Written question asked by Andrew Dismore (Labour) on Thursday, 4 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 February 2010. It was answered by Lord Hanson of Flint (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 February 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Control Orders

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make an assessment of whether the restrictions on the law reporting of control order judgements enable counsel and courts to follow precedent effectively; and if he will make a statement.

Answer: [holding answer 9 February 2010]: Where sensitive intelligence material is used in control order proceedings, a closed judgment will normally be handed down by the court. These judgments cannot be made publicly available for public interest reasons. An accompanying open judgment will usually contain the court's findings on legal arguments of principle and is publicly available.There are working practices which allow for judges and the special advocates appointed to act in the interests of the control person to access closed judgments in other cases where appropriate.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 505 c1053W; 316657
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Anti-terrorism Control Orders
Monday, 1 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Transferred: Yes
Subjects: Anti-terrorism control orders
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