Counter-Terrorism Bill
1:00 pm
Lord Carlile: It is very difficult to define exactly the concept of national security. The security services certainly have a need to share information, as do other control authorities, which is the generic term that I use for the police, the security services, Revenue and Customs and so on. I go to a lot of airports and seaports and I have seen some bad examples of useful information being available but not shared. I believe that any information that is potentially useful in the prevention and detection of terrorism should be shared by appropriate bodies. If that requires placing it on a statutory footing, again, I have no possible objection. I would support it.