Proceeding contribution from Keith Vaz (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 1 April 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Counter-Terrorism Bill.
Counter-Terrorism Bill
I am grateful to the Home Secretary for giving way to me a second time. She is absolutely right: we did consider the Civil Contingencies Act, but we dismissed it because we felt that legal difficulties would prevent it from doing what needed to be done in an emergency situation. That brings me back to my earlier intervention. Will she look at the definition of an emergency? We considered a situation in which there were multiple plots at a given time, which overwhelmed the police. We felt that that would be when an emergency would arise.
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- 474 c659
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- 2007-08
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- Disclosure of information Crime prevention Criminal investigation Administration of justice Detainees Assets Crown Prosecution Service Coroners Borders Juries Immigration controls Offenders Police Powers Parliamentary procedure Police interrogation Media Minority groups Treasury Islam Sentencing Terrorism Security Travel restrictions
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- Counter-terrorism Bill 2007-08
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