Prevention of Terrorism Act

I very much appreciate the way in which my hon. Friend puts his very appropriate question. It is right that we need to share information as much as we can, with Parliament and with society more widely, although my hon. Friend clearly accepts that there are serious constraints on how we do that. There are various procedures that we can follow to make that information available—through the Intelligence and Security Committee, the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Home Affairs and other Select Committees—but I will ensure that we talk to the security services in general about how we can share the information more widely without threatening the country’s security in any direct way. I accept without qualification his fundamental point, which is that our security will be stronger if the information is more widely shared and understood. The question is how best to do it. I can assure the hon. Gentleman that I will set about the task with that in mind.