Results 1-17 of 17 for terrorism speaker:John Barrett

UK Aid (North Africa) (3 Jun 2009)

John Barrett: ...that are effectively our near neighbours. Many people go from the UK to Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt on holiday, as it is a short flight away, but we also see on television that there are problems there with terrorism and migration, and they are right on our doorstep. The challenges in north Africa are certainly different from those in sub-Saharan or west Africa, and while the need to reduce...

Opposition Day — [9th Allotted Day]: Iraq War Inquiry (25 Mar 2009) has video

John Barrett: ...States has spent an estimated $3 trillion on this folly. The risks for the future are well known: the world is less safe now than it has ever been, and the middle east is a source of more terrorists and terrorism training. The decision to invade Iraq ranks as one of the worst foreign policy errors in recent memory. Its impact on Britain—on its international standing and domestic...

Bill Presented: Darfur (5 Jun 2007)

John Barrett: ...said earlier that rape is a weapon of war. In Darfur, that is the case without a doubt. In a recent advert, Amnesty International showed an image of a knife and two hand grenades as a phallic symbol to indicate the terror of this act. The strategy is simple—rape as many women as possible, as brutally as possible, as publicly as possible and as often as possible. That is how the...

[Mr. Eric Illsley in the Chair] — Peacebuilding and Post-Conflict Reconstruction (22 Mar 2007)

John Barrett: ...than on the deeper causes that build up to individual actions or full-blown wars. Far more people are killed every year in developing countries by AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and diarrhoea than by terrorism. Yet the military response to events cannot be separated from the work required to get a country back on its feet. Today, we are involved in military action in Iraq, Afghanistan and...

Point of Order: Trident (14 Mar 2007)

John Barrett: ...me to oppose the Government tonight—he asked for my support and he is a Labour councillor. I have said on many occasions that there are two threats that we must face up to: global warming and terrorism. Nuclear weapons, as has been said earlier, are useless against both. There has been much talk about the uncertainty of the future. Why, then, are the Government so convinced that, in...

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (22 Nov 2006)

John Barrett: ...future. The House voted to go to war in Iraq because of the hunt for weapons of mass destruction. The intelligence at that time was bad and many have said that the House was misled. Since that day, terrorism has grown in Iraq. At that time, there were those who believed that the regime should be changed. There is now no doubt that Iraq is a hotbed of terrorism, and exactly the same is...

Africa (Poverty) (30 Jun 2005)

John Barrett: ...has been unhelpfully politicised. In recent years, the very goals of development aid have been redefined to suit the new security agenda. For example, in Denmark, Japan and Australia, combating terrorism is now an explicit aim of official aid programmes. It is a question of priorities, and I am afraid that ending poverty in Africa is simply not at the top of that list. In recent years, it...

Climate Change (G8 Summit) (29 Jun 2005)

John Barrett: .... Indeed, it will impact on almost every aspect of our lives. It is not surprising that our own chief scientific adviser said that the threat from climate change was greater than that from global terror. The Kyoto agreement was a good and positive first step towards tackling the issue, but even if the US signed up to it tomorrow, it would not solve many of the problems. We have to remember...

Iraq (17 May 2004)

Mr John Barrett: ...it has been done in the name of the coalition. We were given four reasons for going to war: the threat of weapons of mass destruction and the non-compliance with UN resolutions; the fight against terror; the humanitarian crisis; and Saddam's reign of terror. People say, "At least Saddam's reign of terror is over", but if that vote on weapons of mass destruction were to be repeated today,...

Occupied Palestinian Territories (29 Apr 2004)

Mr John Barrett: ...seen. However, the Israeli Government fail to realise that their actions serve only to give greater cause to organisations such as Hamas, which seek to recruit Palestinians in their campaign of terror. Rather than preventing suicide bombings, the Government of Israel are fuelling the fire that leads to such acts of terrorism.

Somaliland (4 Feb 2004)

Mr John Barrett: ...go back to is in no way comparable with life over here. We must take a direct interest in the standard of life over there. Her Majesty's Government are trying to reduce the numbers fleeing from terror. It is a stable country. I could understand people from Mogadishu saying that they were in real danger, and I have a fairly small number of Somalis in my constituency. If someone came from...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Nigeria (3 Feb 2004)

Mr John Barrett: ...of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Nigeria about (a) increases in Muslim fundamentalism in that country and (b) the potential for terrorism; and if he will make a statement.

African Development Strategies (4 Nov 2003)

Mr John Barrett: ...by the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Ann McKechin). Other issues include religious divides between Christians and Muslims, the matter of orphans, which has been mentioned, security and terrorism, corruption in a number of countries, including Malawi and Nigeria, wealth distribution, resources and natural mineral resources. Some countries have ongoing problems of the sort that we know...

Iraq (26 Feb 2003)

Mr John Barrett: ...strongest allies—have been at war with us in the past. While a recent past record is important, it is not reason enough to go to war. The war on Iraq is also constantly linked to the war on terrorism. I ask, where is the link? Where is the evidence? Before we go to war, any Government should have the support of the people and the support of their representatives. Today they will see...

Iraq (Humanitarian Contingency Plan) (30 Jan 2003)

Mr John Barrett: ...are making efforts to do just that, but the situation in Afghanistan is far from being a good-news story. Much of the country has reverted to the status that it occupied before the campaign against terrorism. Most of the country outside Kabul is under the control of warlords, and poppies that will become heroin on our streets are still being grown in the fields. Afghanistan is far from...

Airport and Aircraft Safety (23 Oct 2001)

Mr John Barrett: ...the light of the events of 11 September. The prospect of sky marshals or armed guards on aircraft does not fill commuters with confidence, but prior to 11 September, the number one issue was not terrorism but the risk of an accident caused by air traffic control problems. Given the delay in the construction of the Prestwick air traffic control centre, I want to ensure that consideration...

International Terrorism (4 Oct 2001)

Mr John Barrett: Although our thoughts are with the victims and the families and loved ones of the 7,000 who died in New York and Washington, we should give some thought to the victims of terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, refugees on the move and in camps, starving, eating grass or nothing. It is not only in the west that terrorism is ruining lives. We heard earlier who is responsible and that the...