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- Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)
Mrs Barbara Follett: ...be initiated and implemented by a single politician. Nor do I see why that politician needs to have only reasonable grounds for suspecting that the individual concerned is, or has been, involved in terrorism-related activity. That seriously worries me. Those reasonable grounds could be based on intelligence evidence. It is the nature of intelligence gathering that it is unreliable. It is...
- Orders of the Day — Prevention of Terrorism Bill (23 Feb 2005)
Mrs Barbara Follett: ...uphold that. I understand that control orders are necessary in some circumstances, which is why, like my right hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson), I supported the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001. However, that Act was a stop-gap measure. It is due to be reviewed in five years and is subject to continual review. The Bill, however, is not a stop-gap...
