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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 2 February 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Charles Clarke.


Prevention of Terrorism Act

Statement on the renewal of the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005. (Includes reference to plans to introduce a draft Terrorism Bill in 2007 for pre-legislative scrutiny).


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
442 c478-89 
Session
2005-06
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Charles Clarke | 442 c486 (Link to this contribution) First, I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his general support. Secondly, I can certainly give him t...
William Cash | 442 c486-7 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Home Secretary’s announcement with regard to the prospect of new legislation? I ho...
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Charles Clarke | 442 c483 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for those remarks, given the leading role that he played in the...
Alistair Carmichael | 442 c483-4 (Link to this contribution) May I also thank the Home Secretary for his very generous advance notice of the statement and of Lor...
Charles Clarke | 442 c484-5 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his approach and the stance that he has adopted. As I said in my stat...
Brian Jenkins | 442 c485 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend said that he would consult the ISC and the director general of the security ser...
Charles Clarke | 442 c485 (Link to this contribution) I very much appreciate the way in which my hon. Friend puts his very appropriate question. It is rig...
Andrew MacKay | 442 c485 (Link to this contribution) While warmly welcoming the Home Secretary formally letting the House know today that work is being c...
Charles Clarke | 442 c485-6 (Link to this contribution) I understand the right hon. Gentleman’s point and I reaffirm the commitment that I gave in the state...
Clive Betts | 442 c486 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement, particularly the idea of consolidated legislation, w...
Tobias Ellwood | 442 c489 (Link to this contribution) I am pleased that the word ““pruning”” was mentioned in regard to this statement, because while we n...
Julian Lewis | 442 c488 (Link to this contribution) What proportion of people who are giving the Government cause for concern came to this country illeg...
Charles Clarke | 442 c488 (Link to this contribution) I do not have figures on the first question. The hon. Gentleman’s third question contradicts his sec...
Jim Cunningham | 442 c487 (Link to this contribution) I echo what my hon. Friend the Member for Tamworth (Mr. Jenkins) said: what would really reassure ...
Charles Clarke | 442 c487-8 (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend’s final point, there are important issues at stake. The Intelligence Services Comm...
Philip Hollobone | 442 c488-9 (Link to this contribution) Terrorists cannot commit their atrocities unless they are funded to do so. Is the Home Secretary sat...
Dennis Skinner | 442 c488 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that experience shows, certainly over the past few years, that howev...
Charles Clarke | 442 c488 (Link to this contribution) I entirely agree with my hon. Friend’s comments. His point about terrorist or freedom fighter is exa...
Charles Clarke | 442 c487 (Link to this contribution) I was using the word ““consolidation”” in a broad sense and perhaps too loosely in my statement. I c...
Charles Clarke | 442 c489 (Link to this contribution) Measures on compensation could be included in such legislation if that is what the House wishes. I k...
Charles Clarke | 442 c478-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the renewal of the Prevention of T...
David Winnick | 442 c483 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend accept that, although certain differences arose in November, most hon. Mem...
David Davis | 442 c480-2 (Link to this contribution) I begin by thanking the Home Secretary for making his statement to the House today, and for his cour...
Charles Clarke | 442 c489 (Link to this contribution) We have already made legal changes in relation to the financing of terrorism for the reason that the...
Charles Clarke | 442 c482-3 (Link to this contribution) I appreciate the right hon. Gentleman’s constructive and positive tone. I shall not talk today about...
Subjects
Crime prevention Courts Applications Civil proceedings Police Terrorism Rules of procedure Anti-terrorism control orders Freezing of assets
Legislation
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
Link
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