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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 30 November 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Cormack. The answering member was Paul Goggins.

Organised Crime (Northern Ireland)

Westminster hall adjournment debate on organised crime in Northern Ireland.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
453 c143-80WH 
Session
2006-07
Department
Northern Ireland Office
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Cormack | 453 c149WH (Link to this contribution) Spoken like a true Parliamentary Private Secretary, but the hon. Gentleman signed up to that recomme...
Stephen Pound | 453 c149WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is being extremely generous, as ever, and I am grateful to him. I shall not seek ...
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Stephen Pound | 453 c149-51WH (Link to this contribution) I thank you for calling me, Madam Deputy Speaker. I congratulate the Chairman of the Committee, the ...
Lord Cormack | 453 c147-9WH (Link to this contribution) He could never be mischievous. We know him too well. However, he is seeking to put words into my mou...
Stephen Pound | 453 c151WH (Link to this contribution) May I, on recommencing, Mrs. Anderson, abase myself before the House and grovel in the most obsequio...
Gregory Campbell | 453 c153-5WH (Link to this contribution) I rise to speak on the Committee’s substantial report but, try as I might, I shall have difficulty f...
Stephen Pound | 453 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman, as ever, brings his fine forensic skills and veritable verbal scalpel to the ver...
Gregory Campbell | 453 c156WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. It is essential that we see evidence of intent. We hav...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 453 c155WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a vital point about the need to test people who even today still refuse to give...
Speaker | 453 c152WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentlemen for their apologies. I was very grateful to be elevated to the dizzy heig...
Lord Cormack | 453 c151WH (Link to this contribution) That is a point; it has taken 36 years, which is quite a long time. I should like briefly to add my ...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c152WH (Link to this contribution) I am somewhat bemused by the hon. Gentleman’s statement about the Government responding quickly to s...
Stephen Pound | 453 c152WH (Link to this contribution) May I say, Ma’am, you will never be merely Mrs. Anderson to us? My third apology is necessary becau...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c156WH (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend share my disappointment that the Government are not only not seeking an assuranc...
Paul Goggins | 453 c170-2WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, congratulate all those who took part in this constructive debate. Particular thanks and cong...
Paul Goggins | 453 c173-4WH (Link to this contribution) I understand where the hon. Gentleman is going with that argument, and we must be sensible about set...
Laurence Robertson | 453 c172-3WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister used a phrase about changing the mindset of criminals in Northern Ireland, and that is ...
Christopher Fraser | 453 c174WH (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister at least accept the need to reconsider the position and conduct a comprehensive co...
Paul Goggins | 453 c174WH (Link to this contribution) We have considered the matter carefully, and as the hon. Gentleman is keen to follow it up, I would ...
Lord Cormack | 453 c174WH (Link to this contribution) Even if there were less revenue there would not necessarily be a net loss. More legitimate sales cou...
Paul Goggins | 453 c174WH (Link to this contribution) That is partly why I wish to make one or two further points to explain our position more fully. Howe...
Laurence Robertson | 453 c174-5WH (Link to this contribution) It is right to say that criminal activity must be stopped. The point that my hon. Friends and I were...
Paul Goggins | 453 c175-7WH (Link to this contribution) Of course, part of the rationale for the tax increases is environmental protection. That is part of ...
Lord Cormack | 453 c178-80WH (Link to this contribution) I thank all who have taken part in this debate, which has been a useful exercise. I am grateful to e...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c156-8WH (Link to this contribution) I welcome the report and how the Committee decided to launch it. In his speech, the Committee Chairm...
Gregory Campbell | 453 c156WH (Link to this contribution) I am somewhat disappointed that only earlier this week did my hon. Friend and colleague the Secretar...
Lord Dodds of Duncairn | 453 c158WH (Link to this contribution) I represent an inner-city Belfast constituency, and my hon. Friend represents Belfast in another pla...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c158-63WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. The Chief Constable said that the crime would continue...
Lord Cormack | 453 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Perhaps we should put on record that we even had disturbing evidence that paramilitaries from both s...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c158WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely; the hon. Gentleman has stolen my next point. There is no loyalty when it comes to such c...
Christopher Fraser | 453 c166WH (Link to this contribution) I know that the Minister understands and fully appreciates the severity of the problem, but what we ...
Laurence Robertson | 453 c166-70WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Committee on the work that it has done. I think that it took six months to compil...
Christopher Fraser | 453 c164-6WH (Link to this contribution) I have listened carefully to what has been said by hon. Members who are more eloquent than me and wh...
Lord Cormack | 453 c146WH (Link to this contribution) I should not wish to sing a song. That would empty the Chamber pretty quickly. Yes, there is some ca...
Lord Cormack | 453 c146-7WH (Link to this contribution) Of course it does. I have said that many times on the Floor of the House and elsewhere, and I shall ...
Christopher Fraser | 453 c146WH (Link to this contribution) May I take my hon. Friend back to the point that was made about gaining the support of communities? ...
Stephen Pound | 453 c147WH (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman’s point and I do not wish to lead him into a thorny thicket of contr...
Lembit Opik | 453 c144WH (Link to this contribution) I am very interested in what the right hon. Gentleman says. Does he feel that organised crime in Nor...
Lord Cormack | 453 c143-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful for the opportunity to speak—not too long, I hope—about the report that the Selec...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Lord Cormack | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed. The hon. Gentleman, who attended almost all the Committee’s sessions and met almost all our ...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Does the right hon. Gentleman accept the evidence provided to the Committee, that we were moving fro...
Lord Cormack | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) It is a worry. One witness—his evidence is on the public record—from the Federation of Small Busines...
Stephen Pound | 453 c146WH (Link to this contribution) May I in passing endorse the comments that the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee ma...
Lord Cormack | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) I shall again be careful, because I do not want to do anything that could reveal the identity of the...
Sammy Wilson | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Is it not significant that the six-figure sum that was reported to the Committee was a sum that was ...
Lord Cormack | 453 c145WH (Link to this contribution) Of course. Then it will be a dialogue.
Subjects
Crime prevention Crime IRA Drugs Harassment Northern Ireland Police Organised crime Proscribed organisations Terrorism Republic of Ireland Violence Sinn Féin
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