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  Home Secretary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Secretary of State for the Home Department, known as the Home Secretary, is the chief United Kingdom government minister responsible for law and order (except in Scotland).
Because the Home Office was initially the primary government department with responsibility for domestic affairs, all subsequent domestic departments have effectively been created by taking responsibilities from the Home Office, leaving in addition to law and order a variety of miscellaneous tasks that have not yet been allocated to a government minister.
Consequently Home Secretaries can find themselves dealing with matters as diverse as wild birds in Scotland and which towns in England and Wales are entitled to call themselves cities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_the_Home_Department   (1292 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Blunkett denied terrorist's human rights, judge rules
He also ruled that the home secretary had failed to take into account changes in the political climate in Syria that, it was argued, meant Hindawi no longer posed a risk.
But in April 2003 the home secretary said the reports did not demonstrate that he had "victim empathy", sufficient insight into the causes of his offending, or strategies to prevent further offending.
After his case was sent to the parole board "in error" and rejected, the home secretary refused to release him in May 2003.
politics.guardian.co.uk /homeaffairs/story/0,11026,1134762,00.html   (638 words)

  
 I join the Home Secretary in...: 25 Feb 2002: House of Commons debates (TheyWorkForYou.com)
I join the Home Secretary in condemning the criminal activity that occurred in the centre and thanking and paying tribute to the public servants, particularly the fire and police services, who came to do their work immediately, without thought for their own safety.
The Home Secretary said that he wanted to review allocation between centres, and I agree that that seems to be necessary.
Does the Home Secretary accept that there is a clear psychological difference between those who are in the process of putting their case, and are therefore far less likely to prove troublesome and try to find ways of escaping, and those who have already had their last opportunity to appeal?
www.theyworkforyou.com /debate/?id=2002-02-25.445.2   (631 words)

  
 UK Independence Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sources close to the Home Secretary condemned the attempt to "smear" him, making little secret of their belief that Mrs Quinn's supporters had leaked the e-mail to deter him from pursuing a paternity suit over her son, William, and potentially over her unborn baby.
These included that the Home Secretary had used his Government chauffeur to drive Mrs Quinn to his Derbyshire weekend home, had given her first-class parliamentary rail warrants and had, on one occasion, ordered a policeman to stand outside Mrs Quinn's Mayfair home.
Home Office sources indicated that the chairman, who is expected to be named today, would not be connected to the department.
www.independenceuk.org.uk /abc_news/gen12.php?t=1&id=1129   (755 words)

  
 House of Commons Hansard Debates for 12 Dec 2001 (pt 22)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Home Secretary made the argument that the amendments made by the Lords to part 10 would have the effect of restricting the powers of the Ministry of Defence and British Transport police more than was the case before the Bill was introduced.
The Home Secretary did not rehearse the history, which is well known to him, of how we came to this set of amendments on part 13.
The Home Secretary is right to say that I have argued in public that that could have meant that the European arrest warrant was adopted by those means.
www.publications.parliament.uk /pa/cm200102/cmhansrd/vo011212/debtext/11212-22.htm   (1720 words)

  
 Defending Our Values Against Terrorism: UK Home Secretary Publishes New Legislation
Following the bombings of 7/7, the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister met with senior British Muslim leaders and formed seven Working Groups that will address the multiple facets of Muslim Community Outreach and the issues around integration and tackling extremism.
Home Secretary Charles Clarke MP, has overall responsibility for the work of the Home Office, including security and counter-terrorism, policing, crime and the Criminal Justice System, immigration and Civil Renewal and emergencies.
The Home Office works to build a safe, just and tolerant society, to enhance opportunities for all, and to ensure the protection and security of the public is maintained.
www.britainusa.com /sections/articles_show_nt1.asp?d=5&i=41029&L1=41004&L2=41029&a=39964   (1130 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - Sir Patrick Cormack FSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Home Secretary should at least give an undertaking not only that he will monitor them but that he may be prepared to withdraw them after listening carefully to powerful speeches made in the other place.
The Home Secretary should think back to one of his predecessors in that high office of state who, appalled by dreadful incidents of savagery by certain dogs, rushed legislation through the House.
I urge the Home Secretary once more to be prepared to be the big man I know he is and say at the very least that he will not only monitor and reflect on but if necessary withdraw these measures.
www.epolitix.com /EN/MPWebsites/Patrick+Cormack/80102C53-E8F0-4448-975B-1FA243CB0545.htm   (1439 words)

  
 Britain's Home Secretary denounced for inciting racial hatred against Gypsies
The FFTAIU then referred their complaint to the police in Sussex, where the group is based, and West Midlands where the remarks were made, for investigation as to whether the Home Secretary had breached the Public Order Act by inciting prejudice and hatred against an ethnic minority.
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Ann Widdecomb—who just days earlier had been touring Dover demanding a clamp down against "bogus" refugees—said she would "not quarrel with his remarks".
Home Office Minister Lord Bassam reported that applications from the Czech Republic had risen from 55 in January to 150 in June, and that most of the applicants were Romanies.
pandora.nla.gov.au /pan/21017/20010808/www.wsws.org/articles/1999/aug1999/roma-a23.html   (1298 words)

