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Foreign Fighters and the Death Penalty

Urgent question on Thursday, 11 October 2018, in the House of Commons, led by Chris Bryant. The answering member was Ben Wallace.
Urgent question on foreign fighters and the death penalty.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
647 cc290-9 
Session
2017-19
Department
Home Office
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Proceeding contributions
Chris Bryant | 647 c291 (Link to this contribution)

(Urgent Question): To ask the Home Secretary to make a statement on foreign fighters and the deat...

Ben Wallace | 647 c291 (Link to this contribution)

Thank you for your patience, Mr Speaker; I apologise. You were even more efficient in the conduct...


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Chris Bryant | 647 cc291-2 (Link to this contribution)

I like the Minister, but that was a load of sententious guff that has nothing to do with the ques...

Ben Wallace | 647 cc292-3 (Link to this contribution)

I am old enough to remember “Jackanory” and I think that I have just heard a “Jackanory” narrativ...

Desmond Swayne | 647 c293 (Link to this contribution)

Some of us, and most of our constituents, are a lot less squeamish about this than the Minister a...

Ben Wallace | 647 c293 (Link to this contribution)

What these individuals who are suspected of an offence and many others have coming is justice. We...

Afzal Khan | 647 cc293-4 (Link to this contribution)

May I also apologise for not being here at the start of the urgent question?

Wednesday was ...

Ben Wallace | 647 cc294-5 (Link to this contribution)

I think both the hon. Gentleman and I were slightly caught short by the speed of the previous urg...

Philip Hollobone | 647 c295 (Link to this contribution)

My constituents in Kettering are as outraged as I am that 900 British citizens should have decide...

Ben Wallace | 647 c295 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend makes an important point and reminds us that we have to balance everyone’s rights—...

Patrick Grady | 647 c295 (Link to this contribution)

The Government are tying themselves in knots over this. If it is the Government’s position, as th...

Ben Wallace | 647 cc295-6 (Link to this contribution)

It is the policy of this Government to seek justice for the victims, in accordance with not only ...

Bob Blackman | 647 c296 (Link to this contribution)

I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his answers so far. Can he give us an assurance that under...

Ben Wallace | 647 c296 (Link to this contribution)

Every week, I see cases of exclusions. We exclude people in line with the legislation. If they ar...

Yasmin Qureshi | 647 c296 (Link to this contribution)

May I remind the House that this urgent question is about the death penalty? People are against t...

Ben Wallace | 647 cc296-7 (Link to this contribution)

As I said earlier, this Government, the coalition Government and the Labour Government before it ...

Jamie Stone | 647 c297 (Link to this contribution)

It seems to me that what bedevils this extraordinarily difficult issue is establishing a dividing...

Ben Wallace | 647 c297 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Gentleman makes a valid point. MLAs, which are often operational and judicial processes,...

Jim Shannon | 647 c297 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Minister for his firm response to the urgent question. He stated that the Government ...

Ben Wallace | 647 cc297-8 (Link to this contribution)

One of the biggest challenges we face in our free and open democracy, where international travel ...

Chi Onwurah | 647 c298 (Link to this contribution)

Many of these fighters seek to undermine our democratic values by the most evil and despicable of...

Ben Wallace | 647 c298 (Link to this contribution)

I understand the hon. Lady’s point about our values. As a former soldier, I have stood and upheld...

Chris Elmore | 647 c298 (Link to this contribution)

On 23 July, the Minister told the House:

“On Guantanamo Bay, again our position has not cha...

Ben Wallace | 647 c298 (Link to this contribution)

I have to disappoint the hon. Gentleman. When the agreement on the MLA was made, it was stated cl...

David Drew | 647 c298 (Link to this contribution)

When I have made foreign visits to countries that still apply the death penalty, I have been prou...

Ben Wallace | 647 c299 (Link to this contribution)

Yes, the hon. Gentleman can say that. This case is obviously before the courts, but it was an evi...

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