Counter-Terrorism Bill
2:15 pm
Tony McNulty: It would be purely the practicalities—this is not meant to diminish the import and seriousness of these mattes—of legislating on a kind of dangerous dogs basis, if I may put it like that, and in the middle of the public disquiet and furore of a clear and pressing emergency. I am not entirely sure that that is Parliament at its best. I would far rather legislate on a reserve and contingent basis at leisure, taking it very seriously. We would then have that reserve and contingent power should we need to utilise it. That is my strongest reason for objecting to doing that in the wake of the sort of emergencies envisaged.