Results 1-20 of 36 for terrorism speaker:Chris Grayling

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Internet (12 Nov 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK-based websites have been closed down under the provisions of section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2006 because they contained extremist material inciting terrorism.

Written Answers — Home Department: Departmental Electronic Equipment (12 Oct 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in (a) the Office for Security and Counter-terrorism, (b) the Identity and Passport Service and (c) his Department have been issued with a Blackberry device.

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...and again—indeed, it is a trap that the Government have fallen into on many occasions. Let us take the example of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. It was designed to address terrorism and serious crime, but it is now used by local councils to do a whole range of things for which it was not intended, such as spying on garden centres to see whether they are selling pot...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: US-UK Extradition Treaty (15 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...with the original principles discussed at the time of its introduction. The rapid move to strengthen extradition arrangements in the first part of this decade was clearly designed to combat the terror threat, but those new arrangements should not be allowed to become a quick and convenient way of bypassing what would have been the due process for other forms of charge and alleged offence....

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: The right hon. Gentleman suggests that I have changed my mind. He clearly voted for motions and supported policies on compulsion and the importance of ID cards in combating terrorism. When did he change his mind?

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...means. It means that the completely daft announcement made last week that the Government's flagship ID card scheme, which we were once told was designed to play a central part in the battle against terrorism, will be voluntary was not another stupid pronouncement from the Downing street bunker, but was, in fact, the brainchild of the new Home Secretary. Perhaps my apology should be to the...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ..., the ID cards and the identity register, the police could just take a quick swab, poke a few buttons and, hey presto, the criminal's identity would be revealed. No longer would people need to fear terrorism. For all the comments that the Home Secretary made last week about the terrorism issue being overplayed, we have all sat here month after month, year after year while his predecessors...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...world and not one has argued that we are wrong about ID cards and that they are an essential part of the security tool kit. I ask the Home Secretary why he has changed his mind about ID cards and terrorism. After all the statements by the Government over so many years that ID cards were an essential part of combating terror—including comments after incidents in this country and in...

Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...on inventing the answer to a problem that we do not have. They could have been working on sorting out the asylum system and the immigration system, designing a better strategy for countering terrorism and dealing with policing issues, yet they have devoted eight years to a massive national folly. I had hoped that the signals given out by the Home Secretary when he took office meant that he...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Counter-terrorism Strategy (6 Jul 2009)

Chris Grayling: ...year in the UK, nearly 2,000 lorries were stolen. That includes examples of theft of similarly flammable materials. The US Department of Homeland Security has warned about the use of such trucks in terror attacks, so will the Home Secretary please go back to his office, put in place an urgent review of the situation, and make a written statement to the House later this week about what he...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (29 Jun 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 40W, on terrorism, what follow-up action on protective security is necessary after Project Argus events.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (29 Jun 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 40W, on terrorism, whether any central record is kept of the organisations which have participated in Project Argus training.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (23 Jun 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Office of Security and Counter-Terrorism has taken to develop an appropriate performance framework for counter-terrorism policing; and when he expects the framework to be implemented nationally.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (22 Jun 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 373W, on terrorism, how many people have been trained under Project Argus; and what the cost of the Project has been to date.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (15 Jun 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 373W, on terrorism, whether counter-terrorism security advisers maintain a record of the names and contact details of those that have received project Argus training.

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Chris Grayling: ...our debate to be more informed. Obviously, for security reasons key information cannot be made available to us. We can certainly discuss the role of our security services in the battle against terror, but one issue that I know will be followed from outside this House is the work carried out by the Committee on the London 7/7 bombings, to which the right hon. Gentleman referred. We know...

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Chris Grayling: The hon. Gentleman makes a very good point and I was about to mention the scale of redaction. I remember dealing with a constituency case a few years ago in which an experienced counter-terrorism officer was being expected to retire because there was a set retirement age. At a time when we face a significant international threat, it is clearly bonkers to lose expertise unless people really...

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Chris Grayling: ...SIS, the Security Service and what are termed "Additional elements", spending over the five years to 2011 will almost double from £1.2 billion to just over £2 billion. In total, spending on counter-terrorism will increase to £3.5 billion. What was originally a relatively small item of Government expenditure is expanding steadily to the point where it is close to the size of...

Intelligence and Security Committee (7 May 2009) has video

Chris Grayling: ...to extremism"', and it "welcomes the establishment of a new team analysing open-source and academic material in this field." However, it also raised questions about where that sits within the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre, and expressed concern about JTAC's capabilities being diluted by the change. I hope that the Government will look at that very carefully. My worry, when I look at the...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (7 May 2009)

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2009, Official Report, column 1265W, on terrorism, what mechanism exists to measure progress on the proposal to establish a civilian force of 60,000 workers trained to deal with terrorism incidents.