  
 Home Secretary: 'constant vigilance' needed after Bali attack
In the first of the new daily press briefings, the Home Secretary David Blunkett, answered questions on the new street crime figures, the Bali bomb attack, the forthcoming A-level report and on the new style briefings.
On 17 March I announced that given the official figures on street crime had gone up by 28% and the very real concerns that existed across the nation in terms of the impact that was having on trust and confidence, we would take co-ordinated action.
Home Secretary you are in the difficult position of being the first person to do this open briefing, so I am sorry I am asking a question about that and not...
www.pm.gov.uk /output/page2489.asp   (2894 words)

  
 V K Duggal named home secretary
It was being speculated that to enable Chawla a longer tenure as home secretary, the tenure of home and defence secretaries would be fixed at two years.
In fact, three names were being discussed for the post of home secretary -- D T Joseph, secretary in the shipping ministry; P K Hota, health and family welfare secretary, and Duggal.
While the home ministry was reportedly keen on Joseph, the idea did not find favour with the other decision makers.
www.rediff.com /news/2005/mar/30secy.htm   (339 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Hindley's hope of freedom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Anderson is challenging the home secretary's power to fix tariffs - or minimum periods of detention - for murderers, arguing that the decision should be up to judges, not politicians.
But subsequent home secretaries fixed her minimum tariff, first at 30 years and then at "whole life", meaning she is one of 23 prisoners who have been told they will never be released.
In recent years the home secretary has already lost the ability to intervene in the sentencing of juveniles convicted of murder following a ruling from the European court of human rights in Strasbourg on an appeal by the killers of James Bulger.
www.guardian.co.uk /crime/article/0,2763,841059,00.html   (574 words)

  
 The Observer | Politics | Blunkett offers truce in fight over lover's son
The Home Secretary, meanwhile, is still hoping to reach a settlement in the bitter dispute with his former lover over access to her son, Child A. 'He never wanted to go to the courts,' said a spokesman.
Friends disclosed this weekend that the Home Secretary had ignored pleas from colleagues to defer his battle for access - and had been preparing to discuss his love life in public for the first time next month, when a biography is due to be published.
One source close to the Home Secretary said he had already been booked for chatshows at the end of January, accepting there would be 'interest' after the publication of the book.
observer.guardian.co.uk /politics/story/0,,1366893,00.html   (898 words)

  
 Punishment for murder should reflect the crime says Home Secretary
Home Secretary David Blunkett today re-stated his commitment to upholding new principles for setting murder tariffs - ensuring those convicted of murder receive a punishment that reflects the unique nature and seriousness of the crime.
The Home Secretary was formally responding to two sets of draft guidelines published by the independent Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC) for consultation.
However, the Home Secretary said he believed the guideline should include separate recommendations for considering guilty pleas in murder cases to reflect both the special nature of mandatory life tariffs and the heinous and unique nature of the crime.
www.cjsonline.org /the_cjs/whats_new/news-3057.html   (540 words)

  
 The Lords, the Home Secretary and Gaol Sentences.
Bingham said: “Far from being independent of the executive, the Home Secretary and his junior ministers are important members of it.” Blunkett, in response, was out to come up with principles to prevent soft sentencing.
His project is to undo the sop to the public that successive Home Secretaries have given to the public since 1965.
Where the Home Secretary of the day has accepted the recommendation of the judiciary they could be dealt with on paper.
www.la-articles.org.uk /gaol_sentences.htm   (892 words)

  
 1832 Home Secretary in directory.co.uk
Home Secretary Graham replied to him that these andquot;were proofs, if they were accurately
The main House of Lords amendment (Bill 648, 1832) was to systematically substitute Lord Chancellor for Home Secretary throughout.
Strangely Lord Melbourn, the Home Secretary, reprieved Lewis Lewis, who was certainly one of those most responsible for the riots, and...
www.directory.co.uk /1832_Home_Secretary.htm   (277 words)

  
 Work At Home Secretary Jobs | Work At Home Secretarial Job | Home Employment Secretarial Work Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Even if not a scam, it's certainly not the work at home secretarial job they appear to be on the surface.
In other words, if the work at home job secretarial description seems to be preoccupied with selling you on how nice it would be to work at home (ie: family, flex-schedule, working comforts) - then it may be something other than what you want or expect.
This is perfect for stay at home moms, students, retired, or anyone interested in honest legitimate part time work at home.
www.work-at-home-directory.com /work-secretarial.html   (486 words)

  
 United Kingdom -- Justice perverted: appeals under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001" - Amnesty ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The "reasonableness" of the Secretary of State’s belief and suspicion upon which someone is so certified may be based, in part or entirely, on evidence not disclosed to the person concerned or her or his lawyer of choice.
Furthermore, under this legislation, the reasonableness of the Home Secretary’s belief and suspicion upon which someone is certified as a "suspected international terrorist" may be based, in part or entirely, on "evidence" not disclosed to the person concerned or their lawyer of choice.
As a result of the Rehman judgment, both the Secretary of State and the SIAC are relying on a low threshold with respect to the standard of proof required in order for the former to certify individuals -- pursuant to which they are interned -- and for the latter to confirm that certification.
web.amnesty.org /library/Index/ENGEUR450292003?open&of=ENG-GBR   (5619 words)

