Clause 27 - Short title, commencement and extent

Part of Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:00 pm on 5 July 2011.

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Photo of Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood Shadow Minister (Home Affairs) 4:00, 5 July 2011

I will start with amendment 141. I am grateful to the Minister for saying that he will take away some of the points that were made earlier. I hope the Government will table an amendment on Report on which we can proceed with a consensus-based approach. If that does not happen, the issue will still be of great concern to us. We shall certainly seek to continue on Report the debate on the annual renewal, or sunset clause, envisaged in amendment 141.

Similarly, we have had a good debate on amendment 126 and have discussed the transitional arrangements in relation to resources. I still have concerns about when those resources will be deployable and ready to go on line when the Bill is enacted. Some of those issues have not been sufficiently canvassed, and unless there is further movement from the Government we will return to them on Report. That said, I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment.