Results 1-12 of 12 for terrorism speaker:Jo Swinson

[Mr. David Amess in the Chair] — Latin America (3 Mar 2009)

Jo Swinson: ...and it is certainly welcome. However, as well as highlighting the social and health problems of cocaine use, it is important to get across the message about the darker side of funding the trade, such as terrorism, kidnapping and violence. Hon. Members made some interesting contributions about economic development in Latin America—particularly about improved quality of life in...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

Jo Swinson: ...welcome the willingness that President Obama has shown since his election to engage diplomatically with the countries that are Afghanistan's neighbours. He has rejected the rhetoric of the war on terror, which undermined some of our diplomatic efforts by lumping everyone into being either with us or against us. It is easy to think of the Taliban as one entity, but that catch-all name...

Sri Lanka: Afghanistan and Pakistan (5 Feb 2009) has video

Jo Swinson: ...in Afghanistan and in the wider region, including Pakistan, is absolutely vital, not only for the international community but for UK interests, whether in terms of safety and security, counter-terrorism or counter-narcotics. That is why the region must remain a top priority on the Government's agenda.

Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Jul 2008) has video

Jo Swinson: On the same day that this order to proscribe the military wing of Hezbollah was published, the Prime Minister told the House that it was solely on the grounds of new evidence of its involvement in terrorism in Iraq and the occupied Palestinian territories. Of course, we all utterly condemn the violent and terrorist activities that are conducted by Hezbollah. I say to the Minister at the...

Health and Social Care Bill (Programme) (No. 2): Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism (15 Jul 2008) has video

Jo Swinson: ...unfairly by the legislation. I am sure that that is not the Government's intention, but I would welcome some clarification as to how they propose to get round these difficulties. Under the existing terrorism legislation, there have been no prosecutions of Hezbollah-connected militants in this country. Is that a sign that that legislation has been so successful that we should not worry too...

Business of the House: International Women's Day (6 Mar 2008) has video

Jo Swinson: .... There are countries where female infanticide is common. As has been mentioned, 2 million girls every year go through the appalling practice of female genital mutilation. Rape is used as a weapon of terror. We saw that in Rwanda, yet the same is happening again in Darfur. Women are oppressed in societies and countries across the world, unable to access education and denied equal rights in...

Orders of the Day: Clause 6 — Parliamentary control of decisions (4 Mar 2008) has video

Jo Swinson: ...on a variety of issues—moves to qualified majority voting on criminal procedures and on the list of crimes covered. The current list of crimes in the Lisbon treaty seems pretty comprehensive: terrorism; trafficking in human beings and sexual exploitation of women and children; illegal drug trafficking; illicit arms trafficking; money laundering; corruption; counterfeiting of means of...

Pakistan (Terrorism) (16 Jan 2008)

Jo Swinson: ...in a thorough and well-informed way and he obviously has some experience of the issues. Not only does he come from a military background, but he has had personal experience of tragedy, given that terrorism has touched the lives of his family, which is particularly poignant and a sober reminder to us all of the gravity of the issue. We are at a critical point in the history of Pakistan, and...

Written Answers — Scotland: Dover House (7 Nov 2006)

Jo Swinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what training his Department's security staff based in Dover house have received since 5 May 2005 in (a) counter-terrorism and (b) customer service.

Identity Card Scheme (10 May 2006)

Jo Swinson: ...cards for many reasons. There are real fears about the erosion of civil liberties and much confusion about what problem ID cards are supposed to solve. The suggestion that they will somehow prevent terrorism stands up to no scrutiny when the 9/11 and Madrid bombers held valid ID and the Home Office admitted that ID cards would have done nothing to prevent the 7 July bombings last year in...

Identity Card Scheme (10 May 2006)

Jo Swinson: ...aims of the ID card scheme according to the Home Office regulatory impact assessment which it published in November 2004: to reduce illegal migration and illegal working; to enhance the UK's capability to counter terrorism and serious and organised crime; to reduce identity fraud; and to implement a more efficient and effective delivery of public services. On all these points the...

Identity Card Scheme (10 May 2006)

Jo Swinson: ...on. The cost of the project has spiralled, and it has been characterised by a complete lack of clarity about what it is intended to achieve. The stated aim of the project has changed from anti-terrorism to tackling benefit fraud, to making things easier for Government Departments, to making it easier to prove one's identity without having to take one's passport out with one, but we have...