Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:26 pm on 9 March 1994.

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Photo of Tony Blair Tony Blair , Sedgefield 4:26, 9 March 1994

I will give way in a moment.

Not merely did they all say that, but I discovered last night that the Government's Standing Commission on Human Rights in 1988 said the same: it said that there should be a judicial element. The idea that that is something beyond the ken of any reasonable person to propose is patently absurd. Every time that Conservative Members make that type of argument, they simply underline the degree to which they are prepared to be unreasonable in making their case.