Results 1-15 of 15 for terrorism speaker:Joan Ruddock

Extreme Solar Events (9 Jun 2009)

Joan Ruddock: ...the UK over the next five years, including accidents such as major fires or technical failures, natural events, including severe weather and flooding, and particularly the threat of international terrorism. Comprehensive plans are in place for handling both a complete national outage of electricity supplies, which, of course, has never occurred, I am glad to say, and regional outages....

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

Joan Ruddock: ...exactly the wrong message to those countries that we would wish to deter from the acquisition of nuclear weapons. The third threat posed in the White Paper is that countries might sponsor nuclear terrorism from their soil. This, frankly, is the most preposterous assertion of nuclear deterrence. Do we really believe that the dirty bomb in the suitcase is going to have a survivable...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

Joan Ruddock: ...co-operation on climate change, world trade and technology transfer are vital if we are not to face climate catastrophe and a scramble for diminishing resources. International co-operation on terrorism, genocide and poverty reduction are vital if we are to reduce conflict and stem the mass migration of people. Britain has made a huge contribution in all those spheres, but we have signally...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Joan Ruddock: ...refusing to abide by UN Resolutions and with alarm at the proliferation of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons, Iraq was invaded." He then immediately moved on to a discourse on Islamic terrorism. There was no analysis of what that exercise of hard power had cost. There was no acknowledgment that al-Qaeda had never been active in Iraq before the invasion, and no mention of the tens of...

Point of Order: Iraq and the wider Middle East (24 Jan 2007)

Joan Ruddock: ...of the Bush Administration. Britain should do the same. Our use of "hard" power must be linked to a foreign policy that identifies the links between human rights, human security and counter-terrorism. Humanitarian intervention, which I support, needs to be rooted in internationally accepted humanitarian principles, not in geopolitical self-interest, as was the case in Iraq. The Foreign...

Orders of the Day: Communities and Local Government/Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (20 Nov 2006)

Joan Ruddock: ...to adjust for unforeseen events. I would like to say a lot more on that topic, which is the greatest threat to our security, but another topic increasingly distracts from it: the so-called war on terror. I have recently returned from a visit to Palestine with the International Development Committee. I shall speak personally, not on behalf of the Committee, and about the politics rather...

Orders of the Day: Adjournment (Summer Recess) (25 Jul 2006)

Joan Ruddock: ...was in everyone's interest. If it were not for the folly of Iraq, I believe that we would have made greater progress in that tragic country. Instead we have exacerbated the conditions in which terrorism flourishes. We all know that it is impossible to end terrorism in the middle east if there is no justice for the Palestinians. Only the US has the power to bring about that solution....

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill: Clause 23 — Extension of period of detention by judicial Authority (9 Nov 2005)

Joan Ruddock: I am extremely grateful to my right hon. Friend. Can he confirm whether, in the past 18 months, people held for 14 days under existing terrorism laws have been charged in all cases, and that no one has been set free after being held for that period? Have individuals who have been charged after 14 days been satisfactorily charged? If so, would not 28 days have been a good extension to offer?

Foreign Policy (Terrorism) (31 Oct 2002)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ...the debate by quoting from the report's final paragraph, which stated: "To 'know thine enemy' is not enough. We also need to determine how the conditions that have contributed to the development of terrorism can be removed". My right hon. Friend will also be familiar, as I am, with the Government's response, which I wholeheartedly endorse. All the Government's recommendations need to be...

Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction (24 Sep 2002)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ...the answer to all three questions is yes. Last year my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister spoke movingly of a new world order—the primacy of multilateral agreements, not just in tackling terrorism but in poverty alleviation, development and reconstruction. Since that time, by contrast with the exemplary behaviour of our own Government, the United States has opted out of effective...

Clean Fuels (19 Oct 2001)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ...ultimate fuel solution is hydrogen generated from renewable energy. The international community rightly perceives two enormous threats to global security and the environment—climate change and international terrorism. Our national energy review could not come at a more critical time. The right decisions taken now could transform our energy supply by the middle of the century,...

International Terrorism (4 Oct 2001)

Ms Joan Ruddock: .... For me, it is not a choice between war and peace. It is a matter of justice—justice that can and should be universal. International law requires us to bring the suspected perpetrators of terrorism to trial. I accept with a heavy heart that that is no longer an option. The Taliban regime not only failed to hand over Osama bin Laden but have offered him their military protection. As...

Orders of the Day — Criminal Justice and Police Bill (29 Jan 2001)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ...protection. Like many of my hon. Friends, I have dealt with a small but terribly distressing number of cases involving people who have been willing to come forward, but have subsequently lived in terror of victimisation. We owe it to them to improve their treatment. In Lewisham, as elsewhere, young people commit a disproportionately large number of crimes. In our crime and disorder audit,...

Stephen Lawrence Inquiry (29 Mar 1999)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ...for the march, but the newspapers were hostile. "Rampage of a Mob", said the Daily Express.The Day the Blacks Ran Riot in London", said The Sun.17 Cops Hurt as Thugs Turn Blaze Protest into a Terror Riot", said The Daily Star. An inquest was being held against that background. It was a total disaster. No one was satisfied with its proceedings or the outcome of an open verdict. After the...

Health and Medicines Bill: Cervical Cytology Screening (13 Apr 1988)

Ms Joan Ruddock: ..., there was until recently a five-month delay for colposcopy. I hope that Conservative Members will note that that means that women who are told that the smear is abnormal will wait in absolute terror until they are called for the vital further work that will confirm whether the abnormality is trivial or signals terminal illness. The provision of colposcopy services has not been...