Results 1-20 of 30 for terrorism speaker:Paul Murphy

Written Answers — Wales: Departmental Vetting (25 Jun 2008)

Paul Murphy: The Wales Office was created in 1999. It only recruits existing civil servants and does not conduct criminal records checks itself. All staff are required to have Counter Terrorism Clearance (and in some cases Developed Vetting). This includes disclosure of all criminal convictions (spent and unspent). Some staff have active clearance when they join us. Others are cleared on appointment. This...

Written Answers — Wales: Departmental Vetting (23 Jun 2008)

Paul Murphy: The Wales Office only recruits existing civil servants and does not conduct criminal records checks itself. All staff are required to have counter terrorism clearance (and in some cases developed vetting). This includes disclosure and checking of all criminal convictions (spent and unspent).

Point of Order: Welsh Affairs (1 Mar 2007)

Paul Murphy: ...we still need to be vigilant. We need to be conscious of the fact that we have to co-operate with other police forces across the border such as Avon and Somerset, and we have to be conscious, too, that terrorism is an issue across the whole of the United Kingdom. As a result, it is important for all our forces in Wales, including the special branches, to ensure not only that they are up to...

Point of Order: Welsh Affairs (1 Mar 2007)

Paul Murphy: ...and the Home Office to deal with those important issues. I do not know whether the Home Office will be split in the next couple of weeks. There is a case for separating justice from dealing with terrorism. I do not, incidentally, think that there is a case for MI6 going into the Home Office, but that is another issue for another place and another time. That discussion seems to be the most...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Paul Murphy: I share the revulsion of the shadow Home Secretary and of my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary at the events in India today. It just proves that the terrorism that we now face is in a global form that we have never quite faced in the past. I put on the record my thanks to the Clerk, Emma-Louise Avery, and the staff of the Intelligence and Security Committee, and to the previous Clerk,...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Paul Murphy: ...SCOPE will deliver next year. There is no question but that the agencies have faced a huge challenge during the past 12 months, given all the difficulties with regard to the problems of counter-terrorism and 7 July, and I think that they have met that challenge. There is now an opportunity for dissent and challenge in the Defence Intelligence Staff—an essential recommendation of the...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Paul Murphy: .... I was glad that my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary indicated that at least four had been stopped in the past year. Our country faces a number of threats to our security from international terrorism, especially from al-Qaeda and its associated networks, from dissident groups in Northern Ireland, from increasing tension over Iran's nuclear programme and the proliferation of weapons of...

Royal Assent: Intelligence and Security Committee (Annual Report) (11 Jul 2006)

Paul Murphy: ...was a structure to the terrorist activities in Northern Ireland that we faced. The situation was very much on our doorstep, and the people spoke the same language. We now face a disparate global terrorism that is completely different from what we faced in Northern Ireland, and I say that as someone who spent five years of his life as a Northern Ireland Minister. The way in which we deal...

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

Paul Murphy: .... Members have referred to a casual Bill, while others have said that it is a knee-jerk reaction to what happened in July, but the reality is that we live in an extremely different world, so far as terrorism is concerned. My experience, which is limited in these matters to Northern Ireland, tells me that the sort of attacks that we saw in July are unprecedented in our history. Although the...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Criminal Offences (5 Apr 2005)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...04 Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 Criminal Offence Created: Section 7—Influencing a prosecutor Criminal Offence Created: Schedule 2—Absconding by persons admitted to bail under the Terrorism Act 2000 Anti-social Behaviour (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 Criminal Offence Created: Article 6—Breaching an Anti-social Behaviour Order Criminal Offence Created: Article...

Written Ministerial Statements — Northern Ireland: National Security Intelligence Work (24 Feb 2005)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...was a matter for central Government, as is the case in the rest of the United Kingdom. The Government have itself consistently subscribed to that view. The very serious threat from international terrorism which has developed over recent years has reinforced that conclusion. Against that background it seems to the Government appropriate to announce their intention that the security service...

Northern Ireland (22 Feb 2005)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...both forces through personnel exchanges and secondments with policing powers. That development can only serve to strengthen the existing co-operation between the two police services in tackling terrorism and other crime. Whatever our success in tackling criminality and paramilitary activity, the fact of the matter is that the commitment to peaceful and democratic means is not one that this...

Northern Ireland (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...long-term guarantee of peace and stability. We shall not abandon our commitment to that ultimate goal. We are in no doubt, however, that it can be achieved only if the Provisional IRA gives up not only terrorism but all the other forms of criminality in which it is implicated. Unionists in Northern Ireland have made clear that if those tests are met, they will work with Sinn Fein in a...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Legislation (14 Dec 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...commenced S13—Repeals and revocations—not yet commenced The Police (NI) Act 2003 District Policing Partnerships Section 15 (1)—(5)—Independent members: declaration against terrorism—not in force. Section 16 (1)—Independent members: disqualification— not in force Section 19 (1)—Facilities establishment of Belfast district policing...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Peace Process (1 Dec 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...has identified associations between the leadership of paramilitary groups, and Sinn Fein and the Progressive Unionist Party. I do not believe the links of themselves increase the threat of terrorism, but it is essential that paramilitarism itself should come to an end.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Legislation (1 Dec 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: .... 2003 Police (NI) Act 2003 District Policing Partnerships S 31—Enforcement of duties under section 28—not in force Section 15(1)-(5)—Independent members: declaration against terrorism—not in force Section 16 (1)—Independent members: disqualification—not in force Police functions and Service Section 26 (1)-(3)—Protected disclosures by police...

Northern Ireland (15 Nov 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...groups. He is right to emphasise what so many hon. Members have emphasised during the past half hour, which is that while we have indeed seen a welcome end to what could be termed political terrorism, the move over the last number of years to criminality, racketeering and all the rest of it is something that we have to address. If, as we hope it will, this organisation does turn its...

Written Ministerial Statements — Northern Ireland: Paramilitary Activity (4 Nov 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...scaled back the intensity of their activity but none have materially wound down their capacity to commit violent or other crime. Dissident republican groups are the most committed to continuing terrorism. Paramilitary violence in the form of murder, shootings and assaults has considerably reduced in the past six months but remains at a disturbingly high level. The proportionate reduction...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Public Inquiries (12 Jul 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...members of the security forces have made in the pursuit of peace in Northern Ireland. I am acutely aware of the pain and suffering endured by their families and the families of all the victims of terrorism. In all cases the Government wants to ensure that the truth is established as far as possible, and that the perpetrators of crime are brought to justice. In most cases the Government...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Terrorism (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Paul Murphy: ...that Libya should provide compensation for IRA victims. The Prime Minister discussed a wide range of issues with Colonel Gadaffi including international and regional security issues, including terrorism.