Terrorism (Northern Ireland) Bill

It is because there are no guarantees of an absolute, final kind that we are introducing the Bill, which will allow us to continue to use the powers in current legislation after next February. We have used those powers, which act as a powerful deterrent to, for example, dissidents who want to up the paramilitary ante. Let us see where we are in two years’ time, and if a further year of renewal is required, we will make a judgment and the House will decide the matter by Order in Council.