I am interested, as someone from a business background, to hear the hon. and learned Lady refer to business cases. We always have facts and figures that we can look back on historically. Is not the challenge for Government always to anticipate risk that has not happened? We are forever looking behind us, and the consequences are so great when those risks are missed, but this is actually the perfect opportunity for a Government to look forward and anticipate those risks. The risks might involve someone who has been active in Syria, for example, where we do not have that proof, where someone can perhaps take an opportunity for two years to bide their time, knowing that at the end of that period, they might be subject to a higher burden of proof, or just go off the radar.
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Julie Marson
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 21 July 2020.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill.
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