Further written evidence to be reported to the House
Counter-Terrorism Bill
9:00 am
David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
Further to that point of order, Mr. Bercow. We have to be careful not to be overcome by our own pomposity on such matters. Having said that, those witnesses were the Government’s principal advisers on counter-terrorism. They were important witnesses who should have given accurate information. That they did not, in that instance, is regrettable in the extreme, but that they saw fit to communicate with us without any sense of apology is discourteous to the Committee. That should be recorded, and if possible brought, in the most strenuous terms, to the attention of the Metropolitan Police Authority and the Association of Chief Police Officers.