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Protection of Freedoms Bill

I want to clarify one point that is not dealt with in the Home Secretary's response to the Committee's report, although it was dealt with when she came before the Committee to give evidence. It is silent on a point that is central to the issue—the fact that an extension of detention can be made only if more time is required for investigation and in order to bring cases before the court, and is not intended to be some form of preventive detention. Will the Minister confirm that that is still the Government's view? It frames the whole of the discussion from that point on.