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Counter-Terrorism Bill

The right hon. Gentleman is wrong. The threshold test requires reasonable suspicion, and it requires that it is likely in the foreseeable future that sufficient admissible evidence will be gained in order to meet the criteria for the full code test, which does require that a conviction is more likely than not. It is not true that the Director of Public Prosecutions has said that one would need less than a 50 per cent. chance in order to charge.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
474 c667-8 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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