Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
12:00 pm
David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
May I follow up what is implied by that? It is something that has concerned me for some time. Over recent years, various Acts of Parliament have conferred considerable exceptional powers on the police and security services to deal with an exceptional circumstance: terrorism. In your organisation’s experience, have those powers been used within the limits that Parliament expected?