Clause 57
Counter-Terrorism Bill
4:00 pm
Tony McNulty (Minister of State (Security, Counter-terrorism, Crime and Policing), Home Office; Harrow East, Labour)
Well, the very next paragraph does precisely that. Subsection (4)(c) says that the rules of court may make provision
“about the functions of a person appointed as a special advocate”
That interlocks with subsection (6). It is necessary to put them all together. As I said at the beginning, I shall make it very clear that the draft rules should be available to the House before Report. The right hon. and learned Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham falls into the trap of isolating a clause without looking at all the interlocking parts both in and across clauses, which is easily done but should not really be done by such a learned and experienced gentleman.