Joint Committee on the Draft
 Enhanced Terrorism Prevention
 and Investigation Measures Bill - First Report
Draft Enhanced Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 21 November 2012.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  What are ETPIMs?

Background to the draft legislation

Enhanced TPIMs

3  When will ETPIMs be introduced?

External events

Parliamentary scrutiny of the ETPIMs Bill

The use of emergency legislation

Parliamentary access to intelligence

4  How ETPIMs will work

The conditions to be met before an ETPIM is imposed

The New Threshold: Balance of Probabilities

The Role of the Courts

Review mechanisms

The measures available to the Secretary of State

An alternative model: police bail

5  Are ETPIMs the best solution?

Prosecution and ETPIMs

Intercept evidence

Parliamentary scrutiny of the ETPIMs Bill

Article 5 ECHR

Article 6 ECHR

6  Conclusion

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Witnesses

List of written evidence

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Prepared 27 November 2012