Results 1-20 of 21 for terrorism speaker:Ann Widdecombe

Written Answers — Transport: Aviation: Terrorism (30 Oct 2007)

Ann Widdecombe: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many acts of terrorism or attempted terrorism against aircraft have involved the use of (a) nail scissors and (b) lip gloss.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (15 Jan 2003)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: Given that record numbers of people are applying for asylum, that Ruud Lubers has said that Britain takes more than its fair share, and that there is now a link between suspected terrorism and asylum seeking, does the Prime Minister consider his asylum policy to have been a success or a failure?

Public Bill Committee: Police Reform Bill [Lords]: Schedule 5 - Powers exercisable by accredited persons (25 Jun 2002)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him shall, in relation to any cordoned area in the relevant police area, have all the powers of a constable in uniform under section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (enforcement of cordoned area) to give orders, make arrangements or impose prohibitions or restrictions. (2) A person to whom this paragraph applies shall not...

Orders of the Day — Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (13 Mar 2001)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...and Commonwealth Affairs for making their Ministers available to the Opposition during discussions on what is a difficult subject. I associate the Opposition with the Home Secretary's remarks about terrorism. We do not intend to oppose the order. We fully support the Government's measures to deal with the destabilising menace of international terrorism. The increasing globalisation of...

Orders of the Day — Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (13 Mar 2001)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...? I should also be grateful to know what action he envisages taking against the funding arrangements of proscribed organisations. In addition to the destabilising effect of the international terrorism groups mentioned in the order, recent events have highlighted the constant danger of terrorism in the United Kingdom. The Opposition feel as strongly as anyone else that tough measures are...

Orders of the Day — Home Affairs and Inner Cities (12 Dec 2000)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...been blamed for everything that has gone wrong under his stewardship of the Home Office—that is a lot of blame. They were blamed for forgetting to renew the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Acts; blamed for wrongly briefing the right hon. Gentleman when he gave a press conference on asylum; blamed for causing him to give the Welsh Assembly powers over Welsh criminals; and...

Demonstrations (London and Manchester) (2 May 2000)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...of the press who were present, should be made available to the police immediately? Would the groups concerned with yesterday's disorder be covered by his new definition of terrorists under his new terrorism legislation?

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Mar 2000)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: Many of the points that we would have expected to cover were dealt with at length when the Terrorism Bill was debated so it may please the House to know that I shall be brief. I join the Home Secretary in paying tribute to Mr. Rowe for his report, which convincingly argues that the provisions of the prevention of terrorism Act are needed for another year. The Conservative party, in...

Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Mar 2000)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: It could become longer, if I were tempted. Today the House has debated the Terrorism Bill, which will combine the existing emergency provisions Act and prevention of terrorism Act in a single piece of permanent UK-wide legislation. As I have said, we support the Bill; but if the Home Secretary speaks again—he does not seem much inclined to do so at the moment—he should give the...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...this evening, the Government will have the Opposition's full support in seeking a Second Reading for the Bill. Conservative Members have never shirked their duty to take the toughest stand against terrorism and to give the police and the armed forces the powers that they need to protect the public. That is why, when in government, we significantly increased the powers available in the...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: My hon. Friend makes an important point. He is right that terrorism cannot be defined either out of existence or so closely as to cover every eventuality—

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...between so-called punishment attacks—what has been described as internal housekeeping—and wider attacks on the community or security forces. It is our view that they are all acts of terrorism. Even if it were only by a nod, I would have appreciated the Home Secretary signalling that the word "serious" was not to be used to excuse paramilitary or punishment beatings.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (14 Dec 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...We believe the current system to be the right one. Having agreed with all that, we are not without some concerns about some aspects of the Bill. One of the advantages of the existing prevention of terrorism and emergency provisions legislation being renewed annually is that it has allowed Parliament to scrutinise the exceptional powers contained in that legislation. In addition, the...

Orders of the Day — Home Affairs, Education and Employment (23 Nov 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...the fiasco of the Home Secretary's completely misleading announcement on police numbers at his party conference; the fact that he completely forgot to include certain key parts in the prevention of terrorism legislation; and the utter farce of the spy-a-day revelations during the summer? Who can forget the Home Secretary's string of ill-judged comments, such as his famous views on people...

Orders of the Day — Home Affairs, Education and Employment (23 Nov 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...Bill. As for the police service, we must ensure that we do not impair operational effectiveness in the fight against crime. We will welcome, and indeed already welcome, the proposals to make anti-terrorism legislation permanent throughout the United Kingdom, but we will look carefully at the detail of the Government's proposals, and especially at the definition of terrorism in the Bill....

Opposition Day: Home Office Issues (26 Oct 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: .... In the House, we cannot identify officials—but I am inclined to ask who they were. Were they, perhaps, the same officials who clean forgot to renew the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Acts? Were they the same officials who wrongly briefed the Home Secretary on his own Home Office figures when he gave a press conference on asylum? Were they the same officials who caused...

Opposition Day: Passport Delays (29 Jun 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...two short weeks for which I have held this brief, he has come to the House three times to smile engagingly, apologise humbly and shrug helplessly. Last week, he did not know why the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1989 happened to be minus a few crimes. Of course he took responsibility and apologised profusely, but he could not tell us why it had happened. Yesterday,...

Opposition Day: Passport Delays (29 Jun 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ..., we see the pattern of operation employed by the Home Secretary when he responds to problems. A year and two months too late, he came to the House to put right an omission in the prevention of terrorism Act.

Prevention of Terrorism (23 Jun 1999)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ..., we shall support the Government's view that the provisions are not incompatible with the ECHR. Finally, we regret that the Government's inability to support our comprehensive prevention of terrorism Act has been at the root of causing this confusion.

Orders of the Day — Wild Mammals (Hunting with Dogs) Bill (28 Nov 1997)

Miss Ann Widdecombe: ...hunting. Hunting is not a pesticide, so we must ask what it is. It is cruelty. I am not against killing foxes or culling deer. I am against the chase, the cruelty involved in the prolonging the terror of a living, sentient being that is running for its life. They laugh at it, apparently. When the deer is running, can feel the hounds closing in and knows that its strength is not going to...