Results 1-20 of 22 for terrorism speaker:Mark Field

[Mr. Gary Streeter in the Chair] — UK Relations with Russia (14 Oct 2009)

Mark Field: ...is taken, surely the single most important thing to remember is that we need to engage with Russia for trade purposes but also, given the issues of energy security and Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, it is better that we have strong engagement and that they are on our side rather than the other side on both those crucial issues for the decades ahead.

Bills Presented — Business Rate Supplements Bill: Home Affairs and Justice (4 Dec 2008) has video

Mark Field: ...doubt that, within a decade, the west will be forced to accept China as an economic and political equal. I have also visited India twice since 2004. It is a nation under the international spotlight, as the monstrous hand of terrorism visited the great commercial city of Bombay last week. I am pleased that my own police force in the City of London and many other institutions under the Home...

Policing (City of London) (24 Jun 2008)

Mark Field: ...headline figures. None the less, there is concern. The burdens on the City of London police are immense for a range of reasons about which the Minister and I agree, including the predominance of terrorism and the almost exponential increase of white-collar crime in a globalised financial and overall economy in recent years. Those are particularly strong burdens. As I mentioned in specific...

Policing (City of London) (24 Jun 2008)

Mark Field: ...for Communities and Local Government for the next three years neither reflects the changing situation on the ground nor recognises the City force's national responsibilities in protecting us from terrorism and international fraud. If the Government expect emergency services and local authorities throughout the country to deal with the impact of a changing night time, adequate support must...

Business of the House: Council Tax (27 Mar 2008) has video

Mark Field: ...funding arrangements. Will the Minister meet me and representatives of the Corporation of London, not least because of the important national and international work in relation to anti-terrorism and white-collar crime that City of London police performs on behalf of all police and the Home Office at large?

[Mr. Jim Hood in the Chair] — Neighbourhood Policing (19 Mar 2008)

Mark Field: ...be the be-all and end-all of the policing challenge. I find that to be the case particularly in central London, where intelligence-led policing has great import, not least in fields such as counter-terrorism. The Metropolitan police and a range of other agencies, including the City of London police in the eastern part of my constituency, do painstaking work, but that approach has a less...

City of London Police (18 Dec 2007)

Mark Field: ...of any other force. Businesses and residents in the City experience the very best of traditional British policing, alongside a technologically adept force with a wealth of experience in counter-terrorism and financial investigation. The constabulary may cover a small geographical area physically, but it reaches across regional, national and even international borders as a widely recognised...

Integration and Cohesion (17 Apr 2007)

Mark Field: ...able to appreciate those values. Our legal system, however, is very confrontational, and determined to give the defendant a fair trial. I know that we all have concerns about that in relation to terrorism matters, but it is a fundamental truism in terms of what the British legal system exists to achieve, in comparison with many continental systems, which are designed to reveal the truth,...

Grosvenor Square (Security) (12 Dec 2006)

Mark Field: Those of my constituents living in and around Grosvenor square represent an almost entirely undefended front line in this country's war against terrorism. The reason is plain: the Home Office, the Metropolitan police and Transport for London have sought to protect the US embassy from a terrorist bomb attack while largely ignoring the needs and wishes of local residents. Since September 2001,...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Bill (23 Nov 2005)

Mark Field: ...) after 26 October on which (i) the chief constable and (ii) other senior police officers of City of London police contacted hon. Members representing constituencies in the City of London about the Terrorism Bill; and what form that contact took.

London (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Mark Field: I entirely agree with my right hon. Friend. The threat of terrorism has increased in my central London constituency, and the number of uniformed police officers has inevitably increased, in my patch above all, since 11 September 2001. The price has had to be paid in the suburbs, which are represented by hon. Members on both sides of the House, and the Conservative mayoral candidate will...

London (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Mark Field: ...constituency but in places such as Croydon, Ealing and Romford, and they recognise that Labour has let them down. From the fate that befell Spain last month, it is clear that the threat of global terrorism is serious and imminent, and nowhere more so than here in the capital. However, the Government strategy appears to be to wait for what they regard as an "inevitable attack" and...

London (21 Apr 2004)

Mr Mark Field: No, I must make some progress, if the hon. Lady will excuse me. All too often, the Government talk big about their resolve in the face of terrorism, but pass the responsibility to local authorities without adequate financial resource for contingency, resilience and emergency planning. Labour has let Londoners down on public transport, which has become ever more overcrowded and unreliable than...

Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (18 Mar 2004)

Mr Mark Field: ...term. As a Member representing a capital city constituency, I shall focus on one or two issues close to the hearts of Londoners, especially the proposals to spend more public money on countering terrorism, which have important implications, and the much broader issue of housing here in the capital city. I suspect that that will be the subject of a much longer future debate, but it was made...

Civil Contingencies Bill (19 Jan 2004)

Mr Mark Field: ...2001, but previously. The Metropolitan police have worked with the City of London police and various other central London agencies. The capital as a whole is widely believed to be a leading terrorist target. At times of great national crisis, the rights of the individual must be defended with especial vigour. Members of Parliament owe it to all our constituents—the people who send us...

Police Funding (London) (16 Dec 2003)

Mr Mark Field: ...historical reasons, the City of London police have a level of independence. I pay credit to the Government: the City of London police have received a good settlement this year to take account of terrorism and fraud. However, terrorism, and the fear of terrorism, are quite large factors. Does the hon. Gentleman have any thoughts not just about police numbers, which have been used as the big...

Identity Cards (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Mark Field: ...in this country during the second world war, and the Home Secretary has given a clear indication that they are back on the agenda as part of the Government's policy on asylum and their war on terrorism. My constituency, in the heart of London, stands to be most affected by the proposals. In addition to a residential population of 120,000, a further 800,000 people a day travel to work in...

Identity Cards (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Mark Field: ...freedom underpins our mature democracy which should not be undermined except in times of extreme national emergency, such as during a fully fledged world war, and I do not believe that the war on terrorism is such a time. As the hon. Member for Milton Keynes, North-East (Brian White) said, we all have birth certificates, driving licences and national insurance numbers, and an array of...

Recycling (15 Oct 2002)

Mr Mark Field: ...also had great recycling successes, and I hope that we can build on them together. I want to talk briefly about my other local authority, which has more profound difficulties. For obvious reasons relating to terrorism, the City of London has been prevented from undertaking large-scale recycling since the mid-1990s, when the IRA threat became stronger, and since 11 September last year....

Metropolitan Police (16 Jan 2002)

Mr Mark Field: ...window of what is a large part of central London, it is wholly inadequate. That was true even before the heightened tension of the international terrorist crisis. The City of London police's anti-terrorism responsibilities are of a continuing nature, as is the international remit involved in the protection of the constant stream of VIPs who come to the City for both business and ceremonial...