Terrorism Bill

My Lords, as a beneficiary of possibly as many of these missiles as anyone here I would like to say how much I appreciated Lord Ackner. He became a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary shortly after I was made a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary and therefore I had the extraordinary privilege of being slightly senior to him, which had some important implications for the amount of work one had to do in the Appellate Committee. commons amendments [The page and line references are to Bill 38 as first printed for the Lords.] 5 Clause 1, page 2, line 1, leave out subsection (4) and insert—       ““(   )   For the purposes of this section, ““indirect encouragement”” comprises the making of a statement describing terrorism in such a way that the listener would infer that he should emulate it.”” 11 Clause 2, page 3, line 23, leave out subsection (4) 31 Clause 20, page 18, leave out lines 13 and 14 34 Clause 21, page 19, leave out lines 29 to 44 and insert ““indirectly encourage terrorism, within the meaning of ““indirect encouragement”” as specified in section Terrorism Act 2006”” The Commons insist on their disagreement to Lords Amendments Nos. 5, 11, 31 and 34, insist on their Amendment No. 34B, but propose Amendment No. 34D in lieu. 34B Page 19, line 39, leave out ““of a description”” and insert ““that is illustrative of a type”” 34D Page 6, line 24, at end insert—       ““(8A)   The reference in subsection (8) to something that is likely to be understood as an indirect encouragement to the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism or Convention offences includes anything which is likely to be understood as— (a)   the glorification of the commission or preparation (whether in the past, in the future or generally) of such acts or such offences; and (b)   a suggestion that what is being glorified is being glorified as conduct that should be emulated in existing circumstances.””