Results 1-20 of 34 for terrorism speaker:Sammy Wilson

Libya (29 Apr 2009)

Sammy Wilson: Will the Minister also give an assurance that the Government will pursue equally vigorously the issue of compensation for those who were victims of terrorism funded and supplied by the Libyan Government in the 1980s and '90s?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Northern Ireland Bill (Allocation of Time) (4 Mar 2009) has video

Sammy Wilson: ...of this legislation. We are also content that other legislation put in place in this House addresses the fears of people in Northern Ireland and ensures that a Member previously associated with a terrorist organisation, even with acts of terror, could not be the Minister for policing and justice. We are content with all that, but I accept that some Members have difficulty with this...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Libya: Terrorism (15 Jan 2009)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government has had with the Libyan government on compensation for victims of IRA terrorism involving arms originating in Libya.

Orders of the Day: "Part IV — Bail (11 Jun 2008) has video

Sammy Wilson: Speaking as someone who comes from a part of the United Kingdom that has suffered very badly from terrorism over the past 30 years, I think that the members of our party take very seriously any threat to national security, and any actions that may give publicity to terrorists. On the power that the Home Secretary is seeking today, if the matter is to be debated in the House every time there...

Business of the House (27 Mar 2008) has video

Sammy Wilson: .... Given that the BBC is a publicly funded body, will the Leader of the House make time for a debate, so that the House can join the Chief Constable in expressing outrage at the BBC promoting terrorism at a time when we are trying to bury it in Northern Ireland, and at its pursuing sensational stories instead of pursuing stability in Northern Ireland?

Opposition Day — [8th Allotted Day]: Iraq Inquiry (25 Mar 2008) has video

Sammy Wilson: I appreciate many of the points that the hon. Gentleman is making, but given the tenacity of terrorism in our society—I look at the situation in Northern Ireland where, for 35 years, terrorists were able to hold the country to ransom—does the hon. Gentleman accept that if, as he argued, we cannot have an inquiry until there is a cessation of hostilities, it could be 30 years...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland: Terrorism (5 Mar 2008)

Sammy Wilson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will consider prohibiting the Irish Republican Liberation Army under the Terrorism Act 2000.

Oral Answers to Questions — Health: Christmas Adjournment (18 Dec 2007)

Sammy Wilson: ...people in Northern Ireland. Much of the time during the past Session was taken up, quite rightly, with the Government proposing legislation and regulations and providing reports on the war against terror. All of us support the Government in their actions. In Afghanistan, Iraq and other parts of the world, the Government are conducting their war against terror but, in a most despicable...

Business of the House (13 Dec 2007)

Sammy Wilson: ...that the Government did not intend to pursue the case. Will the Leader of the House find time to bring the Foreign Secretary along to make a statement explaining why victims of Libyan-sponsored terrorism in Northern Ireland are being treated differently from victims of the same state in Lockerbie?

Sittings of the House: Burma (29 Oct 2007)

Sammy Wilson: ..., and I want to finish with a plea to the Government to ensure that the stakes are raised and that pressure is applied to Burma. From my experience, I know that, whether one is dealing with local terrorism such as we experienced in Northern Ireland or the state-sponsored terrorism on a grander scale that we see in Burma, terrorists always hope that people will cry and shout about the last...

Bill Presented: Darfur (5 Jun 2007)

Sammy Wilson: ...wants its policies and stances to be different from those of the west. Also, some western Governments fail to do so because of the support given by Sudanese military intelligence in the war against terror. The Foreign Secretary said that we must be aware of the implications for regional and international stability. The fact is that, for a variety of reasons, the Sudanese Government believe...

Bill Presented: Northern Ireland (St. Andrews Agreement) (No. 2) Bill (27 Mar 2007)

Sammy Wilson: ...only because we have had a complete change in the security situation in Northern Ireland. We moved away from a situation in which a party that claimed to be a political party openly engaged in terrorism. Although many people contributed to the process, it is important to note the resolve of the leader of our party, my right hon. Friend the Member for North Antrim (Rev. Ian Paisley), who...

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] — Organised Crime (Northern Ireland) (30 Nov 2006)

Sammy Wilson: ...the other foot in all kinds of terrorist activity, including a spy room in the room underneath my room in Stormont. The thing that caused that Assembly to stumble from one crisis to another was the crime and terrorism associated with one of the parties whose representatives sat in Stormont and were even in government. It is important not just to give the impression that there has been a...

[Janet Anderson in the Chair] — Organised Crime (Northern Ireland) (30 Nov 2006)

Sammy Wilson: Does the right hon. Gentleman accept the evidence provided to the Committee, that we were moving from paramilitary terrorism to paramilitary crime, with the same networks and anti-surveillance tactics and the same personnel, and with expertise in terrorist activity being transferred to criminal activity?

[Mr. David Marshall in the Chair] — Policing (Northern Ireland) (5 Jul 2006)

Sammy Wilson: ...indeed, for the whole community in Northern Ireland, who have suffered at the hands of IRA-Sinn Fein for 35 years. We will work with them in government, but in return, we require them to relinquish terrorism and criminality and to support the police. Support for the police means not only sitting on the Northern Ireland Policing Board or on district policing partnerships. It means giving a...

Deferred Division: New Clause 7 — Amendments to section 30 of the 1998 act (17 May 2006)

Sammy Wilson: ...Ireland. At least in the House of Commons, even today, all who represent the Unionist tradition have made it clear that they envisage no role in Government for those who have been involved in terrorism. Only last week, when the Secretary of State appeared before the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee, the hon. Member for North Down (Lady Hermon) put on record what the IMC report had said...

[Mr. Eric Martlew in the Chair] — Tourism (Northern Ireland) (17 May 2006)

Sammy Wilson: ...the hon. Member for Blaydon mentioned. I want to reinforce the final point that the hon. Gentleman made. If tourism is to be developed in Northern Ireland, it is essential that we put the past of terrorism and criminality behind us. The Government and everyone in the Chamber have an important part to play in pushing those who are reluctant, and still look over their shoulders at their past...

Orders of the Day — Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill (13 Mar 2006)

Sammy Wilson: ...criminality along the border, and have howled because the police and the Garda had the temerity to raid farmhouses and seize lorries that had been used to launder fuel. Regardless of whether terrorism is taking place, we must ask whether people with such attitudes to police activity against organised crime are fit to be Ministers responsible for justice or policing, or indeed members of...

Christmas Adjournment (20 Dec 2005)

Sammy Wilson: ...'s attitudes towards issues in England or in the international sphere and towards similar issues in Northern Ireland. I want to raise with the Minister the Government's contrasting attitudes to terrorism, because my constituents want answers on that. Not so long ago, a lone protestor outside Downing street was arrested for reading out a list of names of soldiers murdered in Iraq. Yet this...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 6 - Cancellation of certificate (13 Dec 2005)

Sammy Wilson: ...Secretary of State’s hand. Given the Secretary of State’s record and what we know about those who have never repented of their terrorist ways and have never shown any remorse for their terrorism, and who will sneak back to it at every opportunity that they can get, we cannot allow that element of discretion to be left in the Bill. Our amendment removes that element of...