Clause 58
Policing and Crime Bill
5:00 pm
Evan Harris (Oxford West and Abingdon, Liberal Democrat)
I echo the hon. Gentleman’s view. He recognises, as do Justice and Liberty, the importance of article 5 of the European convention on human rights. Even though the Minister gave a good explanation of where we will be after we accept the amendments, as I am sure we will, those will also be subject to scrutiny against article 5. The hon. Member for Hornchurch made a good fist of analysing the areas that we will have to look at further. That said, I too welcome the amendments.