The answers are no and no.—[Interruption.] If the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) wants me to give way, I will do so. He does not.
Think of the decision facing the judge when the police say, ““We think that this person is a possible terrorist, but we have not got to the bottom of the evidence.”” Is that the test that we should use in this country to imprison people? I hardly think so. The sunset clause is actually a review clause. What will happen next year? The crisis and the political difficulties will have gone, and the provision will be rolled forward.
Terrorism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
David Davis
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 9 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Terrorism Bill.
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