My Lords, I do not have anything to add on the substance of the amendments which my noble friend Lady Hamwee has outlined. However, I would like to go back to something that my noble friend Lord Thomas of Gresford raised in relation to the use of polygraph tests on convicted terrorists who were subject to licence: the right to silence. Quite rightly, the noble and learned Lord who was the Minister at the time said that, because these people would be convicted offenders under licence, they had no right to silence. But TPIM subjects are not convicted offenders on licence; they are unconvicted. That is the whole idea of a TPIM, and so they do have a right to silence. The question for the Minister is: would it be a breach of TPIM conditions, which is a criminal offence for which the person could be sent to prison, if they refuse to participate in a polygraph test or if, in a polygraph test, they refuse to say anything?
Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Paddick
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 9 February 2021.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill.
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Session
2019-21
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Legislation
Mental Health Act 1983Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011
Criminal Justice Act 2003
Armed Forces Act 2006
Offender Management Act 2007
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Space Industry Act 2018
Counter-terrorism and Border Security Act 2019
Counter-terrorism and Sentencing Bill 2019-21
Sentencing Act 2020
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