Ministerial statement on Monday, 20 April 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness Smith of Malvern.

Operation Pathway

Statement on Operation Pathway, the 12 arrests which took place in the north-west of England on 8 April under the Terrorism Act 2000.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 491 c21-34
Session: 2008-09
Department: Home Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions: Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c24-5 (Link to this contribution) The fact that the hon. Gentleman chose to spend a significant proportion of his response to my state...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the 12 arrests which took place i...; Lord Grayling | 491 c23-4 (Link to this contribution) I start by thanking the Home Secretary for giving me an advance copy of her statement. May I join he...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c30 (Link to this contribution) First, I do not think that the way in which we handle international terrorism in this country is in ...; Speaker | 491 c30 (Link to this contribution) Order. Why do we not let the Home Secretary answer the question without interruption?; Baroness Stuart of Edgbaston | 491 c29 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary rightly referred in her statement to increased activity to verify the qualificati...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c29 (Link to this contribution) I wholeheartedly agree with the right hon. and learned Gentleman. It is wholly right that the police...; Marquess of Lothian | 491 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) While in relation to certain recent incidents the police have understandably received what might bes...; Baroness Hoey | 491 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) Given the real threat to this country from international terrorism, does the Home Secretary agree th...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c29 (Link to this contribution) First, it is important to say that what happened with Assistant Commissioner Quick was not a leak. I...; Ben Wallace | 491 c29 (Link to this contribution) Mr. Quick’s leak is one of a long line of breaches in information security, and it is clear that the...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c29 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a very important point. We have now put in place work with the Pakistani author...; Lord Howard of Lympne | 491 c28 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary agree that if the crucial objective of safeguarding national security, on wh...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c28 (Link to this contribution) As the right hon. and learned Gentleman quotes—or purports to quote—the Director of Public Prosecuti...; Lord Reid of Cardowan | 491 c28 (Link to this contribution) Without prejudice to any ongoing operations or any inference about judicial proceedings, I am sure t...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c28 (Link to this contribution) I completely agree with my right hon. Friend. He knows, because he was involved in much of the early...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c25-6 (Link to this contribution) On the point about interviews, I know that the Home Affairs Committee recently looked at the visa op...; Keith Vaz | 491 c25 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Home Secretary’s statement and the steps that she has taken? I remind her that the...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c26-7 (Link to this contribution) May I contrast the serious approach taken by the hon. Gentleman with the previous-but-one interventi...; Chris Huhne | 491 c26 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for advance sight of her statement. She will be aware of the press report...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend, who has met the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crim...; Andrew Miller | 491 c27 (Link to this contribution) Can I seek an assurance from my right hon. Friend that the circumstances that led to the photographs...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an important point. I have previously said that public vigilance and, along...; Viscount Hailsham | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) I entirely understand, Mr. Speaker, and you are entirely right. Then would the Home Secretary explai...; Speaker | 491 c33 (Link to this contribution) Order. The hon. Gentleman applied for an urgent question on this matter and he is now trying to rais...; Nigel Evans | 491 c33 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary says that she does not want to see legitimate students from Pakistan being hamper...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the hon. Gentleman for those words and, most significantly, for his thanks to those in our l...; David Winnick | 491 c33 (Link to this contribution) My right hon. Friend has rightly praised the police. No one would dispute the important role that th...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) I think that Ken Livingstone was probably making the practical comment—I am sure that the hon. Gentl...; Bob Spink | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary is to be congratulated on her tough action over many years to protect the public ...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. and learned Gentleman’s question has entertained him. When there have been a large nu...; Patrick Mercer | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) I am interested to hear the Home Secretary express confidence in the border security regime of this ...; Speaker | 491 c32 (Link to this contribution) Order. The right hon. and learned Gentleman knows that he is going very wide of the statement. I kno...; Viscount Hailsham | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) Does the Home Secretary understand my puzzlement at the fact that she has chosen to make a statement...; Andrew MacKay | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) Will the Home Secretary tell the House how many people are now in this country who made an applicati...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) Of those who are students in this country, just over 5 per cent. are from Pakistan. Approximately 20...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) I do not think that academic freedom is always a bogus defence, but I agree with my hon. Friend that...; Lord Redwood | 491 c30 (Link to this contribution) Is the Home Secretary expecting the 12 people who were arrested to be charged with serious crimes so...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c30 (Link to this contribution) The arrests were certainly not speculative. The right hon. Gentleman’s serious point is that, as we ...; Fiona Mactaggart | 491 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) In the light of that answer, I stress that concern was expressed at a meeting of the Pakistan Welfar...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend’s second point, I will look out her letter and respond as quickly as possible. On ...; Julian Lewis | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) When the Home Secretary made her statement on 4 December about the arrest of my hon. Friend the Memb...; Speaker | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) Order. This has nothing to do with the statement.; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) That issue is precisely the reason for strengthening the conditions through the points-based system,...; Lord Cormack | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) If I heard the Home Secretary aright, she said that 200,000 visas in total were issued to Pakistani ...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) As I am sure the hon. Gentleman is aware, it would be well nigh impossible to know that statistic. H...; Baroness Smith of Malvern | 491 c30 (Link to this contribution) Once that police investigation started, it was, of course, for the police to follow the evidence wit...; Andrew Mackinlay | 491 c31 (Link to this contribution) May I ask the Home Secretary about our prestigious postgraduate research institutes, such as Imperia...; Peter Bone | 491 c34 (Link to this contribution) In my constituency surgery every week, I see people who want to apply for indefinite leave to remain...
Subjects: Disclosure of information Data protection Crime prevention Arrests Development aid Licensing Immigration controls International cooperation Entry clearances Educational institutions Foreign relations National security Overseas students Metropolitan Police Pakistan Vetting Terrorism Resignations Security guards Security Industry Authority North West Quick, Bob
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Operation Pathway

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