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Terrorism Bill

My Lords, I intervene because I suspect that many in the House would be grateful to move to a resolution of this issue soon. We have already devoted over an hour and a half to the issue today and over two hours to it in Committee. I have a sneaking suspicion that the sooner we can hear from the noble Baroness, Lady Scotland, the happier most of the House will be. There is one item on which I was in total agreement with the noble Baroness, Lady Symons. I think that I quote her correctly as saying that all of us are pretty familiar with the arguments. After over three and a half hours, I think that now is the time to bring this debate to an end. I hope that noble Lords who were trying to intervene would feel happier if, after I had spoken, we moved on to the noble Baroness’s speech and tried to resolve this matter.