Results 1-12 of 12 for terrorism speaker:Malcolm Moss

Written Answers — Transport, Local Government and the Regions: Council Tax (3 Dec 2001)

Mr Malcolm Moss: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what impact the heightened state of alert against terrorism will have on the level of council tax in English local authorities in the context of increased civil defence and emergency planning expenditure; and if he will make a statement.

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Bill: Suspension of Prisoner Releases (13 Jul 1999)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...(8), a specified organisation is clearly defined as an organisation specified by order of the Secretary of State; and he shall specify any organisation which he believes—(a) is concerned in terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland …(b) has not established or is not maintaining a complete and unequivocal ceasefire. Subsection (9) states that the Secretary of...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (22 Feb 1999)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...whether all the arms had been decommissioned. The fact is that any organisation—in Northern Ireland, in the island of Ireland as a whole or even in this country—that is serious about terrorism can obtain arms tomorrow, if it wants to. What we are talking about is a full and total commitment to peaceful and democratic means. Since last May, the Government have achieved much,...

Opposition Day: Terrorist Mutilations (Northern Ireland) (27 Jan 1999)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...that view and asked the Government to differentiate between those and political activities, which is impossible because the same people are perpetrating both the political activities and the acts of terrorism in the estates of Northern Ireland. As the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (Mr. Field) pointed out in an intervention, the second part of the agenda is to undermine the Royal Ulster...

Opposition Day: Decommissioning and Prisoner Releases (9 Dec 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...voters are uneasy about some of the Blair Government's actions in connection with peace negotiations … Only 21 per cent. of people in Britain believe that the IRA 'has permanently renounced terrorism' and all but a tiny minority believe that terrorist organisations should be required to decommission all their weapons at once.The majority view is that weapons decommissioning should be...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland Bill: Payments into the Fund: Secretary of State (24 Jul 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...the future distribution of moneys to Northern Ireland will be fair and will take account of Northern Ireland's unique needs. Nowhere else in the United Kingdom has the pressure of law and order and terrorism on its budget. I hope that that is a thing of the past, but nothing on the horizon suggests that expenditure in that area will diminish in the short term. Perhaps the issue will be...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill: Applications (15 Jun 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...to cause problems once they were released, because the prospects of reincarceration would be far more serious than for those on fixed terms. Some fixed-term prisoners may be far more committed to terrorism and to the cause than their colleagues on longer sentences, including life sentences. On conviction, it may not have been possible to make more serious charges stick to such prisoners,...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill: Applications (15 Jun 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: No, that does not apply, because, in subsection (3), the first condition is that the sentence must have been passed in Northern Ireland for a qualifying offence. An offence of terrorism in the middle east would not qualify under that subsection.

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Sentences) Bill (10 Jun 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...Minister said that the war is finished, done with, gone". To ordinary men and women in Northern Ireland and in mainland Britain, it is inconceivable that an organisation that eschews violence and terrorism cannot co-operate fully and totally with the decommissioning process. My hon. Friend the Member for Bracknell, the right hon. Member for Upper Bann (Mr. Trimble) and the hon. Member for...

Police (Northern Ireland) Bill: Provision and Maintenance of Buildings and Equipment (7 May 1998)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...to purchase certain equipment, instances might well arise during the year when the Chief Constable wished to make additional purchases. That could result from changed circumstances in regard to terrorism, law and order or any other sector over which the Chief Constable had responsibility and on which he would wish to take operational decisions quickly, in order to face whatever threat...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Emergency Provisions) Bill (18 Nov 1997)

Mr Malcolm Moss: ...out or certifying in has effectively done a U-turn. We welcome that change of heart and hope that Ministers will continue to support the policy as and when the review of the prevention of terrorism Act and associated legislation takes place, some time next year. I shall now pick up on some of the contributions with which I concur and I hope the Minister will give full answers to hon....

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Community Relations Officers (14 Feb 1991)

Mr Malcolm Moss: I thank my hon. Friend for that reply. Does he agree that the development of community relations is a major help in defeating terrorism through the promotion of better understanding between communities? How does his Department propose to help in the funding of district council community relations officers?