Adjournment debate on Thursday, 27 October 2005, in the House of Commons, led by John Denham. The answering member was Hazel Blears.

Terrorism and Community Relations

Westminster hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on terrorism and community relations. [Relevant documents: Sixth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Session 2004–05, HC 165, on Terrorism and Community Relations, and the Government's response thereto, Cm 6593.]

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 438 c141-83WH
Session: 2005-06
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Government reply to the sixth report from the Home Affairs Committee session 2004/05 on terrorism and community relations (HC 165).
Thursday, 9 June 2005
Command papers
House of Commons; Terrorism and community relations. Home Affairs Select Committee sixth report, in three volumes, with proceedings, evidence (HC 1250 i-ii 2003/04 and HC 165 i-v not printed separately) and appendices.
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Ann Cryer | 438 c159-62WH (Link to this contribution) I know that we are supposed to say nice things, but today I really mean it: we are having an excelle...; Ann Cryer | 438 c165WH (Link to this contribution) : What the hon. Gentleman perhaps does not understand, whereas I do, is that many Muslim families wh...; David Lidington | 438 c165WH (Link to this contribution) : I think there are two ways to do that. One way is to do painstaking and time-consuming local wo...; Greg Mulholland | 438 c167-8WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the right hon. Member for Southampton, Itchen (Mr. Denham), the Chairman of the Selec...; David Lidington | 438 c165-7WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Lady obviously knows her area in a way that I do not. The answer to the dilemma that she ...; John Denham | 438 c164WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall highlight a couple of references to prisoners in the report to reinforce what the hon. Gen...; David Lidington | 438 c162-4WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Chairman and all the members of the Select Committee on a first-class and prescie...; Ann Cryer | 438 c165WH (Link to this contribution) : I wonder whether the hon. Gentleman has any suggestions as to how we can get over segregation in s...; David Lidington | 438 c164-5WH (Link to this contribution) : I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. I know that the Government are discussing the training ...; Ann Cryer | 438 c162WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank the hon. Gentleman for his comments. That would have been useful. I also thank him for his...; James Clappison | 438 c162WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree strongly with the hon. Lady. Does she share my concern, on reading the Government's paper ...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c156WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making an important point. However, I would hazard the explanation that the Ma...; David Winnick | 438 c156-7WH (Link to this contribution) : That might be the Mayor's view, and he has broadly indicated as much. That does not satisfy me. Wh...; Julian Lewis | 438 c159WH (Link to this contribution) : Indeed. No doubt in the blinkered view of someone like that, the person who got the nomination wou...; David Winnick | 438 c158-9WH (Link to this contribution) : Is the hon. Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) aware that in about 1958, a year before the elect...; Julian Lewis | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) : That is enough of that. The essential point is that at this stage of political development in this...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) : I cannot allow the comment of the hon. Member for Walsall, North (Mr. Winnick) to pass without add...; Julian Lewis | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) : Apart from the partisan twist at the end, I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman made those commen...; David Winnick | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) : I noted what the hon. Gentleman said. Perhaps that will happen, in time, on both sides. We already...; Julian Lewis | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) : I thank the hon. Lady for that intervention and I look forward to her speech. I salute the work th...; Ann Cryer | 438 c158WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman has not mentioned Muslim women MPs.; Julian Lewis | 438 c157-8WH (Link to this contribution) I am neither an expert on community relations, nor, indeed, a member of the Committee and I am grate...; David Winnick | 438 c153-5WH (Link to this contribution) I shall follow up some of the points made by the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) and, like...; James Clappison | 438 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) : Absolutely. My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point, which deserves wide circulation. ...; David Winnick | 438 c156WH (Link to this contribution) : I appreciate the point that my right hon. Friend makes. One should never forget that, where discri...; John Denham | 438 c155-6WH (Link to this contribution) : My hon. Friend is making an important contribution, as he and the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. C...