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Terrorism Bill

I would never presume so far as to suppose that anything I say in your Lordships’ House would be memorable, but it was only yesterday afternoon that I expressed my concern not about what the Government think a clause means but about what some busybody will subsequently claim that it means. I gave an example of a victim who I was sure was not intended by Ministers: the poor lady who was reciting a list of British casualties in Iraq from the steps of the Cenotaph and found herself escorted away by no fewer than 10 policemen. That is an example of what vagueness can do and this clause is extremely vague. As a matter of interest, I would like to know whether the word ““organisation”” is defined in the Bill. Is one person capable of being an organisation? This is an important matter.