Results 1-20 of 45 for terrorism speaker:Nick Herbert

Bill Presented: Food, Farming and the Environment (18 Jun 2009) has video

Nick Herbert: ...be balanced against the sustainability of food miles, the importance and value of local production—to which the Secretary of State referred—and the threats posed by climate change and terrorism. Trade will continue to be important, but in our view the pendulum has been allowed to swing too far away from domestic production.

Bills Presented — Business Rate Supplements Bill: Home Affairs and Justice (4 Dec 2008) has video

Nick Herbert: ...are very grateful for the Labour party's fraternal support. My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Beaconsfield noted that, in October, the Government sensibly withdrew proposals in the Counter-Terrorism Bill that would have allowed Ministers to remove coroners and juries from inquests where the Minister deemed it in the public interest. That provision was far too broadly drawn and I...

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Criminal Evidence (Witness Anonymity) Bill (8 Jul 2008)

Nick Herbert: ...to allow for anonymous evidence in drug cases, where the gravity of the offence is relatively less serious, or whether it should apply only in much more serious cases involving, for instance, terrorism, murder and gang violence, where people's lives may be at stake. It is also important that we understand the scale of witness intimidation and whether it is a growing trend. Such...

Written Answers — Justice: Terrorism: Prisoner Releases (2 Jun 2008)

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners serving a determinate sentence for a terrorism offence were released at the half-way point of their custodial sentence in the latest period for which figures are available.

Written Answers — Justice: Terrorism: Sentencing (2 Jun 2008)

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people convicted of terrorism offences were given (a) determinate sentences, (b) indeterminate sentences for public protection and (c) life sentences, in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Justice: Terrorism: Prisoner Release (24 Apr 2008)

Nick Herbert: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners serving sentences for terrorism offences were released on home detention curfew in each of the last five years.

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Justice (7 Nov 2007) has video

Nick Herbert: ...of the European Convention on Human Rights." Similarly, the former Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (John Reid) said of the Act: "Too often we are fighting crime and terrorism with one hand behind our back." In the summer, the Lord Chancellor told me at the Dispatch Box that there was no difference between him and the right hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts on...

Orders of the Day: Home Affairs and Justice (7 Nov 2007) has video

Nick Herbert: ...social democratic Sweden are the unions given such exemptions. This is a blatant attempt to gerrymander campaign finance; it is done for electoral gain and it will not wash. Finally, I turn to terrorism and the contributions on it in the debate. While we have been debating the matter—with Members in all parts of the House expressing reservations about aspects of the Government's...

Orders of the Day: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (8 Oct 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...said that the HRA should be scrapped, and replaced by a British Bill of Rights and responsibilities that would enable us to take the necessary action against, for instance, those who commit acts of terrorism.

Orders of the Day: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (8 Oct 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...the right hon. Gentleman. First, his successor the aforementioned former Home Secretary reaffirmed as recently as last month that he thinks that the HRA is an impediment to our ability to deal with terrorism. Secondly, the right hon. Gentleman correctly refers to the directive in the Chindamo case, but he negotiated it and it was an impediment to removing Chindamo not to some country where...

Oral Answers to Questions — Justice: Human Rights Act (18 Jul 2007)

Nick Herbert: In May, the previous Home Secretary, the right hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (John Reid), who is in his place, said that human rights legislation needed modernising to protect citizens against terrorism and that, if necessary, the Government would even derogate from article 5 of the European convention on human rights to deal with terrorist suspects who abscond from control orders. Was...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 6 (28 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: .... It is important that we understand how comprehensive the prohibitions and restrictions might be before we permit any of them to go forward in an open-ended manner. Section 1 of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005, which is entitled, “Power to make control orders”, contains some provisions similar to those in clause 6(3) of the Bill, as well as additional specific obligations...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 6 (28 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...the amendments, as my right hon. and learned Friend explained, is to make it an exhaustive list. The restrictions in the making of control orders are similar to those set out in the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. There are close analogies between control orders and the serious crime prevention orders proposed in the Bill. In considering whether the restrictions are reasonable, it is...

[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — Abducted Israeli Soldiers (27 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...This week it is fashionable to talk about red lines, but the one fundamental red line that we in the west and people in any part of the world who subscribe to democratic values should draw, is that terrorism will not stand. The manner of the abduction of Alan Johnston and of these three soldiers will not stand. I understand that that attitude may make negotiations difficult and raise all...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: Before the Minister concludes, I accept his apology for the failure to deliver what the Minister for Security, Counter Terrorism and Police promised on Second Reading—that we would be updated as to the progress of the Privy Councillor committee before we came to consider this matter. I am grateful for the Minister’s apology, but we still have not received that explanation and we...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...warned about the impact on capacity, but the fact is that the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, who is the most senior police officer in the country, and his assistant, who is tasked with tackling terrorism, have both made it clear that they favour the use of intercept evidence and want the issue to be considered.

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...that we could not possibly accept the removal of Lord Lloyd’s amendment until we understood the basis on which the Privy Councillor review was proceeding. The Minister for Security, Counter Terrorism and Police appeared to understand that concern and committed to tell me what progress had been made, but that has not happened. Given those circumstances, we cannot possibly go along...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...and prolific criminals in the country. It is a vital tool therefore for organised serious crime - this is what I’ve been told particularly by colleagues in the United States - and for terrorism.” It would appear that there is a difference of views within the Government, so it is probably wise for them to seek a Privy Councillor review of the issue. That way, the concerns that...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...intervention, but it is my understanding that both the Metropolitan Police Commissioner and his assistant, Andy Hayman—I shall say more about his views—who lead on the issue of terrorism, believe that intercept evidence should be considered. I accept that other individual officers have concerns and that those need to be investigated by the Privy Council committee. I am asking...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill [Lords]: Clause 4 (26 Jun 2007)

Nick Herbert: ...4—until we were clear about the terms on which the Privy Councillor review of the use of intercept evidence in court was being conducted. In response to me, the Minister for Security, Counter Terrorism and Police said: “It is my understanding that discussions between the Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition are continuing and that matters such as those raised by the...