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Ministerial statement on Monday, 11 July 2005, in the House of Commons, led by Tony Blair.


London Attacks

Statement on the terrorist attacks on London on 7 July.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
436 c565-79 
Session
2005-06
Department
Prime Minister
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 05/1103
Monday, 11 July 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Deposited Paper DEP 05/1104
Monday, 11 July 2005
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Tony Blair | 436 c579 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend. He is absolutely right in what he says about the right response to make. Com...
Lord Davies of Stamford | 436 c577-8 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister and my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition have spoken mov...
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Tony Blair | 436 c577 (Link to this contribution) If my hon. Friend will allow me, I think the best thing at the present time is to leave to the polic...
Jeff Ennis | 436 c577 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will know that there is intense speculation in the press that the bomb on the N...
Tony Blair | 436 c577 (Link to this contribution) I am certainly happy to consider that, yes.
Baroness Kramer | 436 c578 (Link to this contribution) A few moments ago the Prime Minister gave great and well deserved praise to the emergency services. ...
Tony Blair | 436 c578 (Link to this contribution) I agree entirely with my hon. Friend.
Lord Khan of Tooting | 436 c578 (Link to this contribution) I stood in the Chamber on Wednesday and said how joyous and proud I was, as a lifelong Londoner, at ...
Tony Blair | 436 c578 (Link to this contribution) I am not sure exactly how that will work in the present situation. Perhaps I can correspond with the...
Tony Blair | 436 c578-9 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady is right. The books of condolence are there, and I hope that as many people as can get...
Mark Durkan | 436 c579 (Link to this contribution) May I join the hon. Member for North Antrim (Rev. Ian Paisley), on behalf of all the people of North...
Tony Blair | 436 c576 (Link to this contribution) I think that my right hon. Friend is right. Obviously there is a limit to what we can do by conventi...
John Denham | 436 c575-6 (Link to this contribution) I endorse everything that my right hon. Friend has said about the position and the views of the Musl...
Tony Blair | 436 c576 (Link to this contribution) No. The one thing that is obvious from the long list of countries that have been victims of this typ...
Tony Blair | 436 c575 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend. I thank him for those words.
Tony Blair | 436 c575 (Link to this contribution) We need to look carefully at those who are inciting such hatred in our community. That is something ...
Gerald Howarth | 436 c575 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister said earlier that it seems probable that the attack was carried out by Islamist e...
Jeremy Corbyn | 436 c576-7 (Link to this contribution) Is the Prime Minister aware that it seems that a significant number of people who lost their lives l...
Tony Blair | 436 c577 (Link to this contribution) I endorse those comments completely, and I extend my sympathy and condolences to the families of any...
Lord Cormack | 436 c577 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition rightly paid tribute to the Prime Mini...
Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 436 c574 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the Prime Minister’s reassurance that the families’ support will continue. May I f...
Tony Blair | 436 c574 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can give that assurance. The hon. Lady is absolutely right. That was one of the things that w...
Jacqui Lait | 436 c574 (Link to this contribution) The Prime Minister will know that the whole House supports the counselling and support services that...
David Winnick | 436 c573-4 (Link to this contribution) Is it not of interest that some of the people who blame Government policies for what the murderous p...
Tony Blair | 436 c573 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman very much for those kind words. I echo entirely his sentiments about Her ...
Tony Blair | 436 c575 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman very much indeed for that.
Tony Wright | 436 c575 (Link to this contribution) As one of those who opposed the military action in Iraq, may I ask whether my right hon. Friend agre...
Tony Blair | 436 c574 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I assure my hon. Friend that we will do everything that we can to continue working with the cha...
Iain Duncan Smith | 436 c574-5 (Link to this contribution) May I, as a London MP, join my right hon. and learned Friend the Leader of the Opposition in passing...
Lord Bannside | 436 c573 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Prime Minister will agree with me that great grief is never great at talking and ...
Mohammad Sarwar | 436 c573 (Link to this contribution) Does the Prime Minister agree that last week’s attacks on our great city of London were an attack on...
Tony Blair | 436 c572-3 (Link to this contribution) Meetings are taking place between the Home Secretary and the leaders of the community, and other mem...
Mark Field | 436 c572 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Prime Minister for his statement. As the Member of Parliament for the constituency where...
Frank Dobson | 436 c572 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend will know that two of the bombs exploded in my constituency, and I am sure that...
Tony Blair | 436 c572 (Link to this contribution) First, I extend my sympathy to my right hon. Friend’s constituents whose lives have been disrupted i...
Charles Kennedy | 436 c570-1 (Link to this contribution) May I associate entirely my right hon. and hon. Friends with the sentiments that we have just heard ...
Tony Blair | 436 c571-2 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his supportive remarks. I will deal briefly with the points he ...
Tony Blair | 436 c569-70 (Link to this contribution) First, let me thank the right hon. and learned Gentleman very much, not only for his words today, bu...
Tony Blair | 436 c565-7 (Link to this contribution) With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on last Thursday’s terrorist at...
Lord Howard of Lympne | 436 c567-9 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Prime Minister for giving me advance sight of his statement. I want to begin by...
Alex Salmond | 436 c576 (Link to this contribution) On behalf of the Scottish National party and Plaid Cymru may I offer condolences to the relatives of...
Tony Blair | 436 c574 (Link to this contribution) Obviously I agree with what my hon. Friend says. It is worth pointing out that 11 September happened...
Tony Blair | 436 c573 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly assure my hon. Friend of that, and the whole House will agree with his sentiments, w...
Subjects
Bombings Buses Greater London Police Terrorism Victims Underground railways al Qaeda Anti-terrorism control orders
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