Results 1-9 of 9 for terrorism speaker:Sarah McCarthy-Fry

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Services: Iran (2 Nov 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ...associated risks." Other advisories were issued by the Treasury regarding the risks posed by Iran on 20 October 2008 and 3 July 2009. HM Treasury used the powers under schedule 7 to the Counter Terrorism Act 2008 on 12 October 2009 to require all UK financial and credit institutions to cease transactions and business relationships with two Iranian entities—Bank Mellat and the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Delegated Legislation (Counter-terrorism) (12 Oct 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government have today laid before the House a statutory instrument under the Counter-terrorism Act 2008 containing a direction requiring the UK financial services sector to cease all business with the Iranian Bank Mellat and the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. This means that from today, financial and credit institutions will no longer be able to enter into new transactions or...

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: UK's Asset Freezing Regime (April to June 2009) (15 Jul 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ...10 October 2006, the then Economic Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Normanton (Ed Balls), undertook to report to Parliament on a quarterly basis on the operation of the UK's counter-terrorism asset-freezing regime. This is the 11th of these reports and covers the period April to June 2009(1). Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2009 The Treasury has amended the...

Written Ministerial Statements — Treasury: Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2009 (15 Jul 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The Government are strongly committed to tackling terrorist finance. Just as there should be no hiding place for those who perpetrate terrorism, so there should be no hiding place for those who finance terrorism. Global measures to freeze the assets of those suspected of involvement in terrorism are an important tool in suppressing terrorist finance. The global framework for freezing...

Written Answers — Treasury: Financial Action Task Force (14 Jul 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: The anti-money laundering and countering the finance of terrorism regime of the UK was last evaluated by the FATF in 2007. The UK achieved one of the highest overall compliance ratings of any country evaluated so far and was required to report in two years on progress in addressing the deficiencies the report identified. That progress report was delivered in June this year. The report...

Written Answers — Treasury: Money Laundering (6 Jul 2009)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ...(FATF). At its last plenary session on the 24- 26 June 2009, the FATF agreed changes to its procedures for dealing with jurisdictions whose anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regimes present a risk to the global financial system. It also agreed a written report to be submitted to the G20 leaders' summit in September.

Orders of the Day: Foreign Affairs and Defence (12 Nov 2007)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ...and get behind. In contrast, today's action in Afghanistan is much more complex, much less black and white. There is not a direct threat of invasion but an indirect threat to our security through terrorism. It is not nation state against nation state, but a coalition of forces supporting the elected Afghan Government in order to prevent the country from slipping back into a base for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Defence Policy (16 Oct 2007) has video

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ...want health care, transport infrastructure and education. Democracy and stability in Afghanistan are also in our national interest, to prevent the country from becoming a base for international terrorism that threatens our safety and security. That does not apply just to Afghanistan; we need democracy and stability in all nation states if we are to prevent future armed conflict in a...

Point of Order: Defence Policy (22 Jun 2006)

Sarah McCarthy-Fry: ..., which are handed out to the crew while the marines search the craft. That is how we win hearts and minds and how we gain the valuable intelligence that we need in the fight against international terrorism, not by going in with all guns blazing, although of course there may be times when that is the appropriate response. When we look at defence policy, we must make sure that we consider...