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Ministerial statement on Thursday, 8 July 2010, in the House of Commons, led by Baroness May of Maidenhead.


Terrorism Act 2000 (Section 44)

Statement on the stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000.


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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
513 c540-8 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c548 (Link to this contribution) I am very grateful to my hon. Friend for ensuring that he keeps us up to the mark on our commitments...
David Nuttall | 513 c548 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement. Will she confirm that there will be no increase in p...
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Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c548 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend, who makes an extremely valid point. It is in a sense an extension o...
Robert Halfon | 513 c547 (Link to this contribution) Last December, I was subject to section 44—[Interruption.] Fortunately, I was sent away and everythi...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c547 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his question. His observation of the difficulty arising from the...
Michael Ellis | 513 c548 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that, to be safe, we must keep the whole country on side and ensure ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c547-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his comments. The shadow Police Minister, the right hon. Member ...
Lord McCabe | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) I accept that the Home Secretary has acted speedily in view of the Court's decision. Will the interi...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question, which enables me to be clear that the other stop-...
Mark Reckless | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) The Home Secretary should realise that the new guidelines will be very welcome in Kent, where we hav...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) On the hon. Gentleman's last point, I am confident that that will not be the case. The purpose of th...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c545 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his question. The whole point of making the statement today ...
Tom Brake | 513 c545 (Link to this contribution) If the coalition is obsessed with defending civil liberties, I am proud of that fact. Is the Home Se...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c545 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman. As he says, this has indeed been a matter of concern to him for...
Barry Gardiner | 513 c545 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the right hon. Lady's statement today. She will know that I raised these matters in a seri...
Lord Evans of Rainow | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) Will the Secretary of State reassure the House that the police can continue to use existing stop-and...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c546 (Link to this contribution) I am concerned about the point that the hon. Gentleman has made, although I thank him for his commen...
Mark Durkan | 513 c545-6 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the Home Secretary's statement today. The European Court judgment was clear; the previous ...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c544-5 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to give that commitment to my hon. Friend, and I thank him for his excellent service on t...
Robert Walter | 513 c544 (Link to this contribution) May I welcome the Home Secretary's statement and express some surprise at the shadow Home Secretary'...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c544 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising those issues. Obviously, I recognise the concern tha...
David Davis | 513 c543 (Link to this contribution) May I commend the Home Secretary for coming to the House to say what she has said today and particul...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c542-3 (Link to this contribution) First, may I echo the comments that the shadow Home Secretary has made about the important work that...
Keith Vaz | 513 c543 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Home Secretary for her statement. She is absolutely right to have taken the position tha...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c543 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for his comments on the statement and for his suggestion, which I am ce...
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford | 513 c544 (Link to this contribution) Can the Secretary of State assure me that the counter-terrorism review to which she referred will dr...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c543 (Link to this contribution) I can certainly assure the right hon. Gentleman that it is the Government's intention to pursue a st...
Ian Jnr Paisley | 513 c544 (Link to this contribution) I must say that I cannot join in the collective hurrah about the removal of powers that the House, n...
Alan Johnson | 513 c540-2 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Home Secretary for early sight of the statement. The fifth anniversary of 7/7 y...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c540 (Link to this contribution) Mr Speaker, I would like to make a statement on stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terro...
Baroness May of Maidenhead | 513 c544 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a valid point on the concern that many of us have had about the powers that wer...
Subjects
Counter-terrorism Police Powers Stop and search Vehicles
Legislation
Terrorism Act 2000
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