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Binyam Mohamed

My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating this important Statement. It seems that the UK Government are effectively preventing Mr Binyam Mohamed from accessing justice. I wonder if the Government are proposing any alternative steps. For example, are the Government planning to compensate Mr Mohamed for his losses? Furthermore, in view of the now public knowledge that the UK intelligence authorities were unaware of the rendition of Mr Binyam Mohamed until well after the event, does the Minister agree that the 1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation, otherwise known as the Chicago Convention, should be examined with care and amended where necessary to pre-empt any future extraordinary rendition?