Note on two aspects of the NS Bill currently before Parliament.
Features
Terrorism Acts in 2020
My third annual report (which incorporates my review into the TPIM Act 2011) can be found here:
Terrorism in Prisons
Missing Pieces: Terrorism Legislation and the Online Safety Bill
A Note on why the incorporation of terrorism legislation into the current draft of Online Safety Bill is ineffective.
Response to Schedule 7 Code Consultation
Key point concerns interaction between ‘small boats’, proposed new immigration offence, and self-incrimination.
Terrorism Acts Online: request for information
Government Response to Terrorism Acts in 2019 report
The government has accepted 11 out of 13 of the recommendations in my second annual report.
Response to further Terrorism Sentencing Consultation
The Sentencing Council is consulting on its amended guidelines following changes made by the Counter-Terrorism Sentencing Act 2021.
Consultation Response: Biometrics
The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is consulting on abolishing the separate office of Biometrics Commissioner. The quasi-judicial function of the Biometrics Commissioner is one of the safeguards applying to examinations at ports and the Northern Ireland border under Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000.
TPIM consultation response
Support for the regime but caveat about legal aid position