The Minister is being very good natured and generous in these exchanges, which is seriously appreciated, but we must be careful about the use of the word ““remote”” as though that disposed of the argument. Building on the point made by my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve), may I put it in these terms: what if someone, in making that £5,000 contribution to Hezbollah, sent with his or her cheque a letter saying, ““I’m a keen supporter of your organisation. I recognise that you need funds. Here is some money to enable you, in terms that you think fit, to advance your objectives.””? Would that person then be caught?
Terrorism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Bercow
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 3 November 2005.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Terrorism Bill.
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