Results 1-11 of 11 for terrorism speaker:Shailesh Vara

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Parliamentary Scrutiny (15 Oct 2009) has video

Shailesh Vara: ...the case, with new clauses put forward by the Government at the last minute. As we have just heard, there is deep concern on both sides of the House that important legislation such as the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, the Planning Act 2008 and the Coroners and Justice Bill has gone through without proper scrutiny. Such practice simply leads to bad laws, so will the hon. Lady undertake to...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Counter-terrorism Strategy (6 Jul 2009)

Shailesh Vara: What recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's counter-terrorism strategy.

Leader of the House: Programme Motions (19 Jun 2008) has video

Shailesh Vara: On Report on the Counter-Terrorism Bill, Members had only three hours to discuss 16 new clauses and dozens of new amendments. With the Planning Bill, 218 new amendments were tabled at a very late stage. Late amendments were also tabled for the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, meaning that they could not be debated. When will the Leader of the House provide proper time for Members to...

Written Answers — Prime Minister: Terrorism (29 Nov 2007)

Shailesh Vara: ...consulted the (a) Director of Public Prosecutions, (b) the Attorney-General and (c) the Solicitor-General on Government proposals to increase the number of days a suspect may be held under anti-terror legislation since June 2007; (2) when he last met the Director of Public Prosecutions to discuss counter-terrorism policy.

Draft Legislative Programme (25 Jul 2007)

Shailesh Vara: ...justice Bill since 1997. As the hon. Member for North Southwark and Bermondsey (Simon Hughes) said, it is quality not quantity that matters. As for extending the 28-day detention period for terror suspects, the Government should accept that any change should be based not on rhetoric and soundbites but on proper and compelling evidence. So far, that is clearly lacking. The draft programme...

Oral Answers to Questions — Leader of the House: Counter-terrorism (2 Jul 2007)

Shailesh Vara: I congratulate the Home Secretary on her appointment and wish her well, especially given the enormous task before her. Given the international perspective of the terror attacks, has she had any contact with overseas countries in the past three or four days? If so, which ones?

Orders of the Day: Sri Lanka (2 May 2007)

Shailesh Vara: ...fear and devastation can be caused by suicide bombers. It has used that deadly tactic on many occasions, maiming and killing hundreds of people—often innocent people. However, despite all the terror one thing is clear: both sides have demonstrated a capacity for peace. They did so when both sides approached the Norwegians to negotiate a ceasefire in February 2002. Unfortunately, that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Strategy (15 Jan 2007)

Shailesh Vara: We regularly read in the papers that the Home Office is aware of British nationals who are training in terror camps overseas and that some of those people have returned to Britain. Will the Home Secretary confirm that he has a list of those people and will he state how many British nationals are currently training in overseas terror camps and how many of them have returned?

Sessional Orders: Debate on the Address — [First Day] (15 Nov 2006)

Shailesh Vara: As regards terrorism, written answers from the Home Office have revealed that neither the Home Office nor the Metropolitan Police Service has any statistics on what day during detention terror suspects have been either released or charged. If it is the Government's intention to increase the period of detention, will the Prime Minister give an assurance to the House that he will produce proper...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (7 Nov 2006)

Shailesh Vara: ...by the Minister of State on 18 September 2006, Official Report, column 2490W, what factors he took into account when deciding not to collect data on the length of time a suspect is held under terror legislation before they are charged or released.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (18 Sep 2006)

Shailesh Vara: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested in the UK under anti-terrorism legislation in each year since 1 January 2001; how many were charged; for which offences; under which legislation; on which day into the period of their detention each of those charged were charged; how many of those arrested were released without charge; and on which day into...