Results 1-20 of 53 for terrorism speaker:Chris Mullin

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (7 Jan 2008)

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what criteria she uses to decide whether national or regional liberation movements should be proscribed organisations under terrorism legislation; (2) for what reasons the Baluchistan National Liberation Army was proscribed as a terrorist organisation; and if she will make a statement.

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

Chris Mullin: ...we awarded ourselves earlier this year, which I found hard to justify as it gives an unfair advantage to incumbents. I notice that it is attracting increasingly unfavourable comment. I turn now to the counter-terrorism Bill. As we have just heard, it seems that it will include yet another attempt to increase the period for which terror suspects can be held without trial. In my time, it has...

Oral Answers to Questions — Church Commissioners: British Forces (Afghanistan) (3 Jul 2006)

Chris Mullin: May I put it to my hon. Friend that we are going to have difficulty obtaining the support of the people in Helmand province for the fight against terrorism if they suspect that we have gone there to destroy their livelihoods? Therefore this may be the moment to get out and dust down the proposal by the Senlis Council for the regulated sale of Afghan opium—in the same way as already...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Legislation (21 Nov 2005)

Chris Mullin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) detained and (b) arrested under powers in anti-terrorism legislation and subsequently (i) released without charge or (ii) not charged with an offence relating to terrorism in (A) each of the five years up to the end of 2004 and (B) in the first nine months of this year.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (10 Nov 2005)

Chris Mullin: ...has said today that he was utterly opposed to a 90-day detention period, and that he resents the way in which his views have been misused? Presumably he must be taken to know a thing or two about terrorism.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Chris Mullin: ...direct my remarks solely to the proposals for 90-day detention. I say at the outset that I realise that, with the arrival of the suicide bomber in the United Kingdom, we face a wholly new form of terrorism. I accept that we have an obligation to provide the police and security services with the tools that they need to deal with that, and I acknowledge that a difficult balance must be...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Chris Mullin: ...rather large leap to say that we now urgently need a 90-day provision. If a time period of 90 days is now essential, why, when the police were last consulted only a little over two years ago—terrorism had been with us for some time by then—did they ask for a rise from seven to only 14 days? I do not understand why their request has suddenly leapt from 14 days to 90. If they had...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Chris Mullin: ...they are in the police or the security services, but I do not endorse blindly or automatically whatever they say, because in years gone by experts have been known to be spectacularly wrong in terrorism cases and other matters. In the mid 1970s—the situation then has a bearing on today's situation —they caught the wrong people for all the main terrorist bombings. A total of 18...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Chris Mullin: Forgive me, I have only three minutes left. In many respects, the Americans have thrown away the rule book when it comes to dealing with terrorism. Some hon. Members will be familiar with the process of extraordinary rendition, whereby terror suspects are kidnapped and franchised out to countries where torture is routine. I do not want to see us starting out down that road. I do not suggest...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (18 May 2005)

Chris Mullin: ...not always get the correct information and it does not do anyone any good in the long term. It diminishes us all. I hope that we shall pay some attention to what is going on. We are all against terrorism and have all signed up to fighting the war against it. However, we are not obliged to close our eyes to the excesses of our allies in that cause. If it becomes necessary for us to sup with...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: British Citizens Killed Abroad (6 Dec 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...Office (FCO) does not usually provide financial assistance for legal costs or other expenses incurred by the families of British nationals killed abroad. As part of our assistance to victims of terrorism, we can in certain circumstances—eg if the victim's employer, insurance company or others cannot do so—offer practical support to victims of terrorism and their families. Where...

Guantanamo Bay (UK Detainees) (17 Nov 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...for families, but so far those requests have been denied. Throughout the past two or three years, the Government have sought to meet the twin objectives of pursuing the fight against international terrorism and safeguarding the interests of British citizens detained overseas. It is important to remember the context in which the detentions at Guantanamo took place: 11 September was the...

War against Terrorism (4 Nov 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...continents have been affected by terrorist acts. In the past five years as many as 4,000 people have died in such attacks—the majority carried out by al Qaeda-related groups. International terrorism and the potential of terrorists to acquire and use weapons that kill on a massive scale, to which some hon. Members have referred, present the greatest threat to our security. That is why...

War against Terrorism (4 Nov 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: I did not say that. I merely pointed out a sentence or two that were missing from the account that the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling gave of the 6 October report. Terrorists and insurgents are stepping up their attacks, but Prime Minister Allawi is determined that as many Iraqis as possible should be able to take part in the elections. Iraqis will able to register to vote in...

War against Terrorism (4 Nov 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...consensus on action to strengthen international security, including tackling emerging threats at an earlier stage. I entirely agree with the hon. Member for Chichester that the key to defeating terrorism is to win over moderate Muslims. I think that every sensible person would accept that and that must be the approach that all sensible countries follow. It is certainly a large part of our...

Tariq Dergoul (1 Jul 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: .... At the same time as respecting the need to resolve the British detainees' circumstances and look after their welfare, we have had to respect the need to pursue the fight against international terrorism. It is important for us to remember the context in which the detentions took place. The attack on 11 September was the most appalling terrorist attack ever: more than 3,000 people died on...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Kenya (26 May 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...hon. Friend the Foreign Secretary met the Kenyan Foreign Minister, Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka in February 2003. Issues discussed were the priorities for the new Kenyan government, Iraq, Zimbabwe and terrorism. On 29 April 2004, I met the Minister for Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Kiraitu Murungi, to discuss Constitutional and other reforms, including anti-corruption, and Julie Ward. In...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Terrorism (19 Apr 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: The Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) held its annual conference in Bangladesh in October 2003. The subjects discussed included anti-terrorism legislation and the action plan developed by the Commonwealth Ministerial Committee on Terrorism, in which the UK plays an active role. Heads of Commonwealth Governments, who met in Nigeria in December 2003, endorsed this plan and...

UK Citizens (Guantanamo Bay) (24 Mar 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...scruple. That has given rise to some difficult dilemmas. I know that my hon. Friend, who, while being a strong upholder of civil liberties, is second to no one, as he says, in his detestation of terrorism, will appreciate those difficulties. My hon. Friend asked whether the detainees would have access to their own civilian lawyers. We understand that they will, but that those lawyers must...

UK Citizens (Guantanamo Bay) (24 Mar 2004)

Mr Chris Mullin: ...are critical of some aspects of it. It is difficult to maintain a balance between a country's security and the protection of its civil liberties in the struggle against the menace of international terrorism, of which the recent horror in Madrid is only the latest example. That is a balance that we must strike. The Home Secretary has been open about that. He published a discussion paper...