Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Gerry Sutcliffe and Baroness May of Maidenhead

Monday 15th October 2012 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab)]

Has there been full cost recovery from G4S for its Olympic failure, including costs in respect of the other forces involved—the armed forces and the police? What penalties has G4S paid?

[Mrs May]

G4S was absolutely clear that it would pay for the extra costs involved in the military and police services. As the hon. Gentleman suggests, the police moved in to take over part of the venue security at a number of sites across the country. Exactly how much G4S will pay as a result of its contract is a matter of commercial negotiation with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games, with which G4S held the contract.

Metropolitan Police Service

Debate between Gerry Sutcliffe and Baroness May of Maidenhead

Monday 18th July 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab)]

Returning to the security of the Olympics, is it not time that a pause was taken, given the evidence presented to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill Committee by Assistant Deputy Commander Osborne that it would take 12 months to get the resources in place to deal with the new TPIMs? Is it not time, now that we have lost the two most senior officers in counter-terrorism, to call a halt to those measures until after the Olympic and Paralympic games?

[Mrs May]

We have of course been discussing with the Metropolitan police and the Security Service the arrangements that will be in place as a result of the extra finances available for surveillance when the TPIMs come in. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that we have discussed the matter with the Metropolitan police, and it is clear that measures will be in place for an appropriate transition from control orders to TPIMs.

Points of Order

Debate between Gerry Sutcliffe and Baroness May of Maidenhead

Monday 24th January 2011 Commons Chamber

[The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mrs Theresa May)]

I am grateful for the opportunity to do so. We will place draft emergency legislation in the Library of the House—[Hon. Members: “When?”] We did not say that it would be placed in the Library before the current legislation lapsed. Emergency legislation is available for the use of this House in the intervening period, if necessary, and that is section 25 of the Terrorism Act 2006. The correct legal process for reducing the period from 28 days to 14 days is to allow the existing legislation to lapse because that was the sunset clause put in the legislation by the last Labour Government.

[Mr Gerry Sutcliffe (Bradford South) (Lab)]

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