HC Deb 30 January 2003 vol 398 c1026W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 22 January 2003 to the right hon. Member for Chingford and Woodford Green (Mr. Duncan Smith),Official Report, column 294, what the evidential basis is for his statement that members of the official opposition had said that the measures to detain without trial people suspected of terrorism were illegal and contrary to civil liberties. [94511]

The Prime Minister

I refer the hon. Member to the statements made by the right hon. Member for West Dorset (Mr. Letwin) on 19 November, 2001,Official Report.