Results 1-14 of 14 for terrorism speaker:Mark Hendrick

Brazil (Violence and Police Corruption) (15 May 2009)

Mark Hendrick: ...agencies helping to deal with organised crime or internal corruption? Constitutional reform is also required to provide more funding for the federal police. At present, the federal police deal with terrorism, borders, high-level corruption, money laundering, some environmental crimes, and indigenous issues. Their area of responsibility is therefore vast, and the federal budget for public...

Debate on the Address: Foreign Affairs and Defence (10 Dec 2008) has video

Mark Hendrick: ...to achieve in Africa, despite the problems, because there is a great deal to applaud in its efforts. It is essential that Europe works with Africa, whether on climate change, migration, HIV or terrorism. I do not believe we can help the continent unilaterally. Clearly, working with the EU makes our efforts that much more effective and powerful. As we have seen from this debate, even the EU...

Orders of the Day: European Union (Amendment) Bill (21 Jan 2008) has video

Mark Hendrick: ...not the president, will take all the final decisions when they meet together. Increasingly, the concerns of British citizens lie outside our borders. The challenges of climate change, international terrorism and economic migration mean that international relations can no longer be separated from our day-to-day lives.

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Mark Hendrick: ...relations with other countries and our national security. Our national security faces many threats: the threat from climate change; the threat to our energy security; the threat from international terrorism; and the threat from weapons of mass destruction. Many of the threats are overlapping or interrelated: for example, our approach to climate change is very much affected by meeting the...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Mark Hendrick: ...been dismissed and detained, and rallies have been banned. The British Government have been swift in voicing their concern. Pakistan is a vital partner for the UK in tackling the serious threat of terrorism and extremism. It is also integral to our operations in Afghanistan and the related issues of the proliferation of weapons and drugs. Neither Afghanistan nor Pakistan can be stable...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Defence Policy (16 Oct 2007) has video

Mark Hendrick: ...2003 the MOD published its analysis of the future security environment in its White Paper "Delivering Security in a Changing World", which identified three issues as the main threats to the United Kingdom's national security: international terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and the phenomenon of failed states that can provide havens and sources of support for...

European Affairs (14 Dec 2005)

Mark Hendrick: ...the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals—REACH—programme, which balances health and environmental concerns with industrial competitiveness. The work on counter-terrorism measures has been mentioned. The EU has been in action in Bosnia to promote peace and stability. The meeting at Hampton Court was an initiative of the Prime Minister's, which led to debate on...

European Affairs (14 Dec 2005)

Mark Hendrick: My hon. Friend speaks of the progress that has been made on terrorism. One practical example of the way in which European co-operation works in that regard is the use of the European arrest warrant to apprehend an alleged participant in the 21 July bombing attempt. Use of the warrant has often been opposed by many Conservative Members.

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Mark Hendrick: ...in nature and that threatened the country with the conventional military might of armies, air forces and navies. In the 2lst century, we must deal with the challenges of globalisation and terrorism. Some months ago, I might have said international and global terrorism, but since 7 July, the fact that we witnessed here in London terrorist acts perpetrated by British citizens has moved the...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism Bill (26 Oct 2005)

Mark Hendrick: ...conflicts that involve the UN, we can hold a view that celebrates and justifies armed struggle against the oppressors, and would justifiably not describe actions against the regime in question as terrorism. Let us say that the tube train that exploded in an underground tunnel on 7 July was activated by a timing device left by someone who had left the train instead of a suicide bomber, and...

International Court of Justice Ruling (Israel) (20 Jul 2004)

Mr Mark Hendrick: ...and talk about a peace process while people are losing their lives and livelihoods is an outrage and will fuel deeper resentment in the middle east and in the Muslim world as a whole, breeding new terrorism. If the wall is allowed to be completed on Palestinian land, it will have annexed land that was agreed by both sides to belong to the Palestinians according to the 1967 borders. I call...

European Union (Accessions) Bill (21 May 2003)

Mr Mark Hendrick: ...'s first High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy has been a real success, as was evident in the Balkans. The current challenges for the CFSP are to confront the threats from terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction, and to develop a stronger relationship with the Muslim world. The role of the High Representative must be enhanced. By combining the...

NATO Summit (Prague) (25 Nov 2002)

Mr Mark Hendrick: Does my right hon. Friend agree that the accession of Romania to NATO will be a huge boost to peace and prosperity from a nation that suffered under Ceausescu's terror regime?

Budget Resolutions — Amendment of the Law (17 Apr 2002)

Mr Mark Hendrick: ...time. We said no good would come of it." The facts speak for themselves: interest rates are at their lowest for many years. Many people believed that the events of 11 September and the war against terrorism would cause a great deal of economic instability, not only in the United States but throughout the developed and developing world. What we have seen since then is a testament to the...