§ Lord Lester of Heme Hillasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they intend to introduce amending legislation:
- to deal with all forms of terrorism, whatever the nationality of the perpetrators; and
WA 6 - no longer to require a derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights; and [HL609]
Whether they intend to introduce amending legislation:
- (a) defining a set of offences which are characteristic of terrorism and for which it should be possible to prosecute without relying on sensitive material; and
- (b) raising the potential penalty where it can be established that there are links with terrorism; and [HL610]
Whether they intend to publish up-to-date anonymised information on its terrorism website on:
- (a) each certification under Part 4 of the Anti-terrorist, Crime and Security Act 2001 setting courts duration and current status, including the outcome of any appearance before the Special Immigration Appeals Commissions including bail hearings or appeals (giving both the determination and a link to the full open reasons); and
- (b) the number of detentions there have been under the terrorism Acts and their outcomes (for example, prosecution, certified under Part 4, release). [HL667]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalI refer the noble Lord to the Statement made by my right honourable friend the Home Secretary on 18 December, when he undertook to consider carefully the recommendations of the Newton report.
The Home Secretary also stated that he would ensure that the statistics, already in the public domain, relating to the individuals detained under the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Security Act 2001 Part 4 powers and the figures on terrorist arrests would be placed on the terrorism website which the Home Office has developed to ensure greater public information is available on terrorism matters.