Terrorism (Detention and Human Rights)

I shall try to make this my last intervention. The hon. Gentleman needs to explore a possible contradiction in his position. I agree that we will face this problem for a generation or more, but the concept of the legislation we are introducing having sunset clauses of one, three or five years sits against that. There is a constant need to review legislation to see whether it is appropriate, and one reason why I welcomed the announcement by a previous Home Secretary for a consolidated terrorism Bill is that we need a framework of anti-terrorism legislation that will last for a generation—that is the nature of the problem that we face. I hope the consolidated Bill is more than a legal device for sticking everything into one piece of legislation.