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Terrorism Bill

I sympathise with the hon. Gentleman’s point about uncertainty, but the Home Secretary dealt with that when he told the House why he could not accept the Lords amendment, and I accept what he said. There is certainty in the Bill, but the problem lies in explaining that certainty and sending out the proper message to the various communities. The Government have made it clear, in answer to the question put by my hon. Friend the Member for Tooting (Mr. Khan) and reinforced by my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden), that this provision is not about inadvertence; it is about subjective recklessness and intent. The fact that the Home Secretary has said that means that that must be the direction in which the police must move when they wish to prosecute.