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28/02/2005
Clarke makes concession on anti-terror laws
Home Secretary Charles Clarke has agreed to allow judges to make the decision on the issue of control orders during a Commons debate on the government's Prevention of Terrorism Bill.
The government had previously proposed that the Home Secretary should be able to issue control orders, which would enable the government to place terror suspects under house arrest. However, the plans met with strong condemnation from both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, as well as civil rights groups and several Labour MPs.
The new legislation was developed, following a ruling by the House of Lords, which stated that it was illegal to detain foreign terror suspects without trial. However, opponents of the Bill argued that a government minister should not have the responsibility of issuing control orders and that only a judge should be able to make that decision.
Opposition MPs have also called on the government to allow more time for the Bill to be debated.
(KMcA/SP)
The government had previously proposed that the Home Secretary should be able to issue control orders, which would enable the government to place terror suspects under house arrest. However, the plans met with strong condemnation from both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, as well as civil rights groups and several Labour MPs.
The new legislation was developed, following a ruling by the House of Lords, which stated that it was illegal to detain foreign terror suspects without trial. However, opponents of the Bill argued that a government minister should not have the responsibility of issuing control orders and that only a judge should be able to make that decision.
Opposition MPs have also called on the government to allow more time for the Bill to be debated.
(KMcA/SP)
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Terror Bill faces more opposition in House of Lords
The government's controversial Prevention of Terrorism Bill faces more opposition after the House of Lords voted for an amendment to the Bill. The peers voted 249 to 119 in favour of an amendment, which stated that judges should be responsible for issuing all control orders.
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