Counter-Terrorism Bill

moved Amendment No. 48A: 48A: Clause 74, leave out Clause 74 The noble Baroness said: My Lords, this amendment concerns the definition of terrorism. We have tabled it once again. When we discussed the Government’s intention to amend the definition of terrorism in Committee, the overwhelming view was that it was unnecessary. That remains the view of these Benches. As I said then, the term ““racial”” is not substantive with regard to motivation or end, unlike the terms ““political””, ““religious”” or ““ideological””. That is the nub of this amendment. We cannot conceive of a circumstance in which a racial cause is not already encompassed in the phrase ““political, religious or ideological””. The Minister failed in Committee to convince us of the need to amend the definition and I hope that he might now agree to remove the term. I beg to move.