Written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
4:00 pm
Sir Ken Macdonald: I do not think that the power would make any appreciable difference. The reason is that, as I said, suspects rarely answer questions in terrorism, or indeed organised crime cases. I am not sure that the possibility of an inference from silence would be likely to tip consideration of whether a threshold charge exists from “no” to “yes”. My own view is that the difference would be marginal. I do not know whether you share that view.