Results 1-20 of 30 for terrorism speaker:Phil Woolas

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances: Pakistan (16 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...routes into a five tier system and introduced still tougher standards on UK employers and colleges seeking to bring migrants into the UK. Since the beginning of 2007, we have provided counter-terrorism and forgery training to all entrance clearance and intelligence staff being posted overseas. We have run specific counter-terrorism training sessions in high risk posts, including Islamabad....

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (13 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: Details of the nationality of individuals who have been convicted of terrorism offences since 2001 are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Deportation (13 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: Details of the number of people who have been convicted of terrorism offences and who have subsequently been deported since 2001 are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Illegal Immigrants (13 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: Details of the number of illegal immigrants who have been convicted of terrorism offences since 2001 are not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

Written Answers — Home Department: Borders: Personal Records (12 Oct 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...delivered significant successes to all border agencies, generating over 22,000 operational alerts resulting in over 1,700 arrests and other interventions in addition to significant counter terrorism benefits. The Semaphore legacy system was transferred to operational business in April 2008 and is now managed by the e-Borders service provider, Trusted Borders and forms a key initial part of...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Arrests (20 Jul 2009)

Phil Woolas: holding answer 1 May 2009 None. There is no power of arrest under the Terrorism Act 2006. Any arrest for terrorism offences would be under either the Terrorism Act 2000 or other legislation. Details of the number of arrests for terrorism offences between 11 September 2001 and 31 March 2008 are contained in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin: "Statistics on Terrorism Arrests and Outcomes...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...) claimed, that it was the key element— [Interruption.] The Opposition might not like the argument, but the right hon. Gentleman said that we had claimed that ID cards were the key method against terrorism. That is not what we said.

Written Answers — Home Department: Travel Restrictions (6 Jul 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...on implementing this decision was also announced. Following the consultation the criteria for unacceptable behaviour was published in a Press Release on 24 August 2005 entitled "Tackling Terrorism-Behaviours Unacceptable in the UK".

Public Bill Committee: Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [Lords]: New Clause 2 (18 Jun 2009)

Phil Woolas: .... The work that we do with ACPO to enhance the arrangements for our police borders is, therefore, of critical importance. We have a phased approach to that work. First, it focuses on counter-terrorism and special branch activity, developing border policing with the police counter-terrorism network of dedicated regional counter-terrorism units and counter-terrorism intelligence units, which...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (11 Jun 2009)

Phil Woolas: A Justice and Home Affairs Council was held in Luxembourg on 4 and 5 June 2009. My noble Friend Admiral Lord West, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Security and Counter-Terrorism; my noble Friend Lord Bach, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice and Kenny MacAskill, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Justice, attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following issues were...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Justice and Home Affairs Council (3 Jun 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...significance of these immigration flows and support strong EU co-operation on this issue. This discussion will continue over lunch. The Council will then receive a presentation from the EU counter-terrorism co-ordinator Gilles de Kerchove on the implementation of the EU strategy and action plan to combat terrorism, progress made over the last six months and priorities for the future. The...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Opinion Polls (1 Jun 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...) the Home Office (excluding Executive Agencies) has commissioned public opinion polling on attitudes, experiences and awareness of a broad range of crime, policing, immigration, asylum and counter-terrorism issues. Details and cost for each financial year are shown in the following table. Details and cost for each financial year(1) are shown in table 1. Table 1 Financial year ...

Written Answers — Home Department: Entry Clearances (1 Jun 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...to do so. (b) Since June 2007 the organisations known as Jammat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh and Tehrik Nefaz-e Shari'at Muhammadi have been added to the list of those proscribed by Order under the Terrorism Act 2000. In addition, the entry on the proscribed list for the Hizballah External Security Organisation was substituted in July 2008 by the following entry: "The military wing of...

Written Answers — Home Department: Borders: Personal Records (29 Apr 2009)

Phil Woolas: The information will be held for 10 years in total—in the database for five years, and in our archive for a further five years. This allows police to investigate the travel history of terror suspects and other criminals and enables the UK Border Agency to ensure that people leave when they are supposed to.

Written Answers — Home Department: Borders: Personal records (20 Apr 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We will continue to work closely with the Republic of Ireland to tackle the major issues that face us today, from trafficking and terrorism to illegal immigration and drug smuggling. The UK Border Agency, Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Garda National Immigration Bureau work collaboratively and run regular...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: UK Border Agency (1 Apr 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...Customs to the agency. The agency will secure our borders and control migration for the benefit of our country and play a vital role in the Government's work to protect the public from crime and terrorism and to protect the tax revenues which pay for public services.

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Art Works (17 Mar 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...Thames at Richmond Wapping to Windsor Anthony Etheringtom Jackson's Pond 35 Artists Printmaking, Folio 3 Norman Ackroyd Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State Security and Counter-Terrorism Overside Discharge into Barges at Malta October 1943 Bernard Hailstone Seascape with Royal Naval Ships, c.1943 Charles King Night in the Docks Charles David Cobb Working...

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental ICT (5 Mar 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...Identity and Passport Service does not recognise communication grades. Embedded communicators Home Office crime reduction and community safety group 4 Office for security and counter-terrorism 5 UK Border Agency 14

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Mass Media (26 Feb 2009)

Phil Woolas: ...Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)—all mentions. Public order—e.g. riots, marches and demonstrations Football hooliganism Stop and search—under PACE and under Terrorism Act Firearms—including policy and law, replicas, incidents involving police use of firearms Traffic law and review of road traffic penalties—do not cut drink driving campaigns...

Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order (24 Feb 2009) has video

Phil Woolas: ...but I was listening to the speech by the hon. Member for Reigate (Mr. Blunt) with some sadness. I shall explain why, but before I do so, I pass on apologies from the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing, and the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, my hon. Friend the Member for Tynemouth (Mr. Campbell) who could not be at the Dispatch Box because of...