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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Peers Throw Out 42-Day Detention

The government's plans to extend terror detention limits to 42 days have been heavily defeated in the House of Lords.
Peers voted to keep the current 28-day limit on pre-charge detentions by 309 votes to 118 - a majority of 191.
Later the home secretary said it would be dropped from the counter-terrorism bill but would be in a new bill to be made law "should the worst happen''

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And what is " Should the worst happen" Mrs. Home Secretary?
Already got something lined up for us?

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