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Terrorism Bill

Can the Minister help me a little? Clause 6(2) provides for the person committing an offence if,"““at the time of the instruction or training””—" in the skills mentioned in subsection (3), which, I observe, include noxious substances and the like—"““he intends to use the skills in which he is being instructed or trained . . . for or in connection with the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism . . . or . . . for assisting the commission or preparation by others of such acts or offences””." I simply pause to observe that that could well be regarded as an act preparatory to terrorist acts, but, as I said, the provision in the clause is for the range of sentence to permit recognition of various different degrees of culpability. That was the point that I was trying to make by introducing the amendments. With respect to the Minister, he has not really considered whether there is not a considerable range of culpability in the form of the offence created by Clause 5, especially as it mentions ““any conduct””. It is not specific.  In that sense, it may be much wider than what is in Clauses 9, 10, 11 and, indeed, 13, in so far as that creates an increased sentence for an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000.