Speeches and Statements
Speeches and Statements Archive
Speeches and statements by previous Home Secretaries and Home Office ministers.
Border Security and Immigration
2006
5 April 2006 - Government's response to the HMI Prisons' report on Calais and Heathrow holding centres
Statement by Home Office minister, Tony McNulty.
2005
1 November 2005 - International Bar Association's Global Immigration Conference
Speech by former Immigration minister Andy Burnham.
2004
10 November 2004 - Managed Migration Speech
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary, at the TUC Conference
17 November 2004 - Identity Cards
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
Counter Terrorism
2005
December 2005 - Counter Terrorism Progress Report
Statement by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke
December 2005 - Terrorism Bill - The Government's Approach
Speech by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke
October 2005 - Contesting the Threat of Terrorism
Speech by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke
October 2005 - Liberty and Secuirty: Strking the Right Balance
Speech by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke, to the European Parliament.
February 2005 - The Tools to Counter Terrorism
Speech by former Minister for Policing, Security and Community Safety, Hazel Blears
February 2005 - Introduction of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill
Statement by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke
February 2005 - Measures to Combat Terrorism
Statement by former Home Secretary, Charles Clarke
2004
28 October 2004 - Homeland Security - Citforum opening address
Speech by former Home Office Minister, Hazel Blears.
11 August 2004 - Court of Appeal Judgments on appeals made on the detentions under the ATCSA
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
6 August 2004 - The Threat to the UK
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
15 July 2004 - Response to Lord Carlile's review of the Operation of the Terrorism Act 2000
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
22 March 2004 - Security Threats in a Networked World
Speech by Beverley Hughes, former Home Office minister, to the Royal Institute of International Affairs Conference
25 February 2004: Response to Lord Newton's report on the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act
Written Ministerial Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
2003
4 September 2003: Emergency Planning Exercise
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
3 July 2003 - An update on counter-terrorism and security issues
Written Ministerial Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
3 April 2003: Security and justice, mutuality and individual rights
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary, at John Jay College, New York
20 March 2003 - Information to the public about the threat of terrorism
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
3 March 2003 - Civil contingency planning to deal with terrorist attack
Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
13 February 2003: Airport Security
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
Crime, Police and Community Safety
2006
19 April 2006 - Letter to columnist at the Independent refuting statements made on the government's record on civil liberties
Letter from Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary
2005
31 May 2005 - Police Federation 2005
Speech by Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary
2004
28 April 2004 - Victims Conference Speech
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
2003
November 2003 - Association of Police Authorities
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
May 2003 - Police Federation 2003
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
21 May 2003 - Address To Prison Officers' Assocation Annual Conference
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
22 March 2003: The National Neighbourhood Watch Association conference 2003
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
27 February 2003 - Review of the Criminal Records Bureau
Written Ministerial Statement by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
2002
15 May 2002 - Police Federation 2002
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
18 March 2002 - Community Cohesion
Speech by John Denham, former Home Office minister, to the Industrial Society and Runnymede Trust
2001
30 November 2001 - Police training: A new era (new window)
Speech by John Denham, former Home Office minister, to the launch of the Police Skills and Standards Organisation
11 September 2001 - Policing for the 21st Century
Speech to the Police Superintendents Conference
10 September 2001 - Information Sharing (new window)
Speech by John Denham, former Home Office minister, to the Information Sharing Network Conference
Criminal Justice System and Offender Management
2004
7 December 2004 - Modernising Criminal Justice and Constitutional Arrangements for the 21st Century
Speech by Baroness Scotland, former Home Office minister
2003
8 April 2003 - Parole Board Annual Lecture
Speech by Lord Falconer, former Home Office minister
30 January 2003 - The Role of Learning and Skills in Reducing Offending
Speech by Lord Falconer, former Home Office minister
Home Office Organisation and Business
2005
8 December 2005 - The Vision for the Home Office
Speech by the Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary.
Miscellaneous
2004
8 March 2004 - Defending the Democratic State and Maintaining Liberty
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary, at Harvard Law School, Boston, USA
January 2004 - New Local Government Network Conference
Speech by David Blunkett, former Home Secretary
