Written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
4:50 pm
Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Law Officers; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
Good afternoon, Lord Goldsmith. I will turn first to post-charge questioning. When you gave evidence in front of the Home Affairs Committee on 21 November, you indicated that you were in favour of it, subject to the right safeguards. Indeed, that seems to be an almost universal view on a cross-party basis in the Commons. Do you feel able to comment on the Bill as it has been published and do you consider that the safeguards in respect of post-charge questioning are adequate? In particular, do you consider that a layer of judicial oversight ought to be provided, or do you think that it is merely sufficient that we should have revised PACE codes to cover the system that ought to be adopted?