Summary
These publications both focus on the proposed Counter
Terrorism Bill.
'Report
on Proposed Measures for Inclusion in a Counter Terrorism Bill (Cm. 7262)'
examines the range of measures proposed for inclusion in the Counter Terrorism
Bill while
'Summary
of Responses to the Counter Terrorism Bill Consultation (Cm. 7269)'
summarises responses gathered during the 2007 consultation period.
'Summary
of Responses to the Counter Terrorism Bill Consultation (Cm. 7269)'
summarises responses to the July 2007 consultation papers 'Possible Measures
for Inclusion in a Future Counter Terrorism Bill' and 'Options for Pre-Charge
Detention in Terrorist Cases'.
In the consultation exercise over 100
organisations were approached for comments, five regional seminars were held,
and a web page dedicated to the Bill was created.
In
'Report
on Proposed Measures for Inclusion in a Counter Terrorism Bill (Cm. 7262)',
Lord Carlile, as the Independent Reviewer of Counter Terrorism legislation,
examines the range of proposals contained in the two consultation documents
published in July 2007.
His overall conclusion is that the proposed
measures are useful and relatively uncontroversial, apart from the proposals
for a longer period of detention between arrest and charge, use of intercept
evidence, and enhanced sentences. Of these, a prolonged and heated debate is
likely on the detention issue which he hopes will be decided by Parliament on
its merits rather than by division on party lines.
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