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c174-6WH (Link to this contribution) : I read that passage and I heartily agree with the right hon. Gentleman that it is possible to be m...; Hazel Blears | 438 c176-8WH (Link to this contribution) : Considering that it is the Thursday afternoon of a busy week, I have enjoyed the opportunity to li...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c178WH (Link to this contribution) : I am particularly grateful to the Minister for that acknowledgement. I realise that the issue is d...; Hazel Blears | 438 c178-80WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall come to openness and transparency shortly, and I hope that my right hon. Friend the Member...; John Denham | 438 c180WH (Link to this contribution) : Would my hon. Friend include in those discussions the organisation PeaceMaker, which prepared evid...; Hazel Blears | 438 c180-1WH (Link to this contribution) : Yes, I am aware of it and had a brief opportunity to meet some of its members. I am delighted to i...; Ann Cryer | 438 c181WH (Link to this contribution) : When the road show gets going, and we select the Muslim scholars and experts, there are many very ...; Hazel Blears | 438 c181-3WH (Link to this contribution) : I should be absolutely delighted; it is my intention to include women in the road show. The group ...; Greg Mulholland | 438 c168-9WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman has just highlighted the problem. Does the fact that no one could possibly just...; Julian Lewis | 438 c169-70WH (Link to this contribution) : I agree with the hon. Gentleman, but does he agree that it is absolutely essential that when peopl...; David Winnick | 438 c168WH (Link to this contribution) : I apologise for missing the beginning of the hon. Gentleman's speech, but I hope that he is not sa...; Greg Mulholland | 438 c170-1WH (Link to this contribution) : Thank you. We must ask questions, but some of the answers might be difficult to accept. Neverthel...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c171-4WH (Link to this contribution) It has been a pleasure to listen to the debate, and I thank the right hon. Member for Southampton, I...; Greg Mulholland | 438 c170WH (Link to this contribution) : I absolutely agree. That is a strong, well made point, which echoes what has been said by several ...; Julian Lewis | 438 c170WH (Link to this contribution) : Congratulations.; John Denham | 438 c174WH (Link to this contribution) : The Select Committee addressed that very point. I hoped that the hon. Gentleman would support our ...; Julian Lewis | 438 c174WH (Link to this contribution) : One of the most striking examples was of a prison officer being suspended from duty and discipline...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c174WH (Link to this contribution) : I know of a number of examples, but it is difficult to comment on individual instances, particular...; John Denham | 438 c141-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to be able to open this debate on the Home Affairs Committee report, which was publishe...; Baroness Teather | 438 c143WH (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the situation since the bombings in July has made the probl...; John Denham | 438 c144-8WH (Link to this contribution) : I understand the hon. Gentleman's point. It is true that the violent crime statistics do not nec...; James Clappison | 438 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) I am pleased to have this opportunity to debate our report, and to hear more from the Minister about...; Baroness Teather | 438 c149WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman agree that part of the problem is the way in which terrorism is described ...; Baroness Teather | 438 c151WH (Link to this contribution) : Does the hon. Gentleman agree that there is a particular need to involve young Muslims, and that o...; James Clappison | 438 c150-51WH (Link to this contribution) : I happily endorse the hon. Lady's comments, but I make one qualification, which I will enlarge on ...; Julian Lewis | 438 c152WH (Link to this contribution) : I endorse warmly what my hon. Friend has said. It is not lost on the majority community that many ...; James Clappison | 438 c151-2WH (Link to this contribution) : That is a good point. There are issues in the Muslim community and it is important to engage with ...; Dominic Grieve | 438 c143WH (Link to this contribution) The report of the right hon. Gentleman's Committee is extremely interesting. Does he agree that alth...; John Denham | 438 c143WH (Link to this contribution) : In answering such questions, it is important that I restrict my remarks to the assessment that the...; Julian Lewis | 438 c144WH (Link to this contribution) : Before the right hon. Gentleman leaves this topic, does he agree that there is a difference betwee...; John Denham | 438 c144WH (Link to this contribution) : I shall give way to the hon. Gentleman, but after that I must make some progress.; Julian Lewis | 438 c144WH (Link to this contribution) (New Forest, East) rose—; John Denham | 438 c143-4WH (Link to this contribution) : The hon. Gentleman makes another important point; it is the mirror image of what the hon. Member f...
Subjects: Community relations Human rights Ethnic groups Minority groups Terrorism Islam
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Terrorism and Community Relations

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