Results 1-20 of 176 for terrorism speaker:John Reid

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Prevent (26 Oct 2009) has video

John Reid: Does my right hon. Friend accept that one of the defining characteristics of today's terrorism is the constant search for new methods of inflicting terror, and that in response, therefore, we have to try to harness together the innovative tendencies inside Government and across the private and academic sectors? May I commend, through him, the work of Charles Farr and the Office for Security...

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

John Reid: ...to medium-term aims and a longer-term objective. The short to medium-term aims are: first, to prevent the Taliban from once again using Afghanistan as their own Government through imposition, by terror and force, on the people of Afghanistan; and, secondly, to prevent that shield from allowing al-Qaeda to use Afghanistan as a space in which it can plan, rehearse and launch terrorist...

Bills Presented: Afghanistan and Pakistan (16 Jul 2009) has video

John Reid: ...of territory. But, as long as we are denying al-Qaeda the capacity and space to attack us in the west, and denying the Taliban the right to impose their will on the people of Afghanistan by terror, we are winning.

Employment Retention: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (3 Mar 2009) has video

John Reid: ...is not the only reason, but one of the reasons why there has been such prolonged consideration of the matter is that the people in our intelligence services, who have to engage in the fight against terrorism day in and day out, have warned that there would be a huge diminution in their capacity to counter terrorism if we introduced intercept evidence willy-nilly into British courts....

Employment Retention: Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (3 Mar 2009) has video

John Reid: ...policy. However, as I have clarified my position, perhaps he will clarify the Opposition's position. What should happen to a person who is reasonably suspected of being likely to commit an act of terrorism, perhaps resulting in thousands of deaths, but for whom we cannot—even with intercept evidence—reach the threshold necessary to charge and convict in court? What is the...

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

John Reid: ...matter of detention, I urge my right hon. Friend to recognise that two other strategic issues should receive as much attention. The first is the development of the office for security and counter-terrorism, and within it the research, information and communications unit. If there truly is a battle for ideas and values, that integrated effort on our part is essential. Secondly, the whole of...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departments: Reviews (18 Jun 2007)

John Reid: ...and asylum system; and (c) the criminal justice system. The outcomes of each of these reviews was published in July 2006. In addition, the Prime Minister asked me to instigate a review of counter terrorism, but there is a limit to what I can report on the results of this review due to national security considerations. Finally, I have recently instigated a review of policing, led by Her...

Written Answers — Home Department: Stop and Search (12 Jun 2007)

John Reid: Information on stop and searches and resultant arrests under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 from 2001-02 to 2004-05 (latest available) is given in the following table. 2005-06 data will be available later this year. Searches of vehicles( 1) and occupants, and pedestrians under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000( 2) and resultant arrests( 3) , England and Wales, 2001-02 to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Detention without Charge (11 Jun 2007)

John Reid: It is always a difficult balance. I do not disguise my recognition that it is difficult for Members to balance the requirements to counter terrorism effectively, to fight it and to ensure national security with the need to ensure that when we strengthen powers we strengthen scrutiny appropriately, too. My hon. Friend says that people may have had misgivings last time we debated the matter,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Detention without Charge (11 Jun 2007)

John Reid: It is always difficult to recruit people in the midst of a sharp struggle. That was the case in fighting republican terrorism and I have no doubt that it is difficult at present. On the other hand, we receive a lot of support from across the community. That is essential, because I have continually expressed the view from the Dispatch Box and outside the House that ultimately we will not...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Detention without Charge (11 Jun 2007)

John Reid: ..., those words were part of his comments in the Colin Cramphorn memorial lecture. I agree that when we consider every single measure, we must balance its short and longer-term effects on countering terrorism and its effects on keeping the community on side. That is a difficult job. For instance, I have said continually that I believe that members of the Muslim community in this country are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Counter-terrorism (11 Jun 2007)

John Reid: We are constantly reviewing and updating our counter-terrorism strategy. As part of this, I am pleased to announce that, tomorrow, we are launching the security and counter-terrorism science and innovation strategy. This strategy has been developed across government, led by the new Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism in the Home Office, and is a practical example of how we are...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Counter-terrorism (11 Jun 2007)

John Reid: From memory, I think that all but one of them have been either started or completed. On the overall picture, I can tell the hon. Gentleman that we have increased the annual spending on counter-terrorism and resilience to £2.25 billion across government over the past 12 months. In the past month, we have announced the refocusing of the Home Office towards counter-terrorism, crime and...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: With permission, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I will make a statement on counter-terrorism. The House will know that we face an unprecedented threat from terrorism. It is the duty of the Home Secretary to ensure that our response provides the best possible protection against that threat, on a personal, local and national level. That is why we have already increased spending on counter-terrorism to...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: ...unavoidable question that confronts us all is: what should we do when there is sufficient information to suggest that there might be the possibility of murder on a massive scale through an act of terrorism, but the evidence does not reach the threshold required to allow us to bring charges? Whatever we do on intercept or post-charge questioning, it will not be a magic solution. We will...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: ...laws of conflict and peace, we find that the legal conventions and traditions are based on circumstances that have been overtaken by the reality of today's conflict and the nature of the enemy of terrorism with regard to the scale, intention and capability that we are facing. We should thus approach this with as open a mind as possible and accept that we should go forward when we can reach...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: ...person who will inherit the premiership of this country in the next few weeks, all things being equal, should be fully engaged in the biggest issue facing the country: national security and counter-terrorism. I discussed the matter with the Chancellor before and after last Sunday and I will continue to do so.

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: The present form of terrorism makes victims of Muslims twice over: first, because like the rest of us they face the danger and, sometimes, death and injury caused by terrorists; and secondly, as was the case for Irish people in decades past, because they are often at the front of counter-terrorism measures. We must understand that and, in that context, I agree entirely with the statement that...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: I profoundly disagree, not surprisingly, with my hon. Friend's premise, which is muddled and ahistorical. If the intervention in Iraq had been the cause of acts of terrorism in the United Kingdom, the acts of terrorism in Birmingham in 2000 would not have happened, because they came before the intervention in Iraq. People would not have been arrested in Canada for terrorist-related offences,...

Business of the House: Counter-Terrorism (7 Jun 2007)

John Reid: The hon. Gentleman would no doubt accept that although there have been limited numbers of people prosecuted under the measures that we brought in to counter the glorification of terrorism and the spread of terrorist preaching, that is not surprising, given that the measures have been put into effect relatively recently. But they do work and they are being used. Yes, we will look again at how...