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Proceeding contribution from Tony McNulty (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 21 February 2008. It occurred during Legislative debate on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.


Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

Yes, I will—as I also said earlier. However, that would be a separate debate; the business managers will love me. Three years on, there has not been an in-depth debate about the pros and cons of control orders. To be fair, the renewal of the order on our narrow parliamentary basis, defined by our rules for the hour and a half, will never be that satisfactory, so such a debate would also be appropriate. I would still welcome a broader debate on counter-terrorism strategy and a debate, here or elsewhere, on prevention—a key aspect that relates in part to the points made by the hon. Member for Bournemouth, East (Mr. Ellwood). His points were probably inappropriate for today, but no matter; some, although not all, of them—I have no time to discuss which—were entirely valid.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
472 c583-4 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Crime prevention Electronic surveillance Evidence Human rights Terrorism Security Anti-terrorism control orders
Legislation
Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2008
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk