Prevention of Terrorism Debate (MR. Speaker's Ruling)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 21 Mawrth 1979.

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Photo of Mr Ronald Thomas Mr Ronald Thomas , Bristol North West 12:00, 21 Mawrth 1979

As I recall it, the sloppiness was really in section 11 itself, and I remember that we had considerable debate about the wording: which he knows or believes ". One can argue till the cows come home that somebody ought to have believed something, but he may well insist that he did not believe that the information might be of material assistance, and so on. Quite frankly, I feel that the sloppy wording of the section is the reason why it has not been used.