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Terrorism Bill

May I finish this point, and then I will of course give way to my hon. and learned Friend? I identified a curious paradox yesterday—we were told by a Labour Member that it was entirely right for the Government to seek to displace Saddam Hussein by force in order to achieve regime change, but if we urged civilians to do that, they would be committing a criminal offence covered by this Bill. Even more to the point, in 1990, when I was in the Foreign Office, we urged people to rise up and strike down Saddam Hussein. All of us who did that would have been caught by the Bill. I now give way to my hon. and learned Friend.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
438 c1062 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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