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Protection of Freedoms Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Stewartby (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 6 February 2012. It occurred during Debate on bills on Protection of Freedoms Bill.
My Lords, I want to add only a small footnote. I begin by expressing our gratitude to the noble Lord, Lord Marlesford, for the diligence that he has shown, not only on this occasion and in this context but because he is constantly on the lookout for failures or delays by government departments or other public bodies. He has made rather a specialisation of taking the opportunity to raise these in this forum. Currently, as always, it is an interesting and not entirely straightforward problem that comes before us. My noble friend Lord Henley circulated a note last week on a possible exception to the requirement to demonstrate that entry would be frustrated if a warrant or agreement were sought. He argued that the Home Office considered that such an exception would be unworkable. I would be very grateful for more explanation of what ““unworkable”” means in this context.

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Reference

735 c23 

Session

2010-12

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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