Results 1-20 of 20 for terrorism speaker:Theresa May

Business of the House (9 Oct 2008) has video

Theresa May: ...Leader of the House therefore now give us the date for the Chancellor's pre-Budget Report? Earlier this week The Times reported that the Government plan to drop their unpopular proposal to hold terror suspects for 42 days without charge because it is widely expected that the measure will be resoundingly defeated in the House of Lords next Monday. Can the Leader of the House confirm that...

Business of the House (12 Jun 2008) has video

Theresa May: ...June in the name of the Democratic Unionist party, can we have a statement from the Northern Ireland Secretary on the Government's plans for expenditure in Northern Ireland? Talking of the Counter-Terrorism Bill, on Tuesday, Members had only three hours to discuss 16 new clauses and about 60 amendments covering crucial issues such as post-charge questioning and control orders. That has...

Business of the House (3 Apr 2008) has video

Theresa May: ...when will the Government do the same? Will the right hon. and learned Lady make a statement outlining Government policy on eating disorders, body image and the media? Today, a report on the Counter-Terrorism Bill was published by the Committee of Selection. Although more than 50 Labour MPs oppose the Government's plans for pre-charge detention, not one of them has been put forward by the...

Business of the House (24 Jan 2008)

Theresa May: .... If they know, why does the Leader of the House not have the courtesy to tell the whole House? This morning the Home Secretary appeared on the "Today" programme giving details of the Counter-Terrorism Bill before it was published for Members of the House. Yet again, the Government have put the media before Parliament. Every week the Leader of the House tells us that she puts Parliament...

Business of the House (15 Nov 2007)

Theresa May: ..., so may we have a debate in Government time on Labour's total failure to get a grip on serious and violent crime? Today it has been reported that the Government want to extend the period for which terror suspects can be held without trial to 58 days. The Leader of the House has consistently said that such announcements should be made to the House first, but yesterday, when the Prime...

Business of the House (26 Jul 2007) has video

Theresa May: ...State for Transport made a statement on the railways, but its contents were debated that very morning on the "Today" programme. Yesterday, the Prime Minister made his statement on the detention of terror suspects, but he had already given the story to The Sun. Will the right hon. and learned Lady take time from her other duties to ensure that all of her ministerial colleagues, including...

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Theresa May: ...previous legislative programme? According to the Leader of the House's website, the following Government Bills for 2006-07 have not yet had their First Reading: the Climate Change Bill, the counter-terrorism Bill, the protection of cultural property during armed conflict Bill, the House of Lords Bill, the Human Tissues and Embryos Bill, the local government regulation office Bill, the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Proscribed Organisations (7 Jun 2007)

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations have been proscribed using terrorism legislation; and for what reasons in each case.

Business of the House (24 May 2007)

Theresa May: I thank the Leader of the House for providing the future business and for his other announcements. The Home Secretary has just told us that the Government will introduce a new counter-terrorism Bill, but we were told in the Queen's Speech that there would be a criminal justice Bill. None has been forthcoming, so will the right hon. Gentleman tell us whether the Prime Minister designate has...

Written Answers — International Development: Palestininans: Education (16 May 2007)

Theresa May: ...period for which figures are available; and what steps his Department takes to ensure that aid given to the Palestinian Authority is not spent on educational text books that promote violence and terrorism.

Business of the House (3 May 2007)

Theresa May: ...access to justice. The Committee calls the reforms "untested and unpiloted". May we have a debate on legal aid? Yesterday, the Prime Minister again refused an independent inquiry into the 7 July terror attacks, but the promised Intelligence and Security Committee report has its limitations. That Committee has no investigative powers and did not even receive evidence from the West...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Detainees (16 Apr 2007)

Theresa May: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those detained under the Terrorism Acts (a) were seeking asylum at the time of their detention and (b) have subsequently claimed asylum.

Business of the House (16 Nov 2006)

Theresa May: ...the Leader of the House confirm that the Government will indeed produce a legal services Bill to reform the coroners system this Session? Also missing from the Queen's Speech was any reference to a terrorism Bill. Yesterday, on the "Today" programme, the Home Secretary said that if there was a requirement to extend the period of detention without charge beyond 28 days: "If such a case is...

Business of the House (12 Oct 2006)

Theresa May: ...I ask that in the light of a Home Office reply to a written question from my hon. Friend the Member for North-West Cambridgeshire (Mr. Vara). He asked how many people have been arrested under anti-terrorism legislation and how long they were kept before being charged or released. The Leader of the House will realise that that is crucial to the debate on the time for which people may be...

Business of the House (22 Jun 2006)

Theresa May: ...not unusual for the Chancellor to deal with matters that are not in his direct remit. In the past six months, he has spoken about liberty and the role of the state, Britishness, security and anti-terrorism, and the environment. Given that the Chancellor now has such a wide-ranging role, will the Leader of the House arrange for time in the parliamentary programme for questions to the Prime...

Business of the House (8 Jun 2006)

Theresa May: ...the police had been given more time in which to detain the suspected terrorists who were arrested in the Forest Gate raid last Friday. They can detain them for up to 14 days, although under the Terrorism Act 2006 the period for which suspects can be detained without charge was extended to 28 days. I think that Members will be surprised to hear that the period of detention in this case is...

Opposition Parties (Financial Assistance) (8 Feb 2006)

Theresa May: .... I shall quote one part of the report, on pages 34 to 35. The report states: "We have no doubt that the PIRA, uniquely among paramilitary organisations, has taken the strategic decision to eschew terrorism and pursue a political path. There are a number of signs that the organisation is moving in the way it indicated in its statement of 28 July 2005. But in the light of some of the...

Opposition Parties (Financial Assistance) (8 Feb 2006)

Theresa May: ...and his office a disservice in bringing the motions before the House today. No one will disagree that it is in everyone's interests for the republican movement to complete the transition from terrorism to democratic and peaceful politics, but as I said earlier, that is not the subject of the debate. The issue is what it means to be a Member of the House. Those who recognise the privilege...

Business of the House (2 Feb 2006)

Theresa May: ...Whip, whoever they may be, ample time to ensure that Government Members are present to vote? The business for the week beginning 13 February is very heavy, with the Identity Cards Bill and the Terrorism Bill. However, that week is half-term week for many schools and for many hon. Members' families. The move to a half-term parliamentary recess was designed not only to give hon. Members an...

International Women's Day (6 Mar 2003)

Mrs Theresa May: ...look on that country. The promises of aid given so fulsomely by world Governments have not yet borne fruit. We must not let the opportunity given to us by the bold action of the coalition against terror slip away in bureaucratic wrangling. We have a responsibility to the women of Afghanistan not to let that happen. The nations that promised aid should deliver it quickly, or a final chance...