It may well be that some people take a principled position that paying out millions of pounds is a price worth paying if they do not want to have closed proceedings. That is a perfectly legitimate place to be, but it does not happen to be a situation with which I agree. My hon. Friend talks, as many Members do, about PII, which is about excluding information; I want to be in a position where we maximise the inclusion of information and bring it before the judge.
Justice and Security Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Hazel Blears
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 4 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Justice and Security Bill [Lords].
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