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Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Wednesday, 13 June 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Kim Howells. The answering member was Geoffrey Clifton-Brown.

International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Bill [Lords]

International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Bill (HL). Ordered that allocation of time provisions shall apply to proceedings on the Bill. Second reading debate. Agreed to on question. House resolved itself into a Committee. Committee stage. Clauses 1 and 2 agreed to. Bill reported without amendment. Bill read the third time and passed.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
461 c781-815 
Session
2006-07
Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Legislative stage
Committee stage
Third reading
Report stage
Second reading
Procedure
Allocation of time motions
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Kim Howells | 461 c784 (Link to this contribution) I would have to look at that assertion on a case-by-case basis. The hon. Gentleman mentions northern...
Eric Joyce | 461 c785 (Link to this contribution) I heard what the hon. Member for The Wrekin (Mark Pritchard) said, but in my view the fundamental po...
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Kim Howells | 461 c785 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend. Although it is not the main matter under consideration today, I take hi...
David Drew | 461 c785 (Link to this contribution) I visited Rwanda with a group of colleagues last week; the issue of trials of people involved in all...
Kim Howells | 461 c783 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time. On 4 June, the trial of Charles Taylor, for...
Mark Pritchard | 461 c784 (Link to this contribution) On the wider point—the Minister mentioned the world—and particularly with respect to Uganda and the ...
Kim Howells | 461 c783-4 (Link to this contribution) I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who makes a wise observation. He is right to say that the messa...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c790 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Lady’s intervention. Some concerns have been expressed about the conditio...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c790 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Minister for that intervention. I was in no way casting aspersions on the proce...
Kim Howells | 461 c789 (Link to this contribution) I take it that the person who died, to whom the hon. Gentleman referred, is Samuel Hinga Norman. An ...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c788-9 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Minister and his officials—especially Rob Luke in the Foreign Office—on the gener...
Kim Howells | 461 c787-8 (Link to this contribution) Yes, I can put that on the record without any hesitation. It is important to recognise that the othe...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c787 (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister confirm that there is a total of 10 indictees, including Charles Taylor, that nine...
Kim Howells | 461 c785-7 (Link to this contribution) I know that my hon. Friend has great experience in these matters. The message sent out by the Bill i...
Speaker | 461 c785 (Link to this contribution) Order. Before the Minister responds, I want to make it clear that, in the words of the hon. Member f...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c793-6 (Link to this contribution) I have the pleasure of being chairman of the all-party parliamentary group on the west African Mano ...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c796 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry to interrupt the hon. Lady, but I would like to make a point before she moves on. She did...
Tony Baldry | 461 c790 (Link to this contribution) One of the unacceptable aspects of all this is the ad hockery of international justice in which the ...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c790-1 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. The Minister will correct me if I am wrong, but I think t...
Tony Baldry | 461 c790 (Link to this contribution) The Minister says from a sedentary position that it would be the Home Office. That is one of the bro...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c791 (Link to this contribution) The whole House will have heard the Minister’s response to my hon. Friend. I have no doubt that my h...
Kim Howells | 461 c791 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. His hon. Friend the Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry) put his...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c791-3 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Lady makes an interesting point. When the Special Court or the International Criminal Court...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c791 (Link to this contribution) While I concur with the view that the countries that have signed the agreement should take their fai...
Mark Hunter | 461 c802 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. If he restrains himself for just a moment longer, h...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c799 (Link to this contribution) I might have been inclined to agree had I not attended some of the proceedings, which are tortuous i...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c799 (Link to this contribution) Because of the hon. Lady’s legal experience, the information she is providing is extremely useful. H...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c796-8 (Link to this contribution) With your indulgence, Mr. Deputy Speaker, I should just like to say that Charles Taylor will probabl...
Speaker | 461 c796 (Link to this contribution) Order. I am reluctant to intervene, but perhaps we are getting a little ahead of ourselves with that...
Tony Baldry | 461 c801-2 (Link to this contribution) This is not a question of the UN having to bail out the court—it is a UN court. Her Majesty’s Govern...
Mark Hunter | 461 c800-1 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention. He makes his point in his usual excellent way. None o...
Simon Hughes | 461 c800 (Link to this contribution) I am privileged to represent a borough that has the largest African community in the country, includ...
Mark Hunter | 461 c799-800 (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow the hon. Member for Crosby (Mrs. Curtis-Thomas), whose testimony was pow...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c796 (Link to this contribution) Having visited category A, B and C prisons—
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c802 (Link to this contribution) I rise to support the sentiment expressed by the hon. Member for Banbury (Tony Baldry). The reality ...
Mark Hunter | 461 c802-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Lady for her intervention. There is no fundamental disagreement between us. I have ...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c808 (Link to this contribution) I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman is aware that UN force representatives—the international mi...
Kim Howells | 461 c809-11 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I should very much like to thank all those hon. Members who have taken ...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c811 (Link to this contribution) As a matter of interest, I am sure that my hon. Friend would like to know that the proceedings in th...
Tony Baldry | 461 c803-6 (Link to this contribution) Africa is blessed with an amazing range of natural resources; Africa is cursed by an amazing range o...
Simon Hughes | 461 c806-8 (Link to this contribution) First, I apologise to the Minister and his opposite number for not being present to hear all of thei...
Simon Hughes | 461 c812 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with the Minister’s strong statements about the need for the United Nations to pu...
Kim Howells | 461 c812-3 (Link to this contribution) Absolutely; that is an important point. In fact, the hon. Gentleman mentioned, as did my hon. Friend...
Kim Howells | 461 c815 (Link to this contribution) Yes, if Taylor were convicted by the Special Court and imprisoned in the UK, I can confirm that that...
Kim Howells | 461 c814-5 (Link to this contribution) I am sorry that I did not answer all the questions—I could not write fast enough. The Special Court...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c815 (Link to this contribution) I have just one more question for the Minister, because it is important to get these matters on the ...
Kim Howells | 461 c814 (Link to this contribution) The Government do not envisage any extra costs arising. The issues that the hon. Gentleman raised ar...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c814 (Link to this contribution) May I say to the Minister, ““almost””? He has not quite clarified what matters the UK authorities wi...
Kim Howells | 461 c813 (Link to this contribution) Clause 1 inserts a new section into the International Criminal Court Act 2001 to confer a power to m...
Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | 461 c813-4 (Link to this contribution) As we are dealing with a hypothetical situation about an Order in Council, it is right to ask one or...
Simon Hughes | 461 c808 (Link to this contribution) I do know that, and that is a very strong message of, ““We will recognise your independence and supp...
Tony Baldry | 461 c783 (Link to this contribution) Uncharacteristically of the Foreign Office, the Minister underplays his brief. The genuine significa...
Claire Curtis-Thomas | 461 c790 (Link to this contribution) First, I want to confirm that the hon. Gentleman’s understanding is accurate. Secondly, I want to re...
Kim Howells | 461 c811-2 (Link to this contribution) That saves me reading out a paragraph of my briefing, but it is important. I am sure that the hon. ...
Subjects
Administration of justice International Criminal Court International law International courts Prisoners Sentencing Trials Sierra Leone Taylor, Charles
Legislation
International Tribunals (Sierra Leone) Bill (HL) 2006-07
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