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Terrorism Bill

moved Amendment No. 77:"Page 23, line 5, leave out ““28”” and insert ““60””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, this amendment returns us to a central theme of the debate on the Bill: where the balance should properly be struck between individual rights and collective rights, between liberty and security. Indeed, to what extent can the liberal state act illiberally to defend itself? All Members of your Lordships’ House will make that calculation for themselves, and I will not criticise those who strike the balance somewhat differently from me. We on this side of the House have a free vote on the matter, but to tell the truth I do not think that that will make much difference to the outcome. I do not think that I stand a chance of persuading my noble friend Lady Kennedy of The Shaws to support my side of the argument.