Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
12:00 pm
Shami Chakrabarti: You could present it as naivety. Sadly, the public that we polled did not find it naive at all—far from it. They thought that it was spin. I find it really worrying that levels of public trust in these debates are where they are. However, I agree with you that increasing the number of days again and again is not effective. There are better alternatives that are more proportionate, which would be less counter-productive. The issue is about that balance between counter-productivity and giving yourself more time. We want to find ways to give the police more time without the counter-productivity of the injustice that comes from longer and longer periods without charge.