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Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

In any event, only time will tell. However, I look forward to the day when the regime in Iran falls and everyone there has an opportunity to present their cases in a democratic political marketplace. That is the objective of many hon. Members. We should also refer to paragraph 57 of the Court of Appeal judgment. It says:"““It is a matter for comment and for regret that the decision-making process in this case has significantly fallen short of the standards which our public law sets and which those affected by public decisions have come to expect.””" That is a very serious condemnation—let me be generous— of the stewardship of this matter by the Home Office. It has ignored its obligations. The Court of Appeal indicated that the closed material"““reinforced our conclusion that the applicant””—" namely the Home Secretary—"““could not reasonably have formed a view when the decision letter was written in 2006 that the PMOI intended in future to revert to terrorism.””" There is no evidence to suggest that this is a momentary pause in the activities of the PMOI or that it is an irreversible decision—a unilateral renunciation of, in the parlance, the military option. It is incumbent on democracy in this place to give rewards when people, on their own initiative, abandon military activity or what others describe as terrorism.