Results 1-20 of 149 for terrorism speaker:William McCrea

Opposition Day: [Un-allotted Half Day] — Parading in Northern Ireland (27 Oct 2009) has video

William McCrea: ...addressed and resolved. Over the years the Democratic Unionist party has campaigned for confidence-building measures among the Unionist community to face the onslaught of more than 30 years of IRA terrorism. One of those issues is the issue on the Order Paper tonight. Solving the problems that have been associated with parades is a fundamental prerequisite to political progress and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

William McCrea: ...in the brave men and women who protect us; indeed, we salute them, because they have defended the people of Northern Ireland through very difficult times, even when they faced murder, mayhem, destruction and terror. Those who were responsible for that terror ought to be condemned and the guilt must be upon their shoulders for so doing. We salute the memory of those members of the Royal...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Executive Committee Business: Second Stage (22 Sep 2009)

William McCrea: ...know that there are increasing demands on the police. For example, there is no package in place for members of the part-time police Reserve, who gave excellent and sterling service throughout the years of Provisional IRA terror, murder and mayhem. We have to provide financial support to deal with that demand, because it will not go away. One of today’s papers carries the headline:...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Financial Support for Sports Clubs (21 Sep 2009)

William McCrea: Let us be frank; the sight of men armed with replica guns and with balaclavas on their heads was an offence to sport and to this community, which has been through 30 years of terrorism. Surely, the Member should condemn that instead of trying to cover it up.

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Dissident Republican Groups (22 Apr 2009) has video

William McCrea: ...the security forces informed two of their former members in recent days that they were to be murdered by the so-called dissident republican terrorists? Failure to take resolute action to eliminate terrorism will consign the people of Northern Ireland to more years of terrorism. Will the Secretary of State confirm that, in the light of the severe threat to former members of the security...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: Peace Process (4 Mar 2009) has video

William McCrea: No one could deny the Secretary of State's statement that dissident republican terrorists have nothing to offer the community. Thirty years of Provisional IRA terrorism did not have anything to offer the community, either. We can condemn terrorism for as long as we like, but what active steps will the Government take to ensure that we defeat terrorism and allow Northern Ireland to move into a...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Adjournment: The Closure of Maghera High School (3 Feb 2009)

William McCrea: ...Council for 35 years and, during that time, Maghera High School has always been a beacon of educational excellence. I pay tribute to the staff who, under enormous pressure through the years of terrorism, retained a dignity and an excellence of education against great odds. Indeed, there was a genuine belief that, for a period, ethnic cleansing of the Protestant community was being carried...

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — RAF Aldergrove (7 May 2008)

William McCrea: ...representatives and the people of Northern Ireland witnessed compliant Governments negotiate over the defence of the law-abiding people of Ulster with the representatives of brutal and murderous terrorism. Thankfully, in Northern Ireland, because people who once espoused the use of politically motivated violence have been made to commit to the rule of law and support for the institutions...

Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland: South Armagh (20 Feb 2008)

William McCrea: ...have acknowledged that the dissident republican groups in south Armagh and throughout Northern Ireland pose a major threat. We send troops across the world with a determined goal of crushing terrorism. When will the Government do that in Northern Ireland? Are we consigned to another 30 years of this activity because of a dissident threat from republicanism?

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Reclassification of the Terrorist Campaign (18 Feb 2008)

William McCrea: ...as volunteers add further insult to injury to the people whom they hurt deeply over the past 30 years. When a family is told that their loved one was not murdered as a result of an act of terrorism but instead was a legitimate target, killed by someone on so-called active service, they are made to suffer again. There is no way that those who suffered at the hands of murdering thugs and...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Reclassification of the Terrorist Campaign (18 Feb 2008)

William McCrea: There can be no confusion on the issue. There can be no comparison between those who deliberately set out to murder and those who were murdered. There was a campaign of terror by the republican movement, and there was a totally inadequate response from our Government. Thank God that, at the end of the day, this is still British Ulster, and we are proud to be in British Ulster. No Provo will...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Private Armies (4 Feb 2008)

William McCrea: ...; not just those from one side of the community — are dealt with. All paramilitary organisations must be destroyed. [Interruption.] Sinn Féin Members should not shout too loudly. They know all about terrorism, and they know what it is to blow people asunder. [Interruption.]

Bill Presented: Northern Ireland (St. Andrews Agreement) (No. 2) Bill (27 Mar 2007)

William McCrea: ...Lancaster and Wyre (Mr. Wallace) mentioned Cookstown. I was educated in Cookstown, and we lived just outside it. I represented that constituency for some 14 and a half years. It was ravaged by IRA terrorism and was for a considerable period known as the killing fields of Northern Ireland. Today, I represent another constituency on another side of the Bann. Many constituencies had different...

Orders of the Day: New Clause 5 — Northern Ireland department with policing and justice functions (6 Feb 2007)

William McCrea: ...'s own new clause 4, I know that he has a problem with national security and the gathering of intelligence by MI5. Subversive activity now extends worldwide: there is an international network or web of terrorism, involving more than links with the IRA. In such circumstances, national security should be in the hands of MI5: I see no problem with that. Let me end where I began. The Minister...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Implementation of Bamford Review (18 Dec 2006)

William McCrea: ...them. Their lives are changed completely. Some Members have talked about suicide without embarrassment and without apparent consciousness of what causes it. As far as this House is concerned, the terrorism of the past 35 years drove many of our people to suicide. That has left a tragic mark on society that will take years to heal. A great deal of emphasis has been put on mental health...

Orders of the Day: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill (13 Dec 2006)

William McCrea: ...Paisley) rightly said that the Bill goes too far, too soon, and the Minister should consider that remark carefully. We need to protect the people of Northern Ireland from the continued threat of terrorism and continued intimidation. We agree that we should progressively move towards holding jury trials, but jury trials are not appropriate in all cases. Like my right hon. Friend the Member...

Orders of the Day: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill (13 Dec 2006)

William McCrea: ...are not yet in a normal situation in the Province. We long for that day—we hope that it will come soon—but there is a constant terrorist threat against the people of Northern Ireland. Terrorism must be put down or crushed in Northern Ireland, because the terrorists have not gone away. Many people want to close their eyes to that fact. I would love to live in an area where...

Orders of the Day: Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill (13 Dec 2006)

William McCrea: I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It is normal that in a society where there is the threat of terrorism, Her Majesty's forces—the Army and the police—work together in the defence and protection of the community. I do not mind whether it is members of the PSNI or Army personnel who are protecting me and my constituents from the threat of terrorism or from those who...

Northern Ireland Assembly: Private Members’ Business: Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (4 Dec 2006)

William McCrea: ...The structures of the IRA will have to be dismantled and its ill-gotten gains handed over. There must be a proper mechanism through which to throw out terrorist supporters, if there is support for terrorism. There must be an end to criminality. The DUP will make that judge-ment on behalf of its people, but there must be a credible testing period, and the matter will have to be tested to...

Orders of the Day: Northern Ireland (St Andrews Agreement) Bill (21 Nov 2006)

William McCrea: ...Ireland have been held to ransom by terrorists. Successive Governments bowed and scraped to the terrorists who threatened the people of Northern Ireland and Governments. In order to appease terrorism—the IRA—they have penalised the innocent instead of facing up to and defeating terrorism. We must never forget, whenever we come to talk about a future, the hurt and the innocent...