Results 1-18 of 18 for terrorism speaker:Paul Holmes

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

Paul Holmes: Does the hon. Gentleman not agree that the public were in favour of ID cards when they thought they would solve terrorism, crime and illegal immigration, but as they are now realising that they will not do that, and also that they will have to pay for them, their satisfaction ratings are falling?

[Mr. Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Policing in the 21st Century (11 Jun 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...to have more collaboration"—perhaps involving the super-forces that were mooted but have, thankfully, been dropped recently—"so that you can tackle the most serious forms of crime, like terrorism and organised crime." On the other hand, we want much more neighbourhood policing and a greater uniformed officer presence out on the streets to tackle what members of the public are...

[Mr. Hywel Williams in the Chair] — Policing in the 21st Century (11 Jun 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...collaboration makes absolute sense. Indeed, the east midlands forces have undertaken some pioneer case studies in England showing where police forces can collaborate on serious and organised crime, terrorism and high-level policing threats without having to force a merger of police forces. There is a role for a national strategy in one area that the Chairman has raised—the purchase...

Commission for the Compact: New Clause 20 — Interim injunctions: duration (19 May 2009) has video

Paul Holmes: ...the gang injunction process in America has slipped into mainstream law. In Committee, I, like other hon. Members, raised the issue of the way in which various pieces of legislation—counter-terrorism legislation—have similarly slipped into use in mainstream law in terms of controlling peaceful demonstrations at arms fairs, environmental events and so on. Finally, the Government...

Theft from Shops (Use of Penalty Notices for Disorder): Criminal Law (11 Mar 2009) has video

Paul Holmes: ...years after PNDs were introduced, no research has been conducted to ascertain whether they are effective as well as widely used. In answer to a parliamentary question, the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing said: "We have...no overall assessment."—[ Official Report, 5 March 2009; Vol. 488, c. 1772W.] For a Government who long ago proclaimed that they...

Public Bill Committee: : New Clause 5 (26 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: A number of issues arise following what the Minister has said. The suggestion is that the legislation adequately covers civil aircraft, but there are doubts about parts of it. The Terrorism Act 2002, for example, gives “police, immigration and HM Customs and Excise the power to serve on the owner or ‘agents’ of an aircraft arriving in the UK a notice requiring details of the...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 89 (26 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...? We all know of examples of legislation being passed for one purpose, but allowing mission creep to take place, because the police will use whatever powers they have in certain situations. Terrorism legislation was used to arrest a heckler at a Labour party conference, for example, as well as to stop legitimate peaceful protesters at arms fairs in London. Furthermore, on 15 November 2008,...

Public Bill Committee: Policing and Crime Bill: Clause 7 (5 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...to schools and that sort of thing. I know the Government have recently said to councils that they should not be doing this, but when powers are created they will be used. This has happened with counter-terrorism legislation where police use it to arrest people who are legitimately protesting at an arms fair or heckling at a Labour party conference. If powers exist, people will use them. Do...

Public Bill Committee: Policing and Crime Bill: Clause 5 (5 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...which economies of scale can save money, whether it is on the joint provision of an expensive service such as the force helicopter in Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire, or on serious crime issues and terrorism. Everyone sees the sense of collaboration. Without going over Tuesday’s debate on this issue, I will say that I am still astonished that the Government feel that they need to give...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 5 (3 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...to direct the police authorities in collaboration arrangements. It is the same for amendment 58. In response to amendment 57, the Minister might talk about the need to get authorities to collaborate on terrorism issues. However, in July 2007, when there was the terrorism issue, the Metropolitan Police Service worked very closely with the police force in Leeds, for example, without the need...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 1 (3 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...and the east midlands forces are starting to collaborate extremely well in a number of areas. What chief constable or police authority would not work with central Government on national issues such as terrorism? Again, Derbyshire is a wonderful shire county and people may think that there is no problem there. However, a number of terrorist alerts from the security authorities come to...

Public Bill Committee: : Clause 1 (3 Feb 2009)

Paul Holmes: ..., locally accountable police authorities were failing to co-operate—although I do not know why any serious chief constable would do that in a world in which we are all aware of international terrorism, drugs gangs and serious and organised crime—would alternative solutions be considered? The US has the FBI and certain national levels of policing as opposed to local levels. That...

Public Bill Committee: Policing and Crime Bill (27 Jan 2009)

Paul Holmes: ...to the Committee later, says that, in the east midlands area, collaboration is going ahead very well, but there are tensions in that you have to put resources and manpower into matters such as terrorism, serious and organised crime, internet paedophilia or whatever the issues are. However, locally, as I know from police authority meetings and residents’ meetings, people say, “We...

Royal Assent: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2008) has video

Paul Holmes: ...Iraq earlier this afternoon, because Members seemed to be reinventing history. Both Labour and Conservative Members said we could forget the illegal invasion, the 300,000 civilian deaths, the breeding ground for terrorism that has been created when terrorists were not operating in Iraq before, the wrecked economy over the past five years in Iraq and the destabilisation of the Arab world,...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Detainees (9 Dec 2008)

Paul Holmes: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people suspected of offences under anti-terrorism legislation were held for more than 14 days before being charged in the last three years.

Human Trafficking (8 Jul 2008)

Paul Holmes: ...to that, as I said. Pentameter 2, and Pentameter 1 before it, have shown that successful action can be taken if it is a police priority. Of course, the police have lots of competing priorities. Terrorism has emerged as a major priority, just as knife crime has in the past few weeks and months—there is a constant cycle of such issues. However, something like trafficking is below the...

Public Bill Committee: Digital Switchover (Disclosure of Information) Bill: New Clause 2 (16 Jan 2007)

Paul Holmes: ...years of clause 1 coming into force. Sunset clauses, as has been pointed out, are occasionally used in British legislation—I have in mind controversial legislation such as the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 and the Sex Discrimination (Election Candidates) Act 2002. We propose a sunset clause in this Bill not because it is controversial in the same way as those two pieces of...

[David Taylor in the Chair] — East Midlands Police Forces (23 May 2006)

Paul Holmes: ...federations and local forces, which we have discussed in the past hour. They refused to allow consideration of co-operation on wider issues—for example, combating serious and organised crime, terrorism and even common payrolls—yet the same Government who refused to allow consideration of federation have insisted that the fire authorities do precisely that—federate to run...