Clause 26
Counter-Terrorism Bill
2:00 pm
Dominic Grieve (Shadow Attorney General, Law Officers; Beaconsfield, Conservative)
The amendments do not present huge difficulties. While we are about it, perhaps the Minister would like to consider, and if necessary write to tell me, what a noxious thing as opposed to a noxious substance is. It would be useful. The very first Bill I ever considered in Committee was the Public Processions (Northern Ireland) Bill and it contained a prohibition on playing a musical or other instrument. We had a very interesting discussion about what another instrument might be, without engaging in prurient speculation. The wording was deleted from the Bill—we were left with musical instruments and not other instruments—which was the first time that I ever succeeded in getting anything deleted. I should therefore be grateful if the Minister could tell me what a noxious thing is and how it differs from a noxious substance.