Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism

The Minister knows perfectly well, and will be able to confirm if he consults Hansard, that I never said ““only””. What I did say was that if there was a justification for our having already extended the period to 28 days, more than double the period allowed by any other common law jurisdiction—Australia's limit, for instance, is 12 days—it was that we faced a greater threat. The threat is greater precisely because of the foreign policy actions of this Government, who involved themselves in an illegal invasion of Iraq.