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HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I sense a certain appetite for brevity, so I will endeavour to achieve that in my response. I entirely agree with the points about the importance of inter-agency working. Many…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)Do not tempt me. Finally, I thank the phenomenal public servants who have supported the preparation of the Bill and the wider work that goes on, in particular members of my…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)It is worth reminding the Committee that the purpose of using polygraphs in this context, rather like the monitoring of licence conditions that we discussed earlier in our…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 46 requires the Secretary of State to review the operation of the changes to the Serious Crime Act 2007 made by clause 45, and to publish a report on the outcome. Question…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 39 inserts an additional ground for variation into section 12 of the old TPIM Act that I have been quoting from. By virtue of that, it will be possible for the Secretary of…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)I will be brief, because we have discussed at some length the question of extensions and an exit strategy. I echo the comments about section 10 of the 2011 Act. As the shadow…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 44 amends the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 by adding a breach of TPIM notice and a breach of a temporary exclusion order to the list of terrorism offences that attract…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)I thank the hon. and learned Lady for her intervention. First, some of the details I am about to take the Committee through were mentioned on Second Reading. My right hon. Friend…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)I will elaborate on the questions a little further. Question 50 was specifically about TPIMs and the burden of proof. To clear that up, I will read question 50 in full—it is not…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve once again under your chairmanship, Mr Robertson. Let me once again welcome the shadow Minister to his well-deserved place on the Opposition Front Bench.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 43 amends an existing measure and inserts a new measure into schedule 1 of the TPIM Act 2011 to allow the Secretary of State to require the TPIM subject to provide…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Seventh sitting)Clause 42 adds a new drug testing measure to schedule 1 of the TPIM Act 2011. A TPIM subject will be required to submit to drug testing by way of providing a relevant sample.…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the hon. and learned Member for Edinburgh South West for moving the new clause, and for the eloquence and passion with which she described its various component parts. The…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I appreciate the hon. Lady’s intervention and the sentiments behind it, but I am not sure I entirely agree that this very small number of offences can be compared with the theft…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I thank the shadow Minister for introducing new clause 7, which would, along with other proposed new clauses, create a veritable snowstorm of statutory reviews. I appreciate the…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I will do my best to rouse more enthusiasm for clause 49 than its predecessor, schedule 13, managed to provoke in the Committee. I fear it may be an uphill task. Clause 49 gives…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 50 gives the Secretary of State the power to make consequential, transitional, transitory or saving provisions by regulation, in relation to provisions in the Bill, by…07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I was in full flow, but okay.07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move amendment 2, in clause 52, page 42, line 8, at end insert— “, except as mentioned in subsection (3)(zf)”. This amendment is consequential on amendment 8.07 Jul 2020HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill (Eighth sitting)These are more technical amendments. Amendment 2 allows the changes being made to the Sentencing Act by clause 21 and schedule 6 of the Bill to apply to the service courts, which…07 Jul 2020