I thank the Minister. Other democratic countries do not have anything like 28 days' detention without charge. Typically, they have two to seven days. The USA and Canada have two days and New Zealand has one day. The Minister pointed out that they have different legal systems, and one difference is that they make extensive use of post-charge questioning to overcome the difficulties of getting into encrypted databases and so forth. The Government have given themselves limited powers to do that. What use has been made of them, and why cannot the Government adopt the practice of other countries by making extensive use of post-charge questioning?
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
Proceeding contribution from
Paul Robert Holmes
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2009.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.
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