Home Department written statement – made at on 22 July 2010.
Theresa May
Minister for Women and Equalities, The Secretary of State for the Home Department
I am pleased to be able to inform the House that Lord Carlile of Berriew QC has completed his report on the operation in 2009 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006, which will be laid before the House today. Copies of the report will be available in the Vote Office.
I am grateful to Lord Carlile for his detailed report and thank him for his continuing work in carrying out the role of independent reviewer for terrorism legislation so effectively.
I will carefully consider his views and recommendations. Given a number of Lord Carlile's key recommendations relate to powers that are being considered in the review of counter-terrorism and security powers that I reported to the House on
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