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Bill Presented: New Clause 14 — Inquests in camera (23 Mar 2009) has video

Douglas Hogg: I shall be brief. First, I recognise that the Secretary of State has come a long way from his position last year. I served on the Committee that considered the Counter-Terrorism Bill, and strongly opposed the powers that it gave to the Secretary of State of an exclusive jurisdiction as to when a jury-free inquest should be held. That was wholly objectionable, for the reasons that right hon....

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (19 Nov 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ...their relations with the United States. That is but one example. I was deeply concerned when the Minister said that the new coroners Bill would incorporate most of the language of the Counter-Terrorism Bill as it was in Committee, and I would robustly oppose such wide powers being given. Therefore, I agree with much of what the hon. Member for Islington, North said. I shall try to make my...

Deferred divisions: Council Tax (9 Jul 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ...serious problem with its police. He has prevented an immediate crisis, but he has not enabled the police to provide the better service that they need to provide. The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing, along with the police authority, has been good enough to see me and to speak about this matter on a number of occasions. I hope that the two Ministers will...

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Clause 4 — Conditions for making order (8 Jul 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ..." is often used in legislation, but standing by itself it does not have a clear meaning. The word "sure" does have a clear meaning. I tried to make precisely the same substitution in the Counter-Terrorism Bill, but that was met by the argument that the word "sure" is not readily recognised in statutory language and that the courts gave a fairly clear interpretation to the word "satisfied"....

Orders of the Day — Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) (No. 2) Bill: Clause 3 — Applications (8 Jul 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ...of the latent, inherent power of the court to appoint such counsel. In any event, it is right that we should make statutory provision for it. We have done so in other cases, such as in the Counter-Terrorism Bill, which makes specific reference to special independent counsel. We should not shrink from that simply because there is an inherent power. If it is inherently desirable, statute...

Orders of the Day: Clause 28 — Jurisdiction to try offences committed in the UK (10 Jun 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: My right hon. Friend is entirely right, and I should like to make two points in response to what he has said. I am sure he is correct to say that we should try to treat counter-terrorism legislation the same as legislation that covers other serious crime and that, to the extent that we properly can, we should adopt an exceptional process for it. On the other hand, the hon. Member for...

Orders of the Day: Clause 28 — Jurisdiction to try offences committed in the UK (10 Jun 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ..., Madam Deputy Speaker, that we were talking about a wholly fictional character and not the Minister. Our debate had to do with forfeiture that is capable of affecting innocent third parties. The terrorism offences specified in the Bill are quite extensive, and I suggested in Committee that a garage proprietor had been convicted of one. In my story, the entirely fictional McNulty had...

Point of Order: Counter-Terrorism Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (10 Jun 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: .... There are very important changes suggested by Government Back Benchers on the making of control orders. I have tabled measures to improve defences in respect of offences committed under the Terrorism Act 2000. There are attempts to amend the notification requirements, which are extraordinarily oppressive. There are serious attempts in the selected amendments to amend the asset-freezing...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: New Clause 8 (15 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...about one third for the earliest possible indication of a plea of guilty. I think that that is right and should apply to terrorist offences as to any other. Subsection (1) could apply not just to a terrorism Bill, but to any criminal justice Bill, because there is considerable merit in allowing pre-trial plea bargaining. As a matter of fact, pre-trial plea bargaining has existed for a very...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: New Clause 5 (15 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...new clause have one great advantage? If, for example, the Government were minded to proscribe an organisation, and that organisation considered that it fell within the exemption as it had renounced terrorism, the process of proscription would enable that organisation to demonstrate that it had indeed renounced it. To that extent, it would be a helpful process.

Business of the House (15 May 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ...an early debate next week entitled, "Consideration of Bills in Public Bill Committees"? The right hon. and learned Lady will know that I am serving on the Committee that is considering the Counter-Terrorism Bill. Does she agree that parliamentary scrutiny of Bills is essential? In that context, is it not profoundly wrong that Government Whips should confine membership of the Committee to...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 70 (15 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: My recent reading of the Terrorism Act 2000 made it plain that the measure is subject to an overriding provision that the offences were not committed by lawyers where the information was received in their confidential communication with their clients. It would be helpful if the Minister were to restate that, because he failed to mention that in his general statement of policy.

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: None (15 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: I, too, want to express my concern about the clause, and to speak briefly to my amendments Nos. 235 and 236. There is already an offence under section 58 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which is drawn in pretty broad terms. It states: “A person commits an offence if...he collects or makes a record of information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 58 (13 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...making provision for the special advocate, and remarked that it did not make provision for the presence of a special advocate in counterpart circumstances. I suspect that this will not be the final terrorism Bill to be considered by this House, and in future Bills I want the Committee to be able to say, “Well, in the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, special provision was made for the...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Clause 32 (8 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...called Mr. McNulty, who has a car. He gives his car to a garage to be repaired, but, unfortunately, the owner of the garage happens to be a terrorist. The proprietor of the garage uses the car for terrorism purposes, and is subsequently convicted. May I ask where in the Bill, or in any other legislation, the interests of the wholly fictional Mr. McNulty are properly protected, because they...

Public Bill Committee: Counter-Terrorism Bill: Schedule 1 (6 May 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...to take urgent action? I do not trust a Home Secretary of any party in those circumstances to stand against that pressure. I then asked myself, what about this House? The Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing spoke about parliamentary sovereignty. He will forgive me for saying that I have been in this place for 30 years and I know a lot about parliamentary...

Orders of the Day: Counter-Terrorism Bill (1 Apr 2008) has video

Douglas Hogg: ...points that are relevant to the totality of what I want to say. First, we need to keep in mind the fact that there have been four substantial pieces of legislation since 2000 that have touched on terrorism. Indeed, a whole host of other powers and offences are relevant. When there is an argument for change, a compelling case for it has to be made. Secondly, and differently, we need to keep...

Points of Order: Police Grant (4 Feb 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...face our own police forces. So I apologise to the House, but I am going to speak primarily about the difficulties being faced in Lincolnshire. I acknowledge that the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing has been good enough to see me on at least one occasion to discuss the problems of Lincolnshire. I also know that he is seeing the chairman of the Lincolnshire...

Points of Order: Police Grant (4 Feb 2008)

Douglas Hogg: ...employees, their number would have to be reduced in that year by 364. Those are substantial numbers. I want to turn now to the grant itself. I am sorry that the Minister for Security, Counter-Terrorism, Crime and Policing is no longer in his place, although I appreciate that it is not possible to be here at all times. On the face of it, the grant of 3.1 per cent. to the Lincolnshire force...

Public Bill Committee: Serious Crime Bill: Clause 78 (10 Jul 2007)

Douglas Hogg: ...additional safeguards for the citizen. At the same time, I would extend the power to search and seal to include noxious substances and explosives. The object is to cover the current situation with terrorism. One needs to ask—I made my opening observation for this reason—what clause 78 brings to the party. What new powers does it confer on the constabulary? It is possible that...