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Counter-Terrorism Bill

First, I do not accept that the charge period in France is equivalent to that in the UK. Secondly, the hon. and learned Gentleman is slightly closer to a fair comparison when he talks about common-law countries, but we should remember that in the UK nobody is held beyond 48 hours unless it is with the express permission of a judge. Sometimes, some of the discussion suggests that in some way or another the period of detention is unregulated and not judicially supervised. It is not. I return to my former argument. Some of the people who make the argument about international comparisons need to answer this question: ““Where would you, as a terrorist suspect, feel most confident about receiving justice?”” I do not believe it would be in some of the countries that are being used as comparisons to the UK.