Results 1-13 of 13 for terrorism speaker:Lorely Burt

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Topical Questions (7 Oct 2008) has video

Lorely Burt: ...be aware of an article published in Time magazine over the summer in which a former CIA officer claimed that the British territory of Diego Garcia had been used by the US to hold and interrogate terror suspects. What has the Foreign Secretary done proactively to investigate this disturbing claim? Does he now recognise that it is his responsibility to investigate this matter, and will he...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 7 - Exemption from arrest etc. (13 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...are the police to build a case, given the provisions of the clause? We have rather more reservations about amendment No. 19, which attempts to tie in the provisions of the Bill with the latest Terrorism Bill, by making the clause say that a person cannot be arrested or detained “for more than 28 days”. My reading of that is that one can arrest somebody for up to 28 days, and we...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill (13 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...: if they do not, they put the licences of those who support them at risk. Although the Bill deals with individuals, it is important to remember that individuals carried out terrible acts of terrorism in Northern Ireland in the name of certain organisations. The behaviour of those organisations must also be considered in relation to the Bill.

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 3 - Certificates of eligibility (8 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...a declaration would aid the commissioner in making that decision. The final part of the amendment requires the applicant to state that he does not support a proscribed organisation or any acts of terrorism connected with the affairs of Northern Ireland. We have used the term proscribed organisations rather than specified organisations because it is important for   us to know that the...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 3 - Certificates of eligibility (8 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: ..., I shall come back to it at a later stage. It is important not only that the commissioner is satisfied that an applicant does not support specified organisations or will not become involved in terrorism, but that he or she is specifically willing to make such a statement. Amendment No. 49 is linked to amendment No. 48 in so far as it relates to the organisation with which a person was...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 3 - Certificates of eligibility (8 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: That is a perceptive question, but I do not know the answer. However, it is important to establish the principle. As well as considering those who have been involved in acts of terrorism, we should consider the exiles. We should give equal consideration to both groups. Amendment No. 55 would ensure that when someone states that he or she has been a supporter of an organisation, the name of...

Public Bill Committee: Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill: Clause 1 - Offences to which the Act applies (6 Dec 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...in connection with a membership offence or possession of a weapon would be able to apply for the scheme. That would allow some people to apply while excluding those who had committed the worst terrorism offences in Ireland. Although we have a great deal of sympathy with the view taken by the hon. Member for Belfast, East and with victims for whom that would be at least some comfort, we...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 — Repeal of Provisions of Part 7 (30 Nov 2005)

Lorely Burt: These amendments would repeal section 108 of the Terrorism Act 2000. This issue was raised and discussed at some length in Committee and I have no desire to rehearse those arguments now, but I do want to discuss one or two of the points that the Minister made in Committee on the use of hearsay evidence. Section 108 has not been used in the seven years in which it has been available to the...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 — Repeal of Provisions of Part 7 (30 Nov 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...section 108. He said: "I am totally unpersuaded by the arguments for its retention . . . Section 108 could be repealed without any measurable disadvantage to the cause of public protection from terrorism. It is a provision that lies uncomfortably in the broader context of normalisation and the Good Friday Agreement."

Orders of the Day — Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 1 — Continuance in Force of Part 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (30 Nov 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...the maximum two-and-a-half years for which the Bill provides. My hon. Friend the Member for Montgomeryshire (Lembit Öpik) said in Committee that we are considering special provisions to deal with terrorism in Northern Ireland that do not extend to the rest of the United Kingdom. It is right that the Government should keep the matter under review and return to the House in a short...

Public Bill Committee: Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: New Clause 2 - Mode of trial on indictment (no. 2) (8 Nov 2005)

Lorely Burt: ...to infringe on that right during the passage of various criminal justice Acts in the past eight years. We had the option to table an amendment that would simply have repealed section 76 of the Terrorism Act 2000, but we were aware that that might not gain a great deal of consensus in Committee. We have therefore taken up the highly reasonable suggestion made by Lord Carlile in his last...

Public Bill Committee: Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill: Clause 2 - Repeal of provisions of Part 7 (8 Nov 2005)

Lorely Burt: The amendment arises out of the recommendations contained in Lord Carlile’s report on the operation in 2004 of part 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. I am sure hon. Members will recollect that section 108 was originally introduced in the Criminal Justice (Terrorism and Conspiracy) Act 1998, following the Omagh bombing. The provision remained on the statute book in the new guise of section...

Orders of the Day — Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill — Order for Second Reading read. (31 Oct 2005)

Lorely Burt: Is the Secretary of State aware that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has called for the repeal of part VII and schedule 9 of the Terrorism Act 2000, relating to the working of the Diplock courts? Obviously, it is very important that in times gone by families and jurors were protected by having a single judge making decisions in that way. However, it has been suggested that one...