Counter-Terrorism: Conflict Zones Debate

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Department: Home Office

Counter-Terrorism: Conflict Zones

Charlie Elphicke Excerpts
Monday 2nd March 2015

(9 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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Decisions about individual aspects of Scotland Yard’s budget are a matter for the Metropolitan police. Let me be clear that the Government have protected counter-terrorism policing budgets over our period in office, and we have extended that to 2015-16.

Charlie Elphicke Portrait Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)
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Given that many of these terrorists represent a clear and present danger to our country, our national security and the security of individuals, is it not important that we offer our intelligence services more powers, particularly through human rights reform and a communications data Bill, to ensure that we can secure our nation properly?

Baroness May of Maidenhead Portrait Mrs May
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My hon. Friend makes an important point about the impact that human rights legislation has sometimes had, for example on our ability to deport certain individuals who pose a threat to us here in the UK. I am clear that we need to reform our human rights legislation and introduce a communications data Bill, and a Conservative Government after 7 May will do just that.