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Terrorist Asset-Freezing (Temporary Provisions) Bill

My Lords, this is not the first time in the proceedings on this Bill that that point has been made. We seem not to have had a proper answer from the Government. I take seriously the points that other noble Lords have made, but this amendment was tabled so that the Government could tell us something rather more substantive than, ““It is because I say it is””. I am not happy with such a response. We should be given more than that slightly Humpty Dumpty reply.