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Counter-Terrorism Bill

I have been saying that we asked for evidence and have not had it. Of course, the successor of the noble Baroness does not have to reply in detail to what we ask. I accept that, but he could have said, ““I am very sorry, I cannot answer your letter””. Not to reply to a parliamentary Joint Committee seems odd. We have been through the lack of evidence and the inability of Parliament to supervise properly, so I hope that with a resounding majority your Lordships will reject this ill thought-out and bad proposal.