Summary
The Government has laid a draft Order in Council to extend the powers under sections 21 to 23 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, to detain indefinitely without trial certain foreign nationals who are reasonably suspected to have links to international terrorism and who can not be removed from the UK for legal or practical reasons. The Committee has examined the human rights implications of this extension and reports that it considers the safeguards to be sufficiently reliable to warrant the Government's decision to seek Parliament's approval for the extension of the powers. The Committee draws attention to certain improvements that are needed in the operation of this power.