Clause 27
Counter-Terrorism Bill
2:45 pm
David Heath (Somerton and Frome, Liberal Democrat)
If I understand the Minister, the reasons why we should not have a provision to require consultation and consent from the Lord Advocate are that consultation always takes place with the Lord Advocate and she gives her consent, and that the amendment would therefore place an onerous duty on both officials to secure such consultation and consent, irrespective of the fact that that already happens. There is no prescription in the amendment for a checklist or questionnaire or anything else; it is simply a statement of what the Minister has assured me is already the case.