To be fair to the Government, they have not actually proposed a new time frame for such detention. The Home Affairs Select Committee is investigating this issue at the moment, and it is important that we should have a debate about it in the country before Parliament considers any new detention period.
Debate on the Address
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Keith Vaz
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 6 November 2007.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Debate on the Address.
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