Prevention of Terrorism Act

Does my right hon. Friend agree that experience shows, certainly over the past few years, that however much co-operation he seeks from the Opposition—even from the Liberal Democrats on a good day—the problem is that the writ does not extend to the House of Lords. On almost every single issue of this kind, that has been a stumbling block. I do not know what my right hon. Friend will do about that, but it is a problem. Finally, the biggest poser is the political question: someone’s terrorist is another person’s freedom fighter.