On 5 August, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced a 12 point plan of measures designed to tackle terrorism. This statement sets out the very significant progress which has been made since that time. We will report again to Parliament on further progress before the summer recess. 1....

On 5 August, my right hon. Friend, the Prime Minister, announced a 12 point plan of measures designed to tackle terrorism. This statement sets out the very significant progress which has been made since that time. We will report again to Parliament on further progress before the summer recess. 1....

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Charles Clarke) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 5 August, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister announced a 12 point plan of measures designed to tackle terrorism. This Statement sets out the very significant progress...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Charles Clarke) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 5 August, my right honourable friend the Prime Minister announced a 12 point plan of measures designed to tackle terrorism. This Statement sets out the very significant progress...

I am grateful to the Minister for the reply. I was aware of the provision in the Terrorism Act to which she refers. Had I been about my work at that time, I think that I would have raised the same point. However, I accept that, although it is not entirely correct to say that procurators...

I am grateful to the Minister for the reply. I was aware of the provision in the Terrorism Act to which she refers. Had I been about my work at that time, I think that I would have raised the same point. However, I accept that, although it is not entirely correct to say that procurators...

I am not quite sure I follow why this should be. If someone has a radioactive source sufficient to be a danger to the health and safety of people in, say, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Courts of Justice or the House of Commons, why should that not be a grievous...

I am not quite sure I follow why this should be. If someone has a radioactive source sufficient to be a danger to the health and safety of people in, say, the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Royal Courts of Justice or the House of Commons, why should that not be a grievous...

I am most grateful to the Minister. She indicated on Monday that she was going to bring forward amendments to this clause and to some degree foreshadowed their content, but without anything like the specificity that one would expect in the text. This issue has become germane to the debate on...

I am most grateful to the Minister. She indicated on Monday that she was going to bring forward amendments to this clause and to some degree foreshadowed their content, but without anything like the specificity that one would expect in the text. This issue has become germane to the debate on...

moved Amendment No. 103:"Page 17, line 32, at end insert—" ““(c)   may be instituted in Scotland only with the consent of the Lord Advocate”” The noble and learned Lord said: The amendment would add a further paragraph to subsection (1), which would provide that in Scotland proceedings for any offence under this...

moved Amendment No. 103:"Page 17, line 32, at end insert—" ““(c)   may be instituted in Scotland only with the consent of the Lord Advocate”” The noble and learned Lord said: The amendment would add a further paragraph to subsection (1), which would provide that in Scotland proceedings for any offence under this...

: I apologise for arriving slightly late, but I am moved to defend the noble Baroness. She comes forward with amendments, saying that she has listened to the House. I am sure she has. I think that she has not gone far enough. But for her noble friend on the Back Benches to put...

: I apologise for arriving slightly late, but I am moved to defend the noble Baroness. She comes forward with amendments, saying that she has listened to the House. I am sure she has. I think that she has not gone far enough. But for her noble friend on the Back Benches to put...

I thank everyone who has thanked me. I will treasure this moment because I believe that it will be rare. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 80 to 83 not moved.] Clause 6, as amended, agreed to. Clause 7 agreed to. Clause 8 [Attendance at a place used for terrorist training]:

I thank everyone who has thanked me. I will treasure this moment because I believe that it will be rare. On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendments Nos. 80 to 83 not moved.] Clause 6, as amended, agreed to. Clause 7 agreed to. Clause 8 [Attendance at a place used for terrorist training]:

I am seeking to demonstrate how these two issues would operate together. The noble Lord presses the point in one way, but the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, says, ““It is all part of a professional duty. You have to look at the circumstances””. These are circumstances of fact. I am saying very...

I am seeking to demonstrate how these two issues would operate together. The noble Lord presses the point in one way, but the noble Baroness, Lady Williams, says, ““It is all part of a professional duty. You have to look at the circumstances””. These are circumstances of fact. I am saying very...

My understanding was that the definition of terrorism in the 2000 Act would prevail.

My understanding was that the definition of terrorism in the 2000 Act would prevail.

I am very much in favour of the provision because it appears to me that its first two subsections answer exactly my concerns about the difficulty of rebutting a charge that one had endorsed something.

I am very much in favour of the provision because it appears to me that its first two subsections answer exactly my concerns about the difficulty of rebutting a charge that one had endorsed something.

I am grateful to the Minister for that reply; time for reflection on both parts would be helpful in these matters, as in others. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 76 to 78 not moved.] Clause 5 agreed to. Clause 6 [Training for terrorism]:

I am grateful to the Minister for that reply; time for reflection on both parts would be helpful in these matters, as in others. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn. [Amendments Nos. 76 to 78 not moved.] Clause 5 agreed to. Clause 6 [Training for terrorism]:

It is because of the way in which these issues have arisen. Having been intimately involved in reading the documents produced by the various committees of this House and the information we have from the reports of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, the noble and learned Lord is all...

It is because of the way in which these issues have arisen. Having been intimately involved in reading the documents produced by the various committees of this House and the information we have from the reports of the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, the noble and learned Lord is all...

I am terribly sorry but I really do not understand the content of the noble Baroness’s answer to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd. Perhaps the following question will help. Is it the will of the Government that persons should be prosecuted who commit the offences listed in Clause 2 unintentionally?

I am terribly sorry but I really do not understand the content of the noble Baroness’s answer to the noble and learned Lord, Lord Lloyd. Perhaps the following question will help. Is it the will of the Government that persons should be prosecuted who commit the offences listed in Clause 2 unintentionally?

I am not happy with this question being dealt with as part of a defence. I think that this is possibly the point which the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, was worried about. Why is it not possible to catch those whom the Minister refers to as culpable by inserting in the substantive part...

I am not happy with this question being dealt with as part of a defence. I think that this is possibly the point which the noble Lord, Lord Eatwell, was worried about. Why is it not possible to catch those whom the Minister refers to as culpable by inserting in the substantive part...

That is why I say that paragraph (c) helps us. Let us take a concrete example involving someone who is a librarian in the British Library. Part of his duty is to collate material of all different types and then, on proper inquiry, to give it to those who apply. That...

That is why I say that paragraph (c) helps us. Let us take a concrete example involving someone who is a librarian in the British Library. Part of his duty is to collate material of all different types and then, on proper inquiry, to give it to those who apply. That...

I am sorry to interfere again. Under subsection (9)(b) and (c), he has to prove that the publication,"““neither expressed his views nor had his endorsement””." It could be said that someone who was acting in accordance with his profession or duties did not endorse it, but nevertheless it might represent his...

I am sorry to interfere again. Under subsection (9)(b) and (c), he has to prove that the publication,"““neither expressed his views nor had his endorsement””." It could be said that someone who was acting in accordance with his profession or duties did not endorse it, but nevertheless it might represent his...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I have listened carefully to the concerns that have been expressed, especially in relation to the issues arising out of the defences contained in Clause 2(9) in particular and the relationship that has to Clause 1. We covered to a large extent similar issues when debating...

I thank all noble Lords who have spoken. I have listened carefully to the concerns that have been expressed, especially in relation to the issues arising out of the defences contained in Clause 2(9) in particular and the relationship that has to Clause 1. We covered to a large extent similar issues when debating...