Results 1-20 of 26 for terrorism speaker:Joan Ryan

Written Answers — Home Department: Security Measures (25 Jun 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...working group referred to in the answer of 6 June 2007, Official Report, columns 618-20W, has engaged in a continuous consultation on extradition request made to the UK involving allegations of terrorism. A statutory maximum time limit might hinder the ability of our independent courts to give full consideration both to the arguments of the requesting state and to those of the wanted...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Police Funding (11 Jun 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...certainly true of the local authority. My right hon. Friend knows that the chief constable and the assistant chief constable have already briefed my hon. Friend the Minister for Security, Counter Terrorism and Police on the policing aspects of the year. He also visited Merseyside—

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (11 Jun 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...of displaced Iraqis. The UK is in discussion with the UNHCR on this and is expected to decide its position shortly. The Presidency has also scheduled lunch discussions on the appointment of a new EU Counter Terrorism Co-ordinator and the progress on negotiations to replace the existing Agreement between the EU and US on the provision of passenger name records.

Written Answers — Home Department: Fingerprints: EC Countries (17 May 2007)

Joan Ryan: The Government believe that cross-border information exchange is fundamental to the fight against organised crime and terrorism and have therefore supported various EU initiatives to improve the exchange of information between member states. This includes a proposal currently under negotiation to facilitate the electronic exchange of data on fingerprints, DNA and vehicle registration between...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (1 May 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...the data protection framework decision. On the visa information system (VIS) the Lord Advocate put forward the UK's position that direct access for the UK to the VIS would strengthen work against terrorism and crime across the EU. She underlined that the UK was offering to provide data on a reciprocal basis. The Council understood this need and would work to ensure access for the UK and...

Written Answers — Home Department: Cross Border Co-operation: EC Countries (19 Apr 2007)

Joan Ryan: The current German presidency of the EU has put forward a draft Council Decision on the stepping up of cross-border co-operation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime. This draft Council Decision aims to incorporate into EU law some of the elements of the Prüm Convention. The Government are broadly supportive of the draft Council Decision because it provides the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Legislation (15 Mar 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...National Identity Scheme under the Identity Cards Act. In addition Lord Carlile of Berriew QC, the independent reviewer of terrorist legislation, provides an annual report on the operation of the Terrorism Act 2000. The Terrorism Act 2006 largely amends the 2000 Act and will therefore also be covered by his annual reports.

Written Answers — Home Department: Data-sharing (19 Feb 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...Identity Register will be regulated by the Identity Cards Act 2006 which includes no power for information to be given to foreign Governments, except in the limited circumstances set out in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 relating to criminal proceedings carried out by law enforcement agencies overseas. Information about UK NHS patients is not shared with other European...

Written Answers — Home Department: Sentencing: EU Action (19 Feb 2007)

Joan Ryan: The EU can require criminal penalties for certain kinds of act (for example, acts relating to terrorism and drug trafficking). But EU legislation on criminal law matters has given member states a wide margin of discretion in providing for penalties. Sentencing policy and the imposition of sentences in individual cases is a matter for member states.

Written Answers — Home Department: Data-sharing (16 Feb 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...Identity Register will be regulated by the Identity Cards Act 2006 which includes no power for information to be given to foreign governments, except in the limited circumstances set out in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 relating to criminal proceedings carried out by law enforcement agencies overseas. Information about UK NHS patients is not shared with other European...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Informal Council (30 Jan 2007)

Joan Ryan: ...incorporation of the Prum treaty into EU law. The treaty, signed by seven member states on 27 May 2005, is designed to intensify cross-border police co-operation, especially in the fight against terrorism, cross-border crime and illegal immigration. It offers a model for information exchange in three areas: DNA, fingerprints and vehicle registration. The presidency has made it clear that...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Common Policy Programme (18 Jan 2007)

Joan Ryan: The FCO has nine strategic priorities, three of which are directly concerned with Home Office business: making the world safer from global terrorism; reducing the harm to the UK from international crime, including drug trafficking, people smuggling and money laundering; and managing migration and combating illegal immigration. In those countries of priority concern to the UK, officials from...

Written Answers — Home Department: VAT Fraud (18 Dec 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...and Extradition between the UK and the United Arab Emirates on 6 December 2006. The treaties will provide the necessary legal basis for closer co-operation between our states in the fight against terrorism and organised crime, including VAT fraud.

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (4-5 December 2006) (18 Dec 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...on the future of Europol were agreed in principle with just one issue to be discussed at Ambassadorial level on the replacement of the Europol convention with a Council decision. The EU counter-terrorism coordinator presented a stocktake report which noted good progress on developing EU counter-terrorism legislation, secure intelligence analyses from the EU's situation centre and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (4 Dec 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...its conclusions, which are currently under negotiation. The UK believes that the Hague programme has been a success as evidenced by agreements such as the European arrest warrant and the counter-terrorism strategy. We have debated proposals for changing decision making procedures and whilst supporting the need for effective evaluation and decision making we consider that the debate has...

Business of the House: Hague Programme (30 Nov 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...to focus on institutional change, and that the European Union's priority for Justice and Home Affairs should instead be on developing practical co-operation to combat the transitional challenges of terrorism, organised crime and migration. I thank the members of the European Scrutiny Committee for their report, "The Implementation of the Hague Programme on Justice and Home Affairs"....

Orders of the Day: Fraud (Trials without a Jury) Bill (29 Nov 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...into doing his job locally, I would be very surprised if he was willing to serve a year or more on such a trial. A number of Members asked why fraud cases are so different from lengthy drugs and terrorism cases. That seemed to be the crux of the argument for many Members. The first thing that makes them different is the combination of great length and a failure to bring defendants to...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (28 Nov 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...agreement will start shortly. On the Hague Programme it was agreed that more co-operation was needed on immigration between member states, and between the EU and third countries. Countering terrorism and organised crime needed closer member state cooperation with Europol, Sitcen and between member state agencies. The UK emphasised that new legislation should be proposed only when it met a...

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

Joan Ryan: All this bluster does not make the hon. Gentleman's contribution fact. The Government were always very clear that the Extradition Act 2003 and the treaty applied to all crime, not just to terrorism. However serious a crime terrorism is—and it is very serious—our extradition arrangements apply across the board. The hon. Gentleman also talked about France not extraditing its...

Written Answers — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Meeting (4 Sep 2006)

Joan Ryan: ...Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States. 8. Intelligence-led law enforcement - Council conclusions setting the EU priorities for the fight against organised crime based on OCTA. 9. Counter-Terrorism: - Report on the implementation of the EU-Counter-Terrorism Strategy/Action Plan and the EU Strategy on Radicalisation and Recruitment 10. Future of Europol. 11. JHA External relations (a)...