Before the noble and learned Lord sits down, perhaps I may ask a layman’s question. It may be an oversimplified one. The essential condition the court has to be satisfied with is not, principally, whether the Secretary of State has considered PII—that is certainly one of the conditions—but that it is in the interests of the fair and effective administration of justice in the proceedings to make such a declaration. Is that not the principal test and what all this is about?
Justice and Security Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Butler of Brockwell
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 26 March 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Justice and Security Bill [HL].
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