Results 1-13 of 13 for terrorism speaker:David Cairns

Nuclear Waste (Scotland) (19 Jun 2006)

David Cairns: ...are often the same parties that object to every planning application and permission in the country. My hon. Friend asked about the vulnerability of nuclear installations in an age of global terrorism. That is an important and serious question, and one that needs to be addressed now rather than in the context of nuclear new build. Any prospect of nuclear new build is still some years away,...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Identity Cards (6 Jun 2006)

David Cairns: ...whatever arrangements it sees fit for access to services that the House of Commons has devolved to it. On the issue of identity cards, I note that the hon. Lady did not mention anything to do with terrorism, illegal immigration or fighting crime—which is hardly surprising, coming from a Liberal Democrat.

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Devolution (15 Nov 2005)

David Cairns: The Advocate-General is a UK Law Officer and as such takes part in a wide range of discussions on all aspects of UK law. Terrorism legislation is entirely a reserved matter. Discussions took place between officials at the Home Office and the Crown Office on how the issues would be implemented, but they are reserved matters and it was for the House to decide.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Israel (25 Jan 2005)

Mr David Cairns: ...232 Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza strip into Israel, and there were 18 such attacks in the first two weeks of this year. Given Abu Mazen's recent welcome announcement on cracking down on terrorism in the Gaza strip, what help and assistance can the EU give to increase the security capacity of the Palestinian Authority, with specific reference to stopping the rockets being...

Foreign Affairs and Defence (24 Nov 2004)

Mr David Cairns: .... . . stopping that trade is, again, directly in our interests." The following day, speaking in the House, the Prime Minister said: "We in Britain have the most direct interest in defeating such terror . . . We know that the Taliban regime is largely funded by the drugs trade and that 90 per cent. of the heroin on British streets originates in Afghanistan."—[ Official Report, 8...

Poppy Eradication (Afghanistan) (9 Jun 2004)

Mr David Cairns: ...live beside the seedy reality of petty drug dealing on estates and streets in my constituency and elsewhere. The evil business does not end there, but returns whence it came in the form of narco-terrorist funding. No one who heard the powerful speech by President Karzai at last year's Labour party conference can be in any doubt that international terrorists are directly and financially...

Organised Crime (29 Mar 2004)

Mr David Cairns: May I press my right hon. Friend further on narco-terrorism? He will be aware that this year's increased poppy harvest in Afghanistan will inevitably lead to more and cheaper heroin on Britain's streets, which will bring domestic criminal and health problems. In addition, profits from the trade are being used to fund terrorism in Afghanistan and elsewhere. Will he spell out how the various...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Palestinian Authority (27 Jan 2004)

Mr David Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority concerning terrorism.

Middle East (8 Sep 2003)

Mr David Cairns: ...be a good first step if he could persuade the Palestinian security chief, who resigned at the same time as Abu Mazen and showed that he was not only paying lip service to the aim of dealing with terrorism but was doing something about it, to change his mind and come back on board? That would go some way to meeting some of the concerns expressed in Israel that the Palestinian Authority have...

Business of the House (5 Jun 2003)

Mr David Cairns: ...does not become the raw opium that becomes heroin on sale in his constituency and mine. Does he agree that cheap heroin on the streets of Britain is not a price that we have to pay for the war on terrorism?

Strategic Defence Review (18 Jul 2002)

Mr David Cairns: .... Does he agree that money and time spent on working with democratic Governments throughout the world, and with moderate regimes in places such as the middle east, to tackle the root causes of terrorism and to identify embryonic terrorist cells and deal with them in situ represent an investment, and that that is money well spent? What discussions is my right hon. Friend having with other...

Written Answers — Treasury: Anti-terrorism Campaign (4 Mar 2002)

Mr David Cairns: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the cost to the UK of participation in the campaign against terrorism.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Terrorist Victims (13 Feb 2002)

Mr David Cairns: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Government have done to compensate victims of terrorism in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.