Results 1-15 of 15 for terrorism speaker:Iain Wright

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (2 Jun 2009) has video

Iain Wright: .... The key factor is local authorities, the police and other agencies using those powers. Directly after oral questions today, I have a meeting with my hon. Friend the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing to discuss how local authorities and police can work effectively together. My hon. Friend the Member for North-East Derbyshire (Natascha Engel) will be aware that...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning: Terrorism (3 Feb 2009)

Iain Wright: Communities and Local Government has not yet published any guidance on planning policy and counter-terrorism. However, we are developing joint guidance in partnership with the Home Office and working with other key stakeholders to produce a supplement to the existing guidance "Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention", which will cover counter-terrorism issues. We expect to...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Terrorism: Crime Prevention (18 Mar 2008)

Iain Wright: The Government intend to publish during the summer of 2008 the counter-terrorism supplement which will accompany planning policy guidance "Safer Places". In drafting this supplement the Home Office will be consulting with key stakeholders both within Government, with industry and with professional bodies involved in planning and design.

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning (1 Feb 2008)

Iain Wright: The Government intend to publish during the summer of 2008 the counter-terrorism supplement which will accompany planning policy guidance Safer Places. In drafting this supplement the Home Office will be consulting with key stakeholders both within Government, with industry and with professional bodies involved in planning and design. Government statements of planning policy must be taken...

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Planning (11 Dec 2007)

Iain Wright: ...asks planning authorities to create safe environments where crime and disorder or fear of crime does not undermine quality of life or community cohesion. We do however plan to publish a counter terrorism supplement to our guidance "Safer Places—the Planning System and Crime Prevention" which is intended to be a practical guide to how best to design counter terrorism measures into new...

[Sir John Butterfill in the Chair] — Anti-Semitism (19 Jul 2007)

Iain Wright: ...all, and that could prove problematic. On the wider point of the security of Jewish buildings, the Metropolitan police's rainbow team, which involves uniformed policing and the response to counter-terrorism, has been working with the Community Security Trust, which is a registered charity that is working to ensure the safety and security of the Jewish community, over the past year on the...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Middle East (25 Jul 2006)

Iain Wright: ...Secretary said. It is clear that Syrian and Iranian influence on Hezbollah undermines the ability of the region to embark on peace, stability and prosperity. Hezbollah's principal weapons are terror and violence, but it also has a hand in aspects of the running of normal Lebanese life, such as the raising of taxes and the running of schools. That being so, what steps will my right hon....

Bill Presented: International Affairs (20 Jul 2006)

Iain Wright: ...of the occupation state and does not contain any call for this". In other ways, the document falls short of what the UK and other members of the international community want—an end to terrorism and a commitment to honouring existing international agreements. Although it is far from perfect, in terms of perception it represents a significant and symbolic move towards an acceptance,...

Israel (War against Terror) (4 Jul 2006)

Iain Wright: ...nature but much longer on the Floor of the House in Government time to discuss these vital issues. The hon. Member for Lichfield raised some important points and I think that what he said about terrorism in Britain being similar to terrorism in Israel was accurate and appropriate. I also agree with him that there is no international terrorism without state support, and that is something...

Israel (War against Terror) (4 Jul 2006)

Iain Wright: ..., side by side, with mutual economic and social co-operation. People recognise that and it is important that everyone should recognise it as the end point of the process. Israel's war against terror will continue to undermine its efforts towards peace. The damage that terrorism causes is all too visible, and events in the region in the past week have highlighted how acts of terror can...

Middle East (7 Jun 2006)

Iain Wright: ...continue, and I know from reading the report of one of the hon. Gentleman's Adjournment debates that he mentioned this very issue. The three conditions are that Hamas should recognise Israel, renounce terror and respect existing international agreements. In the past 24 hours, President Abbas has extended by a number of days the time that he has given Hamas to accept his offer implicitly to...

Middle East (7 Jun 2006)

Iain Wright: ...to fulfil the aims of hindrance, detection and deterrence. Let me be blunt. In the end, armies can be negotiated to armistice and walls and fences can be negotiated back or down. The victims of terrorism cannot be negotiated back to life. It is the success of the barrier and its halting of the cycle of violence that created the political space for the Gaza withdrawal to take place and,...

Middle East (7 Jun 2006)

Iain Wright: ...determined by the actions of neighbouring countries. Finally, and perhaps most ominously, I move to the issue of Iran. Iran's contribution to the conflict comes in the form of state-sponsored terror, existential threats against Israel, holocaust denial, rhetorical incitement and nuclear proliferation.

Middle East (7 Jun 2006)

Iain Wright: ...and threaten regional security. Groups supported, bankrolled, armed and, in some cases, even controlled by Iran and Syria include Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Hamas. State-sponsored terrorism undermines prospects for peace in the middle east peace process and the UK's commitment to regional reform, and threatens the UK directly where there are troops stationed in Iraq and...

Iran (Nuclear Programme) (1 Feb 2006)

Iain Wright: ...'s expansionist and aggressive foreign policy, which has been backed up by Iranian support for terrorist groups. As he pointed out, Iran has strong links with groups associated with violence and terrorism, such as Hezbollah, that wish to undermine the middle east peace process. Iran supports Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which claimed responsibility for the attack at Hadera in Israel in...