Clause 20
Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill
10:00 am
Laurence Robertson (Shadow Minister, Northern Ireland; Tewkesbury, Conservative)
The Minister knows that “reasonable” is the most important word in the legal system, because, as we discussed in a previous sitting, the man on the Clapham omnibus uses it to determine what is reasonable. We cannot discard the word; it is in almost if not every Bill that we pass. Why is “necessary” used here? If we consider the matter in terms of the person being stopped, “necessary” means potentially forever.