Prevention of Terrorism Act

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

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).

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Reference

442 c478-89

Session

2005-06

Department

Home Office

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation first report.
Thursday, 2 February 2006
Unprinted papers
House of Commons

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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