Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 21 Mawrth 1979.
The more deeply we begin to probe the ramifications of the Act, the more difficult it becomes to understand why it is on the statute book.
If a person is suspected of being a terrorist and has been living in this part of the United Kingdom for 19 years and 10 months he may be arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Act and excluded. Nothing can be done about a person who has lived here for two days over 20 years and is suspected of being a terrorist. He cannot be served with an exclusion order.