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Business of the House: Internet (Child Protection) (6 Feb 2008)

Hugo Swire: ...—that is content where cultural, taste and decency judgments have to be made—would come under the internet standards authority remit and could include glorification of violence and terrorism, pornography, cyber-bullying, suicide, internet gambling and anorexia websites, some of which Members might think are worth banning. However, the list is not exhaustive. The internet...

Defence (21 Oct 2004)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...this settlement we will retain the infantry regiments that Labour propose to do away with". When we discuss geopolitical matters, as we tend to in the House, and talk about the threat of international terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons, we do so in the knowledge that we will have to face up to and deal with that sooner rather than later. However,...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Counter-terrorism (EU) (30 Mar 2004)

Mr Hugo Swire: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the measures taken in the EU on the struggle against terrorism.

Fire and Rescue Services Bill (26 Jan 2004)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...done to it since the Fire Services Act 1947, and we now live in a very different world to that in which we—or at least, some of us—found ourselves in that year. The threat of global terrorism is relatively new to us. Some hon. Members pointed out in the debate on the Civil Contingencies Bill last week that not enough had been done about that, so how can the same people stand in...

Civil Contingencies Bill (19 Jan 2004)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...of an emergency. Who would oversee and co-ordinate our response? If, for example, there were a virus outbreak, would the Department of Health be in charge of the state of emergency? If a terrorist attack occurred, would the Ministry of Defence or the Home Office take control? If there was a strike, would the Department of Trade and Industry be responsible for implementing the emergency...

Defence in the World (17 Oct 2002)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...without the requisite UN Security Council resolution? Where would that leave dreams of a rapid reaction force? We know that the United States is pressing NATO to constitute a special unit to combat terrorism, with 21,000 soldiers to be ready at short notice. We know also that the United States expects to participate in such a venture, but that Europe is to provide most of the soldiers. It...

Northern Ireland Peace Process (16 Jul 2002)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...tolerated in Northern Ireland. The problem is that organised crime in Northern Ireland is becoming institutionalised. As the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee's detailed report on the financing of terrorism in Northern Ireland states: "Nor is there any room for complaining that the problem is confined to Northern Ireland: these criminals are now turning their attention to the larger and...

Northern Ireland Peace Process (10 Jul 2002)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...and optimism that surrounded the signing of the Belfast agreement in April 1998 risk evaporating. Like most other hon. Members, I warmly welcomed the agreement. After so many years of appalling terrorism and stalled political progress, it finally seemed as though Northern Ireland really was putting the past behind it. At long last, it seemed as though the organisations, both loyalist and...

Zimbabwe (27 Nov 2001)

Mr Hugo Swire: The recent history of Zimbabwe has been one of violence, intimidation and human rights abuses, to say nothing of embezzlement. To my way of thinking, that all adds up to a terrorism perpetrated by Mugabe on his own people. What a far cry that is from those days of Lancaster house, now seemingly far off, when Zimbabwe faced a new dawn. I apologise for not attending last week's debate, at which...

Coalition Against International Terrorism (1 Nov 2001)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...western influence, bin Laden and al-Qaeda were allowed to flourish under their protection. And it was not only al-Qaeda; I have recently heard bin Laden described as a sort of venture capitalist of terrorism, and if we consider the groups with which al-Qaeda or bin Laden himself has links we begin to see the scale of the problem. I am thinking of groups such as Abu Sayyaf in the southern...

The Countryside (12 Jul 2001)

Mr Hugo Swire: ...in Parliament. Anyone with political aspirations has rehearsed the moment of their maiden speech many times over. I am sure that I can rely on the indulgence of the House in making mine. The full terror of the occasion crosses the political divide. It is the custom in a maiden speech to refer to those who have gone before. Even if that were not the case, I should anyway want to start my...