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Counter-Terrorism Bill

In a minute, I shall come to exactly the hon. Gentleman's case and work through it for him; he is getting a bit ahead of himself. Before he was nobbled by No. 10, even Lord West, the Government security Minister, said when he was asked that he was not convinced of the need for the extension. I have spoken to the police—[Interruption.] The Home Secretary can choose to believe it or not. The police have coped perfectly well in every terrorist investigation that this country has faced to date. She organised some of the meetings, so she knows who they are. Lord Dear, the former chief constable for the west midlands, writing yesterday, said that an extension is unnecessary and that many chief constables agree privately with that assessment. She can challenge that, too, if she wishes.