Examination of Witnesses

Part of Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:30 am on 21 June 2011.

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Lord Howard: I think it is the point that I made earlier in my evidence. The material which is available to the authorities on which they are able to assess the extent to which any particular individual poses a risk to the security of the people of this country is, to a very large extent, not material which can be adduced as evidence in a court of law. That is a highly inconvenient fact, because we would all like the matter to be tested in the normal way in our courts. All of us want that to happen, but unfortunately it is a fact, and it is from that fact that the need for a regime of this kind arises.