Results 1-20 of 30 for terrorism speaker:Robert Marshall-Andrews

Opposition Day — [14th allotted day]: Iraq Inquiry (24 Jun 2009) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...—who was at the time in Washington, Richard Dearlove, reported to the then Prime Minister in these terms: "Bush wanted to remove Saddam through military action justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." That was the clearest possible statement, which was echoed in the House almost exactly word for word,...

Employment Retention: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (3 Mar 2009) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...what experience I have in the criminal courts, I do not accept that. I do not believe for one moment that a raft of such cases exists. From what I can bring to bear, I have no experience, either in terrorism cases or outside them, where, if the offences are sufficiently serious and there is evidence on which a raft of people can come to the conclusion that there is a real danger of serious...

Employment Retention: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (3 Mar 2009) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...a country that not only has access to control orders, but has access to regular torture of suspects. I should have thought that if ever there was an example of repressive measures not controlling terrorism, it was that one.

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (8 Jul 2008) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...been allotted. I entirely agree that special counsel are wholly appropriate in these circumstances. I was wholly against them when they were mooted in this House, but they have worked very well in terrorism cases, and my experience of them has been nothing but good. The idea has been commendable, and there seems to be no reason why it should not be adopted, particularly in this Bill. I,...

Orders of the Day: "Part IV — Bail (11 Jun 2008) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...he explain to me and the House what is wrong with a holding charge? A holding charge is used in criminal jurisprudence in every other aspect of crime, so why should it not be entirely available in terrorism cases?

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (1 Apr 2008) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and its provisions to charge people with refusing to give up encryption. That power also exists under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. In so far as the refusal constitutes contempt of court, RIPA allows for incarceration, until the encryption is given up and the encrypted material translated,...

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...Jonathan Powell, that: "There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." In the same minute, it is recorded that the then Foreign Secretary, now the Lord Chancellor, said that it...

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...issue. May I deal briefly with the encryption problem that lies at the root of this, because I simply do not understand the approach? In the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and other statutes, offences are specifically made and orders may be made compelling those who are suspected of crime or who are arrested to give up their encryption. They...

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...occasion on which we debated the issue two years ago. I wonder whether the right hon. Gentleman can answer this question. Under both the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, there is provision for orders to be made requiring that people who are held should give up the encryption on their computers. If they do not do so, they may be held in custody...

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ..., where, he said: "There was a perceptible shift in attitude. Military action was now seen as inevitable. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, through military action, justified by the conjunction of terrorism and WMD. But the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy." Not one word of that reached this House in the subsequent debates. Not once were we told that it was the belief...

Orders of the Day: Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill (29 Nov 2006)

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...what the Solicitor-General says is motivating the Government—we are not simply on a slippery slope, we are on a glacial path towards the Government bringing forward legislation in respect of terrorism, in respect of long murder trials, and in respect of all trials anticipated to last for more than six weeks, all to be tried for three weeks by judge alone, with all the difficulties...

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...the office of the Attorney-General will be besieged by those who believe that what somebody else has said—be they Islamic or Christian; it does not matter—constitutes a glorification of terrorism. Demands will be made for the Attorney-General to exercise his discretion and if he agrees to do so, it will cause immense trouble and pain. If he does not, that will also cause...

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: I am sorry because my comments will be repetitive. If I am a seriously radicalised Muslim who is contemplating carrying out acts of terror, the fact that someone in a public position and a politician indicates that they have sympathy or understanding for such actions is likely to encourage me.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism (2 Nov 2005)

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...proves it or gets inside a man's head, it is simple—one listens to what he says and the context in which he says it. One then says that, in those contexts, he manifestly intended to ferment terrorism or terrorist acts. That is not difficult, and I cannot understand for a moment why the Home Secretary will not accept it, particularly as it is already enshrined within European...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill — [1st Allotted Day]: Clause 1 — Encouragement of Terrorism (2 Nov 2005)

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...that public statement. Such people must consider, reasonably, that there will be someone out there, listening to them, who, having heard them express that, will be encouraged to commit an act of terrorism. "Encouragement" is, of course, the word involved here. One takes a harmless analogy: I can imagine people saying, "There is legislation that the Government try to pass that is so awful...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 5 — Applications Relating to Entries in the Register (18 Oct 2005)

Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...—is that I voted against what I considered to be the most illiberal piece of legislation that the House has been asked to pass for half a century and quite possibly—pace the Bill on terrorism—into the foreseeable future. I strongly urge hon. Members to join me in the Lobby tonight in order to bring to an end this attempt to visit such illiberalism on our people.

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

Robert Marshall-Andrews: If I may leave terrorism for a moment and go on to the second claim made by the Government, concerning serious and organised crime. I have asked the Government on a number of occasions to provide one—just one—example of a crime detected in this country in the recent past that would have been stopped by an identification card. No single example has been provided to me. Has any...

Prevention of Terrorism Bill (10 Mar 2005)

Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...noble Lord of my party, is worthy of support. One year is enough. We need to bring back in a year not this old malformed Bill, resurfaced and rehatched, but a new Bill to deal with the problems of terrorism, which are undoubtedly real.

Security Screen (22 Apr 2004)

Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...after the events of last year, or for the Metropolitan police commissioner, for whom I have a great liking and admiration. It will be a victory for the grim list of organisations appended to the Terrorism Act 2000, including Islamic Jihad, Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRA, the Ulster Volunteer Force, al-Qaeda and so on, which will have the enormous satisfaction of knowing that simply through...

Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security (25 Feb 2004)

Mr Robert Marshall-Andrews: ...than the injury or damage to property or even to life. We have now taken draconian powers as a result of the emergence of that terrorist, criminal organisation. I shall give one example under the Terrorism Act 2000, which hon. Members may be interested in. It is now an offence to possess "Scouting for Boys". I have a copy; I have had it for a long time. It is an interesting book—now...