Justice and Security (Northern Ireland) Bill

I have a very similar amendment, although it looks rather neater and shorter than the amendment moved by my noble friend Lady Harris. Both amendments would impose sunset clauses on the extra powers for the police and Army. Our amendment seeks to make the provisions in Clauses 20 to 39 cease at the end of next year. They can be extended in whole or in part for up to a year or modified by affirmative order if the Secretary of State so wishes. The timescales are given for probing purposes. The substantive point is that we think there should be a sunset clause to these powers, and perhaps we can harden up on the date when we have heard what the Minister has to say.