Proceeding contribution from David Davis (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
That, of course, is the risk, and it brings us to the issue of the size of the problem. When this piece of law was put in place, we were told by the then Prime Minister, Tony Blair, that "hundreds" of people would be subject to control orders. And what do we find? A maximum of 15 at any one point in time.
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- 2008-09
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- Crime prevention Detainees Human rights Pre-trial procedures Terrorism Surveillance Security Anti-terrorism control orders
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- Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2009
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