Proceeding contribution from Patrick Mercer (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 June 2007. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Counter-Terrorism.
Counter-Terrorism
I used powers to stop and question extensively in Northern Ireland in the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s and as far as I am aware I never once got any useful intelligence from them. I believe that those powers were often misused to harass people and I know that they alienated parts of the population who were entirely innocent. All in all, in my opinion, they were thoroughly useless and dangerous. May I ask the Home Secretary to look at the lessons of history before going any further with what I consider to be deeply flawed proposals?
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- 2006-07
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- Data protection Accountability Detainees Finance Electronic surveillance Evidence ICT Police Powers Parliamentary scrutiny Terrorism Surveillance Anti-terrorism control orders
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