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Terrorism Bill

My Lords, I, too, hope that in her reply the Minister will be able to give some indication of where she feels this concept begins and ends. As at earlier stages of the Bill, I have in mind a library at St Andrews University where much of the material used is issued by terrorists. Its objective is the study of terrorism and the way terrorists behave—and you can only study that if you have examples of how terrorists behave. If the remark in the Minister of State’s letter is not a mistake—if it is intentional—is she saying that impressionable students should have no access to such material? If so, that really would be a limitation on the liberty of people. If the Minister could give a definition of where this concept begins and ends it would be very helpful. I was not particularly disturbed by the speech from the Opposition Front-Bencher—I thought it was rather loose talk about freedom—but when the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, gave a specific example, it shook me. It clearly shook the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, who has, since our proceedings began, been thinking a great deal about this on behalf of the British Library. I look forward to as comforting and clarifying a definition as we can possibly have.