Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

I value the work of the Joint Committee, as I have said before. Its reports are extremely useful. Lord Carlile’s report was published for Parliament at the earliest opportunity, given the recess, namely on Monday. I shall try to deal with many of the points that have been raised, and correct one, if not two, of my own comments. I recognise the furrow that the hon. Member for Stone (Mr. Cash) is ploughing, but I cannot let him get away with the assertion, for it is no more than that, that if the Human Rights Act is taken away, the need for control orders will disappear entirely. Nor do I accept the assertion that it will disappear, as if by magic, if we introduce intercept as evidence and post-charge questioning. It is simply that: an assertion.