Amendments proposed to the Terrorism Bill, As Amended - continued	House of Commons
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David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

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*Page     15,     line     44,     leave out Clause 17.

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Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     16,     line     5     [Clause     17],     leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

'( )	an offence under section 1 or 6 of this Act so far as it is committed in relation to any statement, instruction or training in relation to which that section has effect by reason of its relevance to the commission, preparation or instigation of one or more Convention offences;

( )	an offence under any of sections 8 to 11 of this Act;'.

   

David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

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*Page     16,     line     33     [Clause     18],     leave out from 'of' to end of line 37.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     16,     line     33     [Clause     18],     leave out ', or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of'.

   

David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

11

*Page     16,     line     42     [Clause     18],     leave out from 'of' to 'a' in line 2.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     16,     line     42     [Clause     18],     leave out ', or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,'.

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Mr John Denham
Helen Goodman
Jon Trickett
Richard Burden

16

*Page     17,     line     29     [Clause     20],     at end insert ', but in respect of sections 1 to 4 and 17 such an action includes any action which causes (or is intended to cause, or is recklessly indifferent to) death or serious bodily harm or endangering of life to civilians, non-combatants or the lawful military forces of a democratic government, acting in accordance with international law, when the purpose of such an act by its nature or context is to intimidate the population or to compel a government or an international organisation to do or to abstain from doing any lawful act.'.

   

David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

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*Page     17,     line     29     [Clause     20],     at end insert 'but in respect of sections 1,3,4,6,8 and 17 such an action, if done outside the United Kingdom, includes any action that is intended to cause death or bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants or damage to their property, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate the population or to compel a government or international organisation to do or abstain from doing any act.'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr David Heath
Lynne Featherstone

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*Page     17,     line     29     [Clause     20],     at end insert 'but in respect of section 1 such an action includes any action that is intended to cause death or serious bodily harm to civilians or non-combatants, when the purpose of such act, by its nature or context, is to intimidate the population, or to compel a government or an international organisation to do or to abstain from doing any act.'.

   

David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

12

*Page     17     [Clause     20],     leave out lines 34 and 35.

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Mr Mark Oaten
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr David Heath
Lynne Featherstone

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*Page     19,     line     4,     leave out Clause 21.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr David Heath
Lynne Featherstone

30

*Page     19,     line     8     [Clause     21],     leave out from 'which' to end of line 25 and insert 'a person whilst acting in the capacity of a member of that organisation commits an offence under sections 1 or 2 of the Terrorism Act 2005.'.

   

David Davis
Mr Dominic Grieve
Patrick Mercer
Mr Edward Garnier
David Maclean

13

*Page     19,     line     10     [Clause     21],     leave out from beginning to end of line 25 and insert 'include unlawfully expressing approval of the commission or preparation of acts of terrorism.

    (5B)   The expression of approval is unlawful for the purposes of subsection (5A) if there are persons who may become aware of it who will infer that what is subject to an expression of approval is conduct that should be emulated in existing circumstances.'.

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Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     7     [Clause     23],     leave out 'special'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     10     [Clause     23],     at end insert—

    '( )   In paragraph 36 (applications for extension or further extension), omit the words "to a judicial authority" in sub-paragraph (1), and after that sub-paragraph insert—

"(1A)

The person to whom an application under sub-paragraph (1) may be made is—

(a)   in the case of an application falling within sub-paragraph (1B), a judicial authority; and

(b)   in any other case, a senior judge.

(1B)	An application for the extension or further extension of a period falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)   the grant of the application otherwise than in accordance with sub-paragraph (3AA)(b) would extend that period to a time that is no more than fourteen days after the relevant time; and

(b)   no application has previously been made to a senior judge in respect of that period."'.

   

Mr William Cash

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*Page     22,     line     10     [Clause     23],     at end insert 'in sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 33, after "hearing", insert "provided that the authority is satisfied, following representations made by a Minister of the Crown, that there are overriding reasons of national security.".'.

   

Mr William Cash

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*Page     22,     line     10     [Clause     23],     at end insert 'in sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 34, after "paragraph", insert "provided that the authority is satisfied, following representations made by a Minister of the Crown, that there are overriding reasons of national security.".'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     11     [Clause     23],     leave out 'paragraph 36' and insert 'that paragraph'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     13     [Clause     23],     leave out 'new specified period' and insert 'period by which the specified period is extended or further extended'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

55

*Page     22,     line     19     [Clause     23],     leave out 'three months' and insert 'ninety days'.

   

Mr David Winnick
Mr Sadiq Khan
Mr Chris Mullin
Keith Vaz
Dr Desmond Turner
Mr David Hamilton
Chris McCafferty
Emily Thornberry
Jon TrickettJohn Austin

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*Page     22,     line     19     [Clause     23],     leave out 'three months' and insert '28 days'.

Mr David Winnick
As an Amendment to Mr David Winnick's proposed Amendment (No. 1) (Page 22, line 19 [Clause 23]):—

   

Mr Frank Field

(a)

*Leave out '28' and insert '90'.

   

Janet Anderson
Steve McCabe
Jim Dowd
Kali Mountford

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*Page     22,     line     19     [Clause     23],     leave out 'three months' and insert '60 days'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     28     [Clause     23],     after 'authority' insert 'or senior judge'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     33     [Clause     23],     leave out 'special'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     33     [Clause     23],     after 'authority' insert 'or senior judge'.

   

Mr Secretary Clarke

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*Page     22,     line     36     [Clause     23],     at end insert—

    '( )   In sub-paragraph (4) of that paragraph (application of paragraphs 30(3), and 31 to 34), at the end insert "but, in relation to an application made by virtue of sub-paragraph (1A)(b) to a senior judge, as if—

(a)	references to a judicial authority were references to a senior judge; and

(b)	references to the judicial authority in question were references to the senior judge in question."

    ( )   In sub-paragraph (5) of that paragraph, after "authority" insert "or senior judge".

    ( )   After sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph insert—

    "(7)   In this paragraph and paragraph 37 'senior judge' means a judge of the High Court or of the Court of Session."'.

   

Mr Mark Oaten
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr David Heath
Lynne Featherstone

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*Page     22,     line     36     [Clause     23],     at end insert—

    '(3AB)   Where the new specified period will end more than 14 days after the relevant time—

(a)	the specified period may only be extended—

(i)	pending the result of an examination or analysis which is to be or is being carried out with a view to obtaining relevant evidence, or

(ii)	for the purpose of obtaining relevant evidence from outside the United Kingdom or from records within the United Kingdom which cannot reasonably be obtained without such an extension of the specified period;

(b)	the specified period may only be extended if the judicial authority is satisfied that there is no reasonable possibility of the detainee being charged immediately with another offence relating to terrorism or a terrorist act;

(c)	the judicial authority must approve the nature of any further questioning of the detainee during the new specified period.'.

Prepared 7 Nov 2005