I ask the hon. Gentleman to consider that Ministers are accountable to Parliament. I rose because of his use of the word filter. When I was the Minister with responsibility for policing and terrorism, not once did I change a single word of a reviewer's report to Parliament, even though such reports were produced ultimately by Ministers for this House. I do not expect that any other Minister would do so, because the independent reviewer would make a play of it and the relationship would be devalued tremendously.
Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [Lords]
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Lord Hanson of Flint
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 December 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Terrorist Asset-Freezing etc. Bill [Lords].
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