Clause 20
Counter-Terrorism Bill
6:14 pm
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Security, Counter-terrorism, Crime and Policing), Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)
No, but others are far more mischievous than the hon. and learned Gentleman, so it might be read that way. To get the clarity provided by the interlocking nature of clauses 19, 20 and 21, we think that it is appropriate to put that phrase in to say that, by moving forward, we are not impugning at all any of the previous activities that relate to the intelligence agencies, because they of course were rooted clearly in common law.