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Terrorism Bill

I simply cannot follow the noble Lord in this at all. The whole of the statute book is littered with references to the meaning of a term in one Act of Parliament by reference to a particular section of another without any reference to the rest of the other Acts, although the definition in that second Act does apply to the whole of both Acts. There is no precedence for this that I am aware of. Indeed, it invites the lawyer or the layman reading the Bill to think that he has to read the whole of the Terrorism Act 2000, which I remind the noble Lord is a very considerable piece of legislation with many, many clauses and many, many, many pages. I am not sure that it was not two volumes. It is a very big Act. It says, ““That is where you will find the meaning and you should start off by looking at Section 1””. At this time of night and speaking in my own single piping voice, I shall have to withdraw the amendment. However, I hope that people seriously involved in legislation who either hear this or read this will consider that I am right and persuade the noble Lord on Report that he is wrong. However, in the mean time and with a good grace I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 97 and 98 not moved.] Clause 16 agreed to. Clause 17 [Commission of offences abroad]: