friend's remarks, will the Minister tell us whether he has taken specific legal advice on the amendments?

Public Bill Committee: Export Control: Clause 2 - Purposes of orders under section 1(1) or 2(1) (16 Oct 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...scientists who are trying to develop defence equipment for the protection of our own people. It would be a paradox if, at the same time as we are looking for co-operation on a broad scale to defeat terrorism, we were to place in the path of industry and the scientific community impediments to their ability to work together to make the world a safer place. The United Kingdom is a world...

International Terrorism (4 Oct 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...the strategic defence review. That is right and proper in the aftermath of these horrific events. Quite clearly we will need to refocus our troops in order to meet the threat from international terrorism. That will need further funding, however, and I hope that the Minister for Europe, the right hon. Member for Neath (Peter Hain), will convey to the Defence Secretary that we expect some...

Lockerbie (31 Jan 2001)

Mr Gerald Howarth: ...my constituency? They did a fantastic job in painstakingly reconstructing the remains of the Boeing 747, the nose cone of which rests in Farnborough and is a vivid testimony to the appalling act of terrorism that was perpetrated. Will the right hon. Gentleman recognise the extraordinary skill and professionalism of that group of men and women, whose reputation is revered not only in this...