Member

It is intended currently that the power would be exercised only in exceptional circumstances: a change in the nature of the terrorist threat, or a change in the type of attacks that may have taken place. Again, I say to the Committee that regulations made under the clause that the noble Lord is seeking to amend in Amendment 38 are subject to the affirmative procedure, but I understand where he is coming from on that. I am happy, if he is willing to do so, to discuss that further with him to consider what safeguards could be provided to ensure that the Bill’s effectiveness was not undermined while, at the same time, the basic core principles of that threshold were not diluted.