Date published: 2008/10/13
The BBC says:
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has told MPs that plans to extend terror detention to 42 days will be dropped from the Counter-Terrorism Bill.
It follows a heavy defeat for the government in the House of Lords, which threw out the plan by 309 votes to 118.
Ms Smith said instead the measure would be in a separate piece of legislation to be brought to Parliament if needed.
Once again the House of Lords saves the nation from the worst excesses of the Government of the day. Of course the Government now hopes and prays that there will be some big terrorist incident in future so that they can rush this proposal through Parliament at that time.
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