Lord Goodman of Wycombe (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 27 January 2025

Debate

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Further to the answer that the Minister has just given, Jonathan Hall, the Government’s independent reviewer of counterterror legislation, said, in the aftermath of these heartbreaking killings, that “if there is any information you can give, put it in the public domain, and be really careful that you don’t fall into the trap of saying ‘we can only say zilch, because there are criminal proceedings’”. He continued: “Quite often, there’s a fair amount … that can be put into the public domain”, and that “just saying ‘there’s a charge, we can’t say any more’, is not going to cut it these days”. I appreciate, as the Minister says, that the position is very difficult, and one does not want to prejudice a trial. But will he reflect on what the independent adviser said, and did he agree with it?

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