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Terrorism Bill

I was thinking of the first group of people—I had not thought of the second. The defence of duress already exists, so the Minister may say that the term ““involuntary”” is unnecessary. We need to tease that out in debate, which is why I do not intend to be too prescriptive. However, reasons for attendance need to be highlighted in the Bill. Someone might say that they did not attend a training centre voluntarily because they had been enticed there under false pretences. It was not a voluntary attendance for the purposes of the establishment. It is a difficult area, so I shall be interested to hear the views of the Minister and other Committee members. To clarify the position, the issue can be addressed without damaging the intention of the relevant clauses. In my view it must be addressed, because if it is not we will create two powers in clauses 6 and 8 with an incredibly sweeping scope that could criminalise the innocent.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
438 c1009 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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