Results 1-20 of 193 for terrorism speaker:Jacqui Smith

Bailiffs (Repeals and Amendment): Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [ Lords] (2 Jun 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...the police, helping us to combat illegal immigration, prevent border tax fraud, take on organised crime networks, stop the trafficking of people, drugs and weapons and counter the threat of terrorism.

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (21 May 2009)

Jacqui Smith: In accordance with section 14(3), 14(4) and 14(5) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, Lord Carlile of Berriew QC prepared a report on the operation of the Act in 2008, which I laid before the House on 3 February 2009. I am grateful to Lord Carlile for another considered review. Following consultation within my Department and with other relevant agencies, I am pleased to lay before...

Commission for the Compact: Schedule 8 — Repeals and revocations (19 May 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: .... There have been lively debates, not just today, but in Committee, and I would like to put on record my thanks to my ministerial colleagues— my hon. Friend the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing, the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Campbell), and the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Michael Savage (18 May 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...not solely because of the individuals there but because of the ability that that gives us internationally to take forward the sort of values that we hold, and the US holds, in fighting and tackling terrorism.

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...(Ms Taylor) pointed out, since 2001, with the help of the security and intelligence agencies, more than a dozen terrorist plots have been disrupted, and almost 200 people have been convicted of terrorism-related offences. Overseas secret intelligence has given us a vital edge in tackling some of the most difficult security challenges we face. We are safer, our families are safer and the...

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...the ISC Chair, rightly identified the fact that, the reporting restrictions now having been lifted, on 19 May the Committee will be able to publish its review of the intelligence on the London terrorist attacks of 7 July 2005. I welcome that. I share the view of Members that that will be very important not only in order to answer questions, but also—and not least—for the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: DNA Database Consultation (7 May 2009)

Jacqui Smith: ...breached Article 8. We, of course, accept the judgment of the Court. But we also accept the Court's recognition of the importance of using DNA and fingerprints to tackle and prevent crime, terrorism and ensure public protection. Public protection has been our key priority in developing these proposals. The proposals focus on achieving a proportionate balance between allowing the police to...

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Technology (7 May 2009)

Jacqui Smith: ...been released at this time, to ensure their commercial interests are not prejudiced as they negotiate contracts. The following forces received awards in phase 2. Table 2: Phase 2 Association of Chief Police Officers—Terrorism and Allied Matters City of London Cleveland Cumbria Durham Dyfed-Powys Greater Manchester Gwent Hampshire Merseyside Norfolk Northumbria North Wales Serious...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (7 May 2009)

Jacqui Smith: Local police counter-terrorism security advisers (CTSAs) submit regular returns to the police National Counter-Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO). The returns cover the activities CTSAs have undertaken, including Project Argus, in order to raise awareness of counter-terrorism in the business community and help them identify what they can do to help prevent and recover from a terrorist attack.

Written Answers — Home Department: Police: Vetting (23 Apr 2009)

Jacqui Smith: ...could heighten vulnerability or cause embarrassment to the police service. Checks are conducted through the Police national computer, criminal history system, criminal information system, counter terrorism databases and local intelligence as well as military and police professional standards databases where necessary. There is no national requirement for Criminal Records Bureau checks. I...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Statistics (21 Apr 2009)

Jacqui Smith: The Statistical Bulletin on Terrorism Arrests and Outcomes will be published when ongoing checks to ensure data quality ahead of publication are complete.

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the 12 arrests which took place in the north-west of England on 8 April under the Terrorism Act 2000. Those arrests are part of an ongoing and fast-moving police investigation. I am sure that hon. Members will understand, therefore, why I cannot go into detail on the investigation or the individuals involved. On Wednesday 8...

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: I strongly agree with my hon. Friend, who has met the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing to discuss his concerns. I see no reason why the unfortunate events on 8 April should limit the ability of photographers to take photographs, and neither do I believe, as he knows, that some of the limits result from recent legislative changes that we have made, as has been...

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: First, I do not think that the way in which we handle international terrorism in this country is in disrepute. Secondly, as the previous question suggested, we all have a responsibility to safeguard information about which there might be concerns if it got out. Thirdly, as I have said, the DPP himself pointed out that given the systematic nature of the leaks that had been identified, the...

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: .... Such circumstances bring specific challenges to police investigations. That is part of the reason for the specific arrangements for extended periods of pre-charge detention for arrests under the Terrorism Act 2000, which these are. The priority for the investigation is to investigate and, as I said earlier, release or charge as soon as possible.

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: ...a Home Secretary to come and report to the House in the way that I have done—and in the way, incidentally, that I undertook to do on every such occasion during the discussions on the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008. Mr. Speaker decided that an urgent question that had been tabled about the G20 was not appropriate to be taken today. However, I note that if the right hon. and learned...

Olympics: Operation Pathway (20 Apr 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: .... I have previously said that public vigilance and, alongside it, the important work of the security agencies and the police are the ways in which we will do our best to keep this country safe from terrorism. He is right to identify the need for continued public vigilance, and to make it clear that the terrorist threat is not isolated in any particular part of the country. I am sure that...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Public Expenditure (20 Apr 2009)

Jacqui Smith: ... EU grant income Depreciation, cost of capital and provisions NPIA NPIA Yes Yes — — — Yes SOCA SOCA Yes Yes — — — Yes OSCT Counter-Terrorism Yes Yes Yes Yes — Yes OSCT Other OSCT — — Yes — — — OISC OISC Yes Yes — — — — UKBA Core UKBA Yes...

Written Answers — Home Department: Detainees: Afghanistan (31 Mar 2009)

Jacqui Smith: ...for closing Guantanamo rests with the United States, discussions focused on whether there were ways in which member states could assist the United States, given common interests in counter-terrorism, human rights and the rule of law. It was also acknowledged that such potential assistance raised a number of political, legal and security issues which would need further study and...

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: International Terrorism (24 Mar 2009) has video

Jacqui Smith: I have today published the revised version of the Government's strategy for countering international terrorism. Protecting the safety of everybody in Britain is the primary duty, and the abiding obligation, of Government. Recent events in Northern Ireland were a chilling reminder that the threat of terrorism has not left our shores, and they demonstrated the need to continue to adapt our...