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Orders of the Day: "Part IV — Bail (11 Jun 2008) has video

John Redwood: Would the right hon. and learned Gentleman not also concede that it is a cruel irony that we who are fighting terrorism in order to preserve democracy and liberty, then surrender those things in the name of fighting it?

Orders of the Day: "Part IV — Bail (11 Jun 2008) has video

John Redwood: The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful case. Does he agree that, under this procedure, arresting someone who was a terrorist could be a disaster for the anti-terrorism campaign, because there might be no evidence or knowledge of what that terrorist had been up to? They might not know the network and all the other members of it would be alerted by that single arrest. Evidence would then get...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: National Security (25 Jul 2007)

John Redwood: What proportion of the people currently being monitored and investigated for terrorism in our country have come from abroad in recent years? What impact does the Prime Minister think that his very welcome proposals to strengthen our borders will have on those numbers in the future?

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Strategy (15 Jan 2007)

John Redwood: Why will the war on terror last for a whole generation? Why could it not be brought to a successful conclusion earlier, and why would it end at the end of one generation?

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

John Redwood: Before the Prime Minister moves on from terrorism, if the head of the security forces is right that there are so many people in this country that represent a potential threat, why is evidence not collected and why are they not brought to trial?

Orders of the Day: Police and Justice Bill (24 Oct 2006)

John Redwood: The problem is that although many Conservative Members were tolerant and sympathetic to the Government when the provision was presented as something to do with terrorism, in the case of alleged white collar crime—[Hon. Members: "Ah!"] This concerns Labour Members' constituents as well as ours, and they should listen carefully. Where the person has committed no crime in Britain, the...

Terrorism Bill: Clause 3 — Application of Ss. 1 and 2 to Internet Activity etc. (15 Feb 2006)

John Redwood: ...Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) and all those who are concerned about this provision. Like the Minister and all sensible people in this House, I wish to see every decent action taken against terrorism to make it less likely, and to curb those who want to participate in it. However, I am very nervous about the Government's proposal, which will leave our police in great difficulties....

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

Mr John Redwood: The right hon. Gentleman is making a powerful speech. Does he agree with me that, as a way forward, the Government could frame an amendment to the law against terrorism to capture and to meet their worries about people whom they are detaining or wish to detain? In that way a case could be brought in court against those people for whatever it is that they have done that has led the security...

Guantanamo Bay (11 Jan 2005)

Mr John Redwood: How can it be that there is enough evidence to detain five people for many months, but not enough evidence to bring any case against them under the terrorism Acts or other criminal legislation? Were the detentions mistaken, or does our terrorism legislation miss some important points and need to be strengthened?

Chechnya (30 Jan 2003)

Mr John Redwood: ...to, all human rights violations in the Republic of Chechnya; to make it clear that human rights violations may not be perpetrated and justified under the pretext of an international "war against terrorism"; to urge the Russian authorities both to set up impartial, comprehensive investigations into those violations and to ensure that those guilty of committing them be brought to trial and...

Bill Presented: The Economy (17 Jul 1996)

Mr John Redwood: ...in a big surge in revenues from those more successful members of our community. We need lower taxes, lower borrowing and lower spending. That is how to win the election—and how to strike terror in the heart of the right hon. Member for Dunfermline, East. I say again: three cheers for the boys in the Treasury who have, yet again, shown how the right hon. Gentleman has nothing to say...