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Use Of Section 44 Of The Terrorism Act (2000) To Search Demonstrators At Raf Fairford

EDM number 1684 in 2003-04, proposed by Lynne Jones on 16/09/2004.

That this House notes that according to Gloucestershire police, during the two periods of authorisation covering 6th March to 27th April 2003, stop and search powers under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 were used on a total of 2,132 occasions in the vicinity of RAF Fairford whilst by contrast, during the same period there were only 56 searches pursuant to stop and search under section 60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; also notes that in correspondence with the honourable Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak, the Home Office states that no one was subsequently arrested or prosecuted as a result of the 2,132 searches under the Terrorism Act; therefore questions why section 44 was used for stop and search purposes by police and concludes that the 2,132 searches of demonstrators under the Terrorism Act amounts to harassment of people demonstrating against the war on Iraq.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Lynne Jones16/09/2004Birmingham, Selly OakLabourProposed
Adam Price11/10/2004Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Paul Marsden11/10/2004Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew11/10/2004StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/10/2004Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Martin Caton12/10/2004GowerLabourSigned
Simon Thomas13/10/2004CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Wareing13/10/2004Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Harold Best13/10/2004Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard13/10/2004WalthamstowLabourSigned
Tony Clarke13/10/2004Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable13/10/2004TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed13/10/2004South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson14/10/2004Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Michael Clapham14/10/2004Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn14/10/2004Islington NorthLabourSigned
Paul Tyler14/10/2004North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones15/10/2004CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes18/10/2004ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell19/10/2004Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington21/10/2004Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen25/10/2004Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned

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