Results 1-20 of 122 for terrorism speaker:Peter Robinson

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half Day] — Parading in Northern Ireland (27 Oct 2009) has video

Peter Robinson: ...at parades—either those participating or those protesting. They are: the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; the Protection from Harassment (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; the Terrorism Act 2000; the Offences Against the Person Act 1861; the Criminal Justice (No.2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004; and, of course, the Human Rights Act 1998, which places all public authorities...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 5 — Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions (6 Feb 2007)

Peter Robinson: ...to other elements of those functions. For example, he is indicating that he supports civic policing, but he will not support what he describes as "political policing", which is the stand against terrorism in Northern Ireland. He must give full support to the police in exercising their functions to oppose the Real IRA, the Continuity IRA and any other terrorism organisation—whether...

Orders of the Day: Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill (21 Nov 2006)

Peter Robinson: ...in relation to policing, the courts and what they say about the rule of law. There also has to be delivery in terms of the IRA's position on paramilitary and criminal activity and the structures of terrorism. Those are all required before there can ever be devolution in Northern Ireland. Nothing in that is new: we have been saying it for years. We are mandated to say it and we are mandated...

Orders of the Day: Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill (21 Nov 2006)

Peter Robinson: ...that the hon. Member for Foyle agrees. To put policing and justice into an Assembly that had not bedded down would be madness. To put it into the hands of those who have been engaged in acts of terrorism and criminality would be absurd. The community would not tolerate that. The essential ingredient is community confidence. People must demonstrate that they have turned over a new leaf. As...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Committee Business: Report on the Economic Challenges facing Northern Ireland (12 Sep 2006)

Peter Robinson: ...Kingdom? Being in a family means that the part in greatest need gets the greatest help. I am not in the least bit embarrassed about asking for a differential tax rate for a Northern Ireland that, I hope, has come out of decades of destructive terrorism and has a neighbour to its south with a more competitive corporation-tax level. It will be difficult to secure a new rate of corporation...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 3 — Conditions for devolving policing and justice matters (17 May 2006)

Peter Robinson: ...about such matters, but the key issue is that the community must be satisfied. I do not believe that the community would be satisfied if people who are associated with those who are involved in terrorism, and who have a history of such involvement, were responsible for policing and justice. The bizarre nature of the debate has become even more difficult because of the decision by the party...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 20 - Subsequent inadmissibility of information provided to commissioners (15 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...in the court, and not just evidence from the mouth of the applicant, can be brought into any civil proceedings? He will want to ensure that he does not do further violence to the victims of terrorism who seek some redress through civil proceedings.

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 11 - Suspension and revocation of licence (15 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: The issue is unquestionably the same, but the outcome will not be if the Minister relies on the Terrorism Bill. I spoke on that very clause. Glorification would be a lesser offence. If someone’s licence for a life sentence was suspended, they would be in for life. The Minister is not suggesting that the House will pass legislation that will put somebody in prison for life for the...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 8 - Trial by Special Tribunal (15 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: Before the Minister moves on, leaving aside the number of cases, he cannot possibly be arguing that if, for example, there were an upsurge of terrorism in Northern Ireland, we would somehow forget about the resultant cases and not bother taking them to court. What is the difference between the courts dealing with an upsurge in terrorism, and the cases that would flow from it, and them dealing...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 3 - Certificates of eligibility (8 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...the amendments tabled by the hon. Member for Tewkesbury and those to which I speak, which are amendments Nos. 3, and 6 to 13. Amendment No. 3 would ensure that no one who has been involved in terrorism since 1998 can benefit from the scheme. According to the Government, the purpose of the scheme is to resolve and put a line under the past, which is why they are prepared to give what...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 2 - Certification commissioner (8 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...the first paragraph that it would be sensible for them to show “sensitivity to the position of victims.” Where in any clause or schedule of the Bill is sensitivity shown to victims of terrorism? I suspect that the Minister will have difficulty in showing us. Who are the victims? They are those who suffered at the hands of the very people who the Minister is attempting to allow...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...convicted but not serving a day in prison and an offender being on the run, with the risk of being apprehended, convicted and properly sentenced. I guarantee hon. Members that if the victims of terrorism were asked about it, they would rather have the second option than the one that the Minister is opting for. I trust that the Committee will support the amendment. The hon. Member for...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...of taking into account the position of the victims of violence. I cannot see how the Government have done that in the Bill. They certainly have not done it by ignoring the impact on the victims of terrorism of giving a get-out-of-jail-free card to those who have been responsible for murder and other offences for which a life sentence can be handed down. I therefore urge the Committee to...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: The Minister says that the definition of terrorism used in the Bill is the definition contained in the Terrorism Act 2000. I cannot immediately find a definition for terrorism in that Act, but section 40 of that Act defines a terrorist as a person who has committed an offence “under any of sections 11, 12, 15 to 18” and several others, and under section 17 a person commits an...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...has been considering in relation to amendment No. 111. However, it is clause 1(1)(b), which is defined by clause 1(2), that refers to the 2000 Act. There is no link between clause 1(1)(a) and the Terrorism Act 2000.

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...by my hon. Friend the Member for Lancaster and Wyre would not. I do not share the position of the hon. Member for Foyle—that because the actual offence was not committed in the course of combating terrorism, it does not fit within new clause 2. The new clause refers to offences committed in the course of combating terrorism. The men in question were there to combat terrorism and,...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: Let us be clear: the legislation talks about “terrorism and the affairs of Northern Ireland”, so it must be linked to the terrorist situation. I have no doubt that the soldiers were standing on the road attempting to combat terrorism. Thinking that they were confronting terrorists, they took action without taking into account all of the issues that they should have, and the...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...it would benefit those who have not been charged but who remain in Northern Ireland. It is, in fact, a get-out-of-jail card for anybody who before 10 April 1998 committed an offence that was related to terrorism and the affairs of Northern Ireland, not just for those who have fled the country. In closing, may I say that offences of the kind that have been committed in Northern Ireland are...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 — Repeal of Provisions of Part 7 (30 Nov 2005)

Peter Robinson: ...and Labour Members, one of whom has been with us for part of the debate, would agree with me. If the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) had been in the Chamber for any of this important terrorism debate, I am sure that she would have agreed with me, too. When she comes back—at some stage—perhaps she will confirm that. I have heard several accolades directed towards the...