The hon. Gentleman makes exactly the right comment, but that means that we are dealing with 51 people who, to any reasonable person, may have been subject to draconian punishment—I quote the judge in using that term—yet they may not be guilty at all.
I believe that Parliament must be very careful before making judgments based on an assumption that Ministers are decent people—I am sure that the Exchequer Secretary is decent and I am sure she will look at cases very carefully—who are therefore unlikely to get it wrong.
Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Deben
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 8 February 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills
and
Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill.
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