The House of Lords raises new questions about UK Government's plans for 42 days of pre-charge detention

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[B.Garvie]

Controversial powers to enable MPs to discuss and vote on whether suspects should be detained for 42 days is alien to our democracy and ill conceived.
It could possibly influence the independence of trial Judges and raise the prospect of an unfair trial with consequential strangulated litigation. This unsatisfactory situation will be exploited by political prejudice and increase legal challenges.