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Terrorism Bill

I should start by apologising to the Minister for the fact that, as a result of the announcement at an early stage of today’s debate of the concessions by the Government, my speech on the amendments went beyond the scope of the amendments. We are now in somewhat different territory here. Having said that, I remain of the opinion that Clause 1(7) is now entirely otiose and should simply go. On the amendments to Clause 2, in particular Clause 2(9), the Government have indicated an intention to produce further amendments, so obviously I will need to consider this before deciding whether to take any further action on the matter. It is at least possible that I shall want to take the matter up at a later stage of the Bill. Having said that, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.