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Liberal Democrat responses to anti-terrorism legislation review

By Mark Pack | Thu 27th January 2011 - 8:55 am

Here’s a round-up of responses from Liberal Democrat figures and blogs:

Tom Brake MP (Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs and Justice)

Sanity and justice have been restored to British life.

Today is a victory for those who have campaigned to restore the historic freedoms that Labour spent 13 years destroying.

Control orders are gone, 28 days detention without charge is gone, indiscriminate stop and search is gone and the abuse of anti-terror powers by councils to pursue petty offences is over.

There will always be a balance to be struck between freedom and security and these proposals

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Posted in News | Also tagged anti-terrorist legislation, caron lindsay, control orders, ken macdonald, richard baum, tom brake and zoe o'connell | 10 Comments

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