I promise not to intervene on the Minister again, but I remind him that two of my constituents were charged with assisting terrorism, even though it was patently obvious to me that the charges were ludicrous. The Government spent a great deal of money on the case. I had to go and testify in their defence myself, and they were found innocent. If the Government can commit such enormous resources through the legal process against people who are innocent, how can the Minister possibly justify the randomness of having these control orders as a convenient aside?
Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism
Proceeding contribution from
Lembit Opik
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 1 March 2010.
It occurred during Debates on delegated legislation on Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism.
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