Orders of the Day — Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:33 pm on 19 November 2001.

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Photo of David Blunkett David Blunkett The Secretary of State for the Home Department 3:33, 19 November 2001

I am coming to SIAC. It was the establishment of SIAC and the judgment in the Rehman case that upheld the threshold required and the nature of the way in which the evidence should be presented that answer my hon. and learned Friend's question. The House accepted, and the House of Lords agreed, that in some cases the nature of the evidence from the security and intelligence services will be such that it would put at risk the operation of those services and the lives of those who act clandestinely to help them if that evidence were presented in normal open court. That is the measure of the proposals this afternoon.