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Counter-Terrorism Bill

moved Amendment No. 6: 6: Clause 3, page 2, line 44, at end insert— ““( ) Under subsection (2) it is not reasonably practicable for the item subject to legal privilege to be separated from the rest of the document if, and only if, it is not reasonably practicable because of— (a) the time required to determine whether an item should be seized or to separate such an item, (b) the number of persons required to carry out that determination or separation, or (c) the apparatus or equipment that would be necessary or appropriate to use for carrying out that determination or separation.”” The noble Baroness said: The safeguard of legally privileged documents is fundamental to our legal system. The amendment is about the difference between the proposals and the operation of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 in relation to the safeguards that apply to the seizure of legally privileged documents such as the time required to determine whether an item should be seized, the number of persons who are required to carry out the determination or separation, and the apparatus or equipment that is necessary or appropriate to carry it out. Can the Minister explain why those caveats are included in the 2001 Act but not in this Bill? I beg to move.