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Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (1 Apr 2008) has video

Stephen Pound: Does not my hon. Friend find it ironic that when the Conservatives took the prevention of terrorism Act through the House and were repeatedly told that they were alienating the Irish community, the expression we heard was that they did not believe in appeasement? Is it not ironic that today we have heard such a liberal speech from a Conservative shadow Home Secretary?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (21 Feb 2007)

Stephen Pound: ...the calm and dignified response of Prime Minister Shri Manmohan Singh and President General Pervez Musharraf and agree with them that peace will prevail and that the ungodly ambitions of nihilist terrorism, in all its forms, will never, ever triumph?

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] — Organised Crime (Northern Ireland) (30 Nov 2006)

Stephen Pound: ...in the United Kingdom or in any civilised society is extraordinary. We discovered over and over again that there was an institutional depth to the sort of commercial gangsterism—it is almost terrorism by another name—that was taking place. We were led down some strange byways as we realised the extent of the criminality. The hon. Member for South Staffordshire referred to...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill: Clause 19 — Department with policing and justice functions (20 Apr 2006)

Stephen Pound: ...to cut through the mist and obfuscation and the terrible dead weight of the past that hangs so heavily on our shoulders, that were I faced with choosing between an individual committing acts of terrorism or them being in a state legislature, choosing the latter option might well stick in my craw. I accept that entirely, and I cannot say too often how much I understand the difficulties that...

Registrars and Civil Marriages (13 May 2004)

Mr Stephen Pound: ...seem to be something funny about this issue, it is deeply serious. It is organised criminality and it could have severe and horrendous consequences, given the present state of the world and the war on terrorism, if people are allowed to access all the freedoms of this country by an entirely bogus and indefensible route. We have to stop it. I am not some starry-eyed romantic who still...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: India (13 May 2002)

Mr Stephen Pound: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress he has made with the Government of India regarding bilateral training initiatives in counter terrorism.

Business of the House (8 Oct 2001)

Mr Stephen Pound: ...to the pupils of Viking primary school in my constituency where 50 per cent. of those attending are of the Muslim faith. Those Muslim children told me that they saw the enemy clearly and that it is terrorism, not Islam or some foreign demon. If a primary school child can see that so clearly, is it not depressing that there are still those voices around us, and occasionally within the...

Orders of the Day — Police (Northern Ireland) Bill (6 Jun 2000)

Mr Stephen Pound: ...presumptuous, and it may be intensely difficult or even impossible for hon. Members, but I implore them at least to consider the prospect that some people who have engaged in gangsterism—or terrorism or freedom fighting, call it what one will—have a future in a democracy. That future will not exist if they are excluded. They must be brought in and included if the process is to...