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Police (Detention and Bail) Bill

My hon. Friend sneaked in with his intervention as I was nearing the conclusion of my speech. Perhaps I use the term ““retrospective”” a little loosely. This is not retrospective legislation in that it merely corrects the decision that has recently been made and puts the situation back to what it had been understood to be. That is supported by Liberty, which has said:"““We do not believe that the proposals are retrospective in their nature as they do not seek retrospectively to create a criminal offence, sanction or other burden. They would, in our view, not fall foul of Article 7 of the European Convention on Human Rights or the common law rule against retrospective penalties.””"