  
 Home Office | Home Secretary Charles Clarke   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Charles Clarke MP is the Home Secretary, the head of the Home Office.
He was appointed Minister of State at the Home Office on 29 July 1999 and became Minister without Portfolio and Labour Party Chair in July 2001.
Secretary of State for Education and Skills since October 2002, Mr Clarke was appointed Home Secretary in December 2004.
www.homeoffice.gov.uk /about-us/organisation/ministers/charles-clarke/?version=1   (263 words)

  
 Home Secretary Cartoons   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Amnesty International
The organizations consider that the Home Secretary has used an unfair procedure to determine Senator Pinochet's mental condition and to reach his preliminary decision that Senator Pinochet is unfit to be tried and therefore should not be extradited.
The Home Secretary has acknowledged that in considering whether Senator Pinochet should be extradited he is acting in a "quasi-judicial" role.
The Home Secretary's final decision should be subject to sufficient delay, consistent with domestic and international legal standards on detention, to permit the requesting states and other interested parties to seek judicial review of that decision while Senator Pinochet remains subject to the jurisdiction of United Kingdom courts.
www.commondreams.org /news2000/0125-103.htm   (1379 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - Sir Patrick Cormack FSA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
I hope the Home Secretary will recognise that such treatment of Parliament and of the elected Chamber, which is supposed to have primacy, is something of which he ought to be deeply ashamed.
The Home Secretary has only one point of substance in his opposition to the sunset clause, and that is the timing of the sunset.
I make this plea to the Home Secretary: let the sunset be later than November, but there must be a sunset.
www.epolitix.com /EN/MPWebsites/Patrick+Cormack/3822f359-81f0-4fa0-aa8f-2aab311a8142.htm   (421 words)

  
 British Home Secretary issues gagging order over Stephen Lawrence inquiry
Home Secretary Jack Straw was forced to make a humiliating retreat when a judge relaxed a gagging order against the Sunday Telegraph.
Straw had taken out an injunction preventing publication of leaked extracts from the public inquiry report into the murder of Stephen Lawrence, a 19-year-old fl student who was killed by racists in 1993.
Straw's firm belief that the partial leaking of the report was unfair to the Lawrences, the police and to Parliament.
www.wsws.org /articles/1999/feb1999/lawr-f23.shtml   (931 words)

  
 Clarke faces first test as home secretary - (United Press International)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This ruling by Britain's highest court is of enormous consequence not only for the government's entire conduct of the "war on terror" but also for a home secretary eager to prove he can follow in Blunkett's footsteps.
However, this could be potentially be an awkward maneuver for a government who has built the last three years of its policy on being tough on terror, and for a home secretary who wants to prove he can continue in the mould Blair values so much.
Blair stood firmly by the former home secretary throughout the visa row, and after his resignation told press he was "a truly outstanding Cabinet minister" who was leaving "with his integrity intact."
www.washingtontimes.com /upi-breaking/20041216-015546-9835r.htm   (950 words)

  
 Landmark Chambers - Barristers specialising in public, planning and property law
The Home Secretary had suspended the Chief Constable of Humberside following the publication of the Bichard report which followed the tragic events of the murders of Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells.
As I have indicated, it cannot be suggested that the Bichard Inquiry Report, which was before the Home Secretary, could not justify his coming to that conclusion.
The only question is whether the Home Secretary validly came to the conclusion he did, which is that he considered it necessary for the maintenance of public confidence in the force in question for the Chief Constable to be suspended, by applying the test stipulated by Parliament.
www.landmarkchambers.co.uk /content_view.cfm?cid=901   (845 words)

  
 Remember-Chile - News - Secret negotiations got the Home Secretary off the extradition hook
According to Home Office sources, Jack Straw was unhappy about the arrest of Pinochet in October 1998, but decided to stand by his obligation to Spain under the European extradition convention, and resisted pressure from both the Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defence, who warned of trade and diplomatic problems with Chile.
The report by Jonathan Sumption, QC, counsel for Home Secretary, charted the various avenues open to Mr Straw and stressed his discretionary power to refuse extradition even in the face of opposition by Spain, the country seeking to try the general on charges of human rights abuse.
That would enable the Home Secretary to ask the general to undergo further tests.
www.remember-chile.org.uk /news/00-03-03inda.htm   (637 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Politics | Blunkett quits as home secretary
Conservative shadow home secretary David Davis paid tribute to Mr Blunkett saying he was a "tough opponent".
But the home secretary's position became more uncertain after he criticised a string of Cabinet colleagues in a new biography.
Her gesture was widely interpreted as expressing her frustration at the continuing controversy enveloping the then home secretary.
newsvote.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/4099581.stm   (618 words)

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