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Terrorism Bill

If I may say so with the greatest respect, that has not made things any easier. I do not wish to get in my noble friend’s way, but the noble Lord has rather added to the difficulty. I do not know whether the noble Lord feels himself excessively guided and influenced by what was said by a Minister in another place, but whoever handled the matter in the other place cannot be said to have added in any way to the clarity of the situation. The cryptic and well concealed meaning here ought not to be repeated. I hope that the noble Lord will be inclined to take the matter away and see whether he can inject a crumb of meaning into the lines, which contain nothing. I am sure that my noble friend will feel the same.