Schedule 1
Counter-Terrorism Bill
11:30 am
Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Law Officers; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
My hon. Friend brings his experience from Northern Ireland to bear on the matter, which is why I find the arguments made by the hon. Member for West Bromwich, West rather fantastical. In any event, my view is fairly clear: only in a state of emergency should one depart so radically from the principles of civil liberty and the freedom of the individual that are enshrined in our current law and that we are in danger of eroding far too far.