Results 1-20 of 33 for terrorism speaker:Lynne Featherstone

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Race Equality (12 Mar 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: ...damage has been done to the image of Muslims by the reporting of news from overseas of so-called Islamic terrorists. However, when those who are fighting the terrorists, or the victims of their terrorism, are also Muslim, it goes unmentioned by the media. The drip-drip effect of linking the words "Muslim" and "terrorism", but not linking the words "victim" with "Muslim" in the same way, is...

[Hugh Bayley in the Chair] — Race Equality (12 Mar 2009)

Lynne Featherstone: ...bring up these issues, the better. To be fair, the Government have done a great deal of work on integration and work to tackle extremism in communities. A lot of work is being done by Muslim anti-terrorism groups. I go to our Mosque in Wightman road and meet swathes of young Muslims. They have a variety of views, but the thing is to go in there and engage in the debate and not to be...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism: Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on counter-terrorism measures by her Department in 2006; and if she will provide a breakdown of this spending by main category of expenditure.

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-Terrorism Control Orders (10 Dec 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2007, Official Report, columns 177-78W, on anti-terrorism control orders, how many individuals subjected to control orders have been deemed ineligible for employment or other benefits due to the terms of their control order; how much funding these individuals have received in subsistence payments;...

[Mr. Roger Gale in the Chair] — Burma (6 Dec 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: ...in place, which sends an absolutely clear message from the international community. The embargo also offers a practical solution in preventing the regime from obtaining the means of carrying out its reign of terror. I have no doubt about the British Government's sincerity in their support of the embargo, but I was horrified to learn earlier this year—I raised this issue in...

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-Terrorism Control Orders (13 Nov 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals currently subjected to control orders have previous convictions for terrorism-related offences.

Written Answers — Home Department: Anti-terrorism Control Orders (30 Oct 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals currently subjected to control orders have previous convictions for terrorism-related offences.

Written Answers — Home Department: Stop and Search: Greater London (22 Oct 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions police used stop and search powers contained in section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 in each London constituency in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act (8 Jan 2007)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases of people arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000 a charge was ultimately brought under (a) the threshold test and (b) the full code test.

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Terrorism (Detention and Human Rights) (7 Dec 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: ...and gross violations of the fundamental values of civilised democratic societies. We live in a world where terrorist attacks are a reality and we must adapt to the current climate. Some of the new terrorism powers, such as the offence of acts preparatory to terrorism, are therefore entirely justified, but others, such as control orders and the extension of the power to detain without...

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Terrorism (Detention and Human Rights) (7 Dec 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: ...House of Commons would simply say that there can be no change to and no infringement of civil liberties, rights or freedoms. I have not found it helpful that we have stood accused of being soft on terrorism because we have raised concerns, put arguments and questioned the draconian request for such a great extension. The shift has to be demonstrated to be vital to the safety of the state...

[Mr. Greg Pope in the Chair] — Terrorism (Detention and Human Rights) (7 Dec 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: ...after only two days, so even under the law as it stood the police could have kept him in detention for much longer if they had wanted to and he could have been charged with acts preparatory to terrorism. I keep returning to this point: if he was a major terrorist whose existence would justify detention without trial for 90 days, why did the police let him go after two? Mr. Sihali came to...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act (2 Oct 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2000; how many were (a) held for the maximum 14 days, (b) charged and (c) convicted; and in how many cases trials are pending.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (4 Sep 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sites the security service has identified as primary investigative targets in domestic terrorism investigations in the UK in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (4 Sep 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested since the coming into force of the Terrorism Act 2003; and how long each was held without being charged in each case in which all proceedings are complete.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act (25 Jul 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2003 and subsequently charged with a non-terrorism related offence.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act (25 Jul 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested under the Terrorism Act 2003; and how many were held for the full 14 days.

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism (24 Jul 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many personal computers have been seized by each police service from suspects detained under the Terrorism Act 2003.

Points of Order: Police (28 Jun 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: ...because we regarded the proposal as a breach of the ancient and fundamental right of habeas corpus, and the right to know the basis on which one is held and to challenge it in the courts. The terrorism that threatens the safety of our citizens at this time in history has meant an uneasy rebalancing of the scales. The Government's desire for 90-day detention was not supported by any case...

Written Answers — Home Department: Terrorism Act (27 Jun 2006)

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000 were (i) Muslim, (ii) British and (iii) foreign.