Results 1-20 of 63 for terrorism speaker:Mark Oaten

Royal Assent (21 Jul 2009)

Mark Oaten: ...that of the applications from students received so far this year from India, 49 per cent. have been rejected. We are not seriously saying that almost half the applications from students from India are connected with terrorism, are we? The figure for American students is 21.3 per cent. Just over one fifth of American students who want to come to this country have had their visas refused...

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Transport (23 Nov 2006)

Mark Oaten: ...the terrorist atrocities that we have seen, with climate change this country faces an atrocity involving a loss of life that would take us way beyond the number of people who have been killed by terrorism. I shall briefly speak on home affairs. I spoke on the subject for my party for two years, so I have followed the debate with great interest, particularly the contributions of the shadow...

Police Restructuring (19 Dec 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...could get from the police service. They wanted to go back to the "Dixon of Dock Green" era, but the world of policing has moved on enormously since those days. We now have complex crimes such as terrorism, internet pornography and those involving fraud and corruption. Some of those crimes did not exist 10 years ago. We must acknowledge that, while policing patterns have changed enormously...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (5 Dec 2005)

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals were stopped under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 during (a) the Defence Systems and Equipment International trade fair 2005, (b) the Labour party conference 2005, (c) the Conservative party conference 2005 and (d) the Liberal Democrat party conference 2005.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (14 Nov 2005)

Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the advice he has received from the Attorney General regarding the legality of the Government's proposed anti-terrorism legislation.

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

Mark Oaten: ...am very grateful. The Liberal Democrats have always acknowledged, even during those long hours in January when we were debating the control orders, that there is a real threat to this country from terrorism. Our cross-party differences have been not about whether there is a threat to London and other cities but about the appropriate response to that threat. We remain convinced that the...

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

Mark Oaten: ...are built in, so I shall address those points when I get to that section of my speech. I want to deal with some of the measures that we support. First, we have long argued that acts preparatory to terrorism should be a criminal offence. We argued that when the Newton committee reported and when we were dealing with derogations from the European convention on human rights. We said that such...

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

Mark Oaten: ...up to four days for serious cases such as murder. A complex murder case is allowed a time extension from 48 hours to just four days. Of course, provisions passed in 2003 extended the time limit for terrorism cases from seven to 14 days. We have rightly trodden carefully when changing the time limits. The history of the changes shows that we have been cautious, which is why it is remarkable...

London Terror Attack Update (20 Jul 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...Democrats have offered our support for the three measures that he has outlined. We believe that they could contribute towards security in this country. The measures on indirect incitement to terrorism will be difficult to define, and I welcome the Home Secretary's constructive approach in working with all parties on the wording. Does he agree that the key to the law will be to produce a...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...'s purpose. The Government keep changing their minds—every time that they advance an argument and it is knocked down, they have to find a different argument in favour. They started off with terrorism, before moving to health tourism; then it was benefit fraud; then illegal working; and now, finally, they are going for ID theft. On each occasion, the argument is put forward and then...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Mark Oaten: .... They will be able to move from country to country because the biometric systems will not be available in those countries. It is a fundamental flaw in the terrorist argument. The final argument on terrorism is simple. If it is so urgent, and if the threat from terrorists in this country is so compelling, why will we have to wait 10 years for the system to become compulsory? If we need it...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...cards will not help to deal with the problem. Even if we were to accept that all those problems could be solved by the use of ID cards, and even if we bought into the Government's arguments, from terrorism to ID theft, we would still have to consider whether we can set up such a system at a reasonable cost. That is the most complex part of the debate. The Liberal Democrats accept the need...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...are finding out the details of what the Bill will do, and it will shift even more. The public know that this £1 billion project will go over budget, that these pieces of plastic will not tackle terrorism and that the system will be neither compulsory nor voluntary. The database will make the Child Support Agency mess-up look like a tea party. People who look like an illegal worker or...

Home Affairs and Communities (23 May 2005)

Mark Oaten: ...forward. We will work with the Government on this, but as things stand we are very uneasy about what is being suggested. It is welcome that, after the 40 or so hours that we sat when we debated the terrorism legislation, the Home Secretary has kept his promise to bring it back and reconsider it. I am very proud of the role that my party took in ensuring that when it came to balancing the...

Home Affairs and Communities (23 May 2005)

Mark Oaten: .... We should put on record the debt that we owe to the police and the intelligence services for ensuring that such an atrocity did not take place. We will examine the Government's new proposals on terrorism seriously, and I genuinely hope that there can be cross-party support on the issue so that we can put in place a proper mechanism. That said, this party will continue to defend civil...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Legislation (7 Apr 2005)

Mr Mark Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how frequently the Secretary of State or responsible Ministers have personally reviewed the certification of individuals detained under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001; and on what date the case of C" was last considered by the Secretary of State.

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 — Power to make control orders (28 Feb 2005)

Mr Mark Oaten: ...issues of fact can be dealt with. We will need convincing that the Government are serious about considering better standards of proof. Changes are needed to the legislation on acts preparatory to terrorism so that charges can be brought against individuals. There is a long way to go and at this stage we cannot support the Bill, letter, clause or whatever we are debating this evening.

Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)

Mr Mark Oaten: ...first, a commitment to look again at intercept communication with a proper organised structure and timetable and, secondly, an early commitment to consider seriously new laws on acts preparatory to terrorism. That is the constructive approach that we will take in the next week or so as the Bill proceeds through both Houses. I shall conclude with the dilemma of what we do with the current...

Belmarsh Judgment (8 Feb 2005)

Mr Mark Oaten: I beg to move, That this House calls on the Government to respond to the House of Lords judgment on Belmarsh with a system of dealing with terror suspects which does not require a derogation from European Convention on Human Rights obligations and which enshrines the principle that decisions on restrictions on individual liberties are taken by the courts and not politicians. A couple of weeks...

Belmarsh Judgment (8 Feb 2005)

Mr Mark Oaten: ...we differ from the Government on how to tackle those threats does not mean that we do not recognise that the world has changed since 9/11 and that we now face a different problem of international terrorism. It is worth putting on the record our acknowledgement of the fact that we all owe our intelligence services an enormous debt of respect and gratitude for their achievements in the past...