Results 1-20 of 21 for terrorism speaker:David Davies

Opposition Day — [6th Allotted Day]: Law and Order (24 Feb 2009) has video

David Davies: ...still very lengthy. I accept that there are situations in which it needs to be fully filled in, but when members of the public are stopped and subjected to a random search under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, often the problem is not so much that they find the search intrusive; it is more that they are irritated about the fact that they have to stand around for five or 10 minutes...

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

David Davies: ...to get their case across today. They have not relied on facts. I am glad to be able to distinguish myself from rebels on the Government Benches by saying that if they wanted to do something about terrorism, they have had plenty of opportunity. They could, as my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) said, have done away with the Human Rights Act, which has given so much...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 32 (8 May 2008)

David Davies: This will be a short speech, because it is completely unprepared. I strongly disagree with the last point, because it is not just about money that might be used for terrorism. It is about removing from people who have been convicted of terrorist acts the means to perpetrate further acts of terrorism, regardless of whether the money used for doing so was gained lawfully or not. Frankly, I have...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...are being put in place. I welcome the safeguards, but I would rather not have to have them, and do without the whole thing. I fear that if we detain people for up to 42 days to question them on terrorism offences without charging them, in all probability it will not be long before we follow the argument to its logical conclusion and allow people to be detained for up to 42 days for...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...did they enact the Human Rights Act 1998, which has caused so many of the problems that they are now, belatedly, trying to address? The Act enabled people, whom we knew had already been involved in terrorism, to enter this country, claim asylum and use the full panoply of legal aid and lawyers to argue that they should be allowed to remain here. The Government got themselves tied up in...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...I believe to be false and which were never backed up—such as planes being hijacked and flown into Canary Wharf—and some of which are real in terms of people who have been convicted of terrorism charges. Because of ongoing court cases I shall simply say that. I believe that those stories are being deliberately used in an inappropriate fashion to give the Government an excuse to...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...does. However, people need to be charged and found guilty of an offence before they are locked up. Since other hon. Members have mentioned the 17th century, the most significant act of near terrorism in that period is the one that nearly took place here in 1605, which was used as an excuse by some in Government, though not by King James, to clamp down and oppress Roman Catholics. I think,...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: May I say that I feel a very strong commitment to law and order and to taking any measures that are required to tackle terrorism and other forms of crime? Many hon. Members on this Committee have grappled with terrorism—and probably quite literally with terrorists—and they know far more than I about the importance of dealing with them in whatever manner is required. One of my own...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...subsequently, on Second Reading, that there was some kind of consensus between Sir Ken Macdonald’s comments  and the Government’s position. There is a consensus among all of us that terrorism is a bad thing and that we must do all that we can to defeat it, but to suggest that two sides of the argument were somehow one and the same was completely unfair and untrue to the...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

David Davies: ...up exercise that might remove some of the safeguards, which many of us accept are, to some extent, impractical and might even be ruled illegal. If we introduce this sort of legislation to deal with terrorism, how long will it be before it is extended to deal with organised crime? Arguably, organised crime affects many more lives than terrorism does. Let us consider people who are involved...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 1 (29 Apr 2008)

David Davies: ...is necessary to investigate terrorist offences, will the same power not be necessary to investigate organised crime, which is also international? Why is there a disparity between the proposals for terrorism legislation and the current legislation for organised crime?

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill (24 Apr 2008)

David Davies: Minister, you started your case quite passionately. Taking you back to your summary of the DPP’s comments, there is consensus in some areas. We all agree that terrorism is wrong and that we should be doing something about it. However, are you not undermining the validity of your own case by trying to suggest that Ken Macdonald agrees with your position? It is quite clear to those of us...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill (24 Apr 2008)

David Davies: Earlier, I thought I detected an implication that you think the law is in need of updating. Do you feel that is best done in the way that it has been done, by tacking measures on to a Bill on terrorism, or would you welcome and like to see a coroners Bill that deals with all sorts of issues?

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Violent Extremism (15 Jan 2008)

David Davies: The Home Office has estimated that thousands of British Muslims in this country support both the means and the ends of various Islamic terror groups. Can the Minister give a solemn assurance to this House that not one single penny of the money that she has allocated under this scheme has gone to any individual or organisation with any links whatsoever to Islamic terrorism?

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

David Davies: ...to beg to differ with the Minister, but surely he is referring to stop-and-search powers under section 1 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. Stop-and-search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, and those under the public order legislation that is used during football matches, are much wider. In particular, the terrorism legislation allows the police to randomly stop...

Point of Order: Welsh Affairs (1 Mar 2007)

David Davies: ...devolving them to it. I like to think that I know a little bit about policing. I completed the parliamentary scheme, and some of the training needed to become a special constable. We all agree that terrorism and organised crime are the two big problems that we face, but the proposal to make Wales' four police authorities answerable to a body that is not the same as the one to which...

Point of Order: Welsh Affairs (1 Mar 2007)

David Davies: ...and justice system generally part of the remit of the Welsh Assembly? Does he think that that would enable us and the police force—I ask him this in an open-minded fashion—to fight terrorism in a better way?

Written Answers — Home Department: Combating Crime (9 Jan 2006)

David Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from small police forces on their ability to cope with terrorism, drugs and organised crime.

Written Answers — Home Department: Combating Crime (9 Jan 2006)

David Davies: ...what inquiries have been undertaken by the Home Office to determine the effectiveness of (a) small and (b) large police forces in (i) England and (ii) Wales in combating (A) drug crime, (B) terrorism and (C) organised crime.

Defence in the United Kingdom (17 Nov 2005)

David Davies: ...is possible that the reticence of our Prime Minister stems from the fact that his Government are announcing a policy that seems to amount to little more than a "Get out of Jail Free" card for IRA terrorists. That would be bad enough, but what makes matters worse is that at the same time as we grant a pardon to IRA terrorists, we are setting up an inquiry to examine the actions of every...