Results 1-20 of 21 for terrorism speaker:John McDonnell

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

John McDonnell: ...terrain. I must add that all those invasions claimed the consent of the people. I believe that the strategy of destroying al-Qaeda flies in the face of all that we know and understand about modern terrorism, which does not need a fixed territorial base. As we have discovered, modern-day terrorists can be based as much in Leeds as in the mountains of Afghanistan itself. The attempts to...

Point of Order (23 Mar 2009) has video

John McDonnell: ...that when I left the sitting of Parliament on Friday and passed through Parliament square and into Birdcage walk, I was detained by the police on a stop and search on the basis of the use of anti-terrorism legislation. That follows on from what happened only a few weeks ago during our campaign against the third runway. One of our campaigners, who was simply taking photographs of the...

Police Pay (9 Jan 2008)

John McDonnell: ...reform and resources directorate, on 29 June. He wrote: "Asking the Treasury to let us do so"— that is, pay the full award— "risks damaging our bid for significant extra money for counter-terrorism. There is no real business case for a generous pay rise for the police this year." On the evidence of that memo, serving police officers have been caught up in negotiations between...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

John McDonnell: ...the threats come from other states, but they are more likely to come from small, invisible and unpredictable terrorist groups. In the modern world, new techniques are used to deal with states and terrorism.

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

John McDonnell: ...the country and of the constituents whom we represent. Therefore, I resent the fact that this debate has moved away from a serious discussion of the issue in recent weeks, and that the threat from terrorism is used for political advantage rather than as a spur to drawing up appropriate legislation for our statute books. I am critical of all parties in that respect. I am upset—to say...

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

John McDonnell: ...of discretion, and we have been given assurances on the Floor of the House about the way in which the legislation will be used. However, I remind the House of when we debated the most recent anti-terror legislation. We sought assurances at that stage from my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary, who was then a junior Minister at the Home Office, on whether peaceful demonstrators would be...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 — Issue etc. of ID Cards (18 Oct 2005)

John McDonnell: ...the Government have quite properly given assurances that they will try to keep costs down, but I have sat in the Chamber listening to assurances before. When we considered the Bill that became the Terrorism Act 2000, the Home Secretary—he was then a junior Home Office Minister—assured us that the measure would not be used against people who were peacefully picketing and...

Orders of the Day — Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (13 Oct 2005)

John McDonnell: When we come to the debate on the Terrorism Bill, proscription will be on the grounds of statements that glorify or exalt, so it will be on the basis of statements made in the future.

Emergency Services (Regionalisation) (12 Oct 2005)

John McDonnell: ...was sent to Ministers. I am not sure whether I should have this report, because I am not sure whether the business case has been produced. I do not know whether I might be arrested under the new terrorism legislation, but let us hope that whatever the Home Secretary is drafting today, it does not concern the leakage of documents. Yorkshire and Humberside regional management board said that...

Support For Members Who Have Chosen Not To Take Their Seats (10 Mar 2005)

Mr John McDonnell: ..., but since the Iraq war I no longer take such information on trust. If there is evidence, it should be brought forward in a court of law. Hon. Members have been arguing about that principle, and terrorism generally, for almost a week. I maintain that a matter of principle is involved in how we adhere to the traditions of this House and British justice. The Robert McCartney tragedy moves...

Air Transport White Paper (11 Feb 2004)

Mr John McDonnell: ...have been published. The cost assessments of individual developments have not been as robust as possible in term of embracing the full range of concerns, and we have not addressed the problem of terrorism and the threat to airports. That was mentioned in relation to helicopter pads, but there has been no assessment by independent experts of the risk caused to urban populations by siting...

Fire and Rescue Services Bill (26 Jan 2004)

Mr John McDonnell: ..., the Bill goes slightly beyond the view expressed by the Minister in regard to intervention when no regional assembly structure exists, and not just in relation to imposing solutions to tackle terrorism. Clause 2(2)(a) states that if "it appears to the Secretary of State that for the purposes of this Act, in the interests of greater economy, efficiency and effectiveness, there should be a...

Budget Resolutions — Amendment of the Law (9 Apr 2003)

Mr John McDonnell: ...been invited into what is described as new dimension training. The Chancellor has set aside a sum today to fund some of that training, which is about tackling the biological and chemical weapons threat from terrorism in this country. As well as calling on our firefighters to tackle that threat, we should acknowledge their commitment and professional skills by paying them appropriately....

Iraq (18 Mar 2003)

Mr John McDonnell: ...by the use of the memories of those who died on 11 September to justify dusting off Rumsfeld's five-year-old plan to invade Iraq. They understand that the war has no link to the war against terrorism and will exacerbate the terrorist threat for years. They have grown wary of pleas for and justification of war on humanitarian grounds by those whose humanitarian credentials are compromised...

Aviation Industry (5 Nov 2001)

Mr John McDonnell: .... I differ strongly from that view. The fact that civilian aircraft were used as a weapon in the 11 September attack and that the present war is predicated on a long-haul approach to tackling terrorism means, in the view of many people, that the current recession in the industry will be deeper and longer lasting. In that situation, the Government cannot stand back or fail to intervene....

Business of the House (8 Oct 2001)

Mr John McDonnell: I must explain my constituency interest. The constituents of many west London Members will be starting their shifts at Heathrow tonight. With Heathrow a target, there is concern that we tackle terrorism in the long term to make all our communities safe. I was interested by the comment of the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East (Sir T. Taylor) about the broad agreement in the House...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Terrorism: Interpretation (10 Jul 2000)

Mr John McDonnell: Running through the debate has been the definition of terrorism. In all our discussions here and in the other place we have rehearsed the examination of the original definition within the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989, which at that stage was contentious in itself. We suggested a definition that involved the use of violence for political ends including any use of...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Terrorism: Interpretation (15 Mar 2000)

Mr John McDonnell: ...in force, the poll tax demonstration could have been prevented—he might think that would have been a good thing—as could any demonstration on the say so of one constable saying that a terrorism investigation was under way.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Repeals (15 Mar 2000)

Mr John McDonnell: .... In the early 1980s, Errol and Theresa Smalley approached me because they were concerned about their nephew—Paul Hill—who was one of the first people picked up under the prevention of terrorism Acts, and subsequently framed. I visited him in prison over the years—with my hon. Friend the Member for Islington, North (Mr. Corbyn). I even attended his wedding in Long...

Irish People in Britain (4 Mar 1998)

Mr John McDonnell: ...abuse. Regrettably, the survey also revealed an element of police harassment, sometimes triggered by the hearing of Irish accents of names, and often associated with the use of the prevention of terrorism Acts. The research programme went on to survey a cross-section of the Irish population in Britain, and the researchers concluded: The most striking finding was the high levels of...