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Put that when David Davis had said that Lord West was wrong about the 28 day review, who was correct, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Home Office had checked with the police this morning, and the figures we had from the police showed that 6 people had been held for the maximum 27/28 day period. Of those, 3 had been charged and 3 were released without charge.

Asked for further details about the figures, and what were their implications, the PMS replied that they would be set out in more detail in the consultation document that the Home Office would publish later today.

Asked if the Davis/West dispute was about a specific case about an airline plot last year, not about the total figures, and the argument that David Davis was putting in was that the bulk of those arrested and charged were charged within the 28 day period, the PMS said that the figures we had from the police suggested that there had been 6 people who had gone up to the 27 or 28 days.

Put that David Davis had made the point last week that we already had the powers to hold people for up to 57 days, and introducing new legislation suggested that this was going to become relatively common, the PMS replied that before people got into the specifics, it was best to wait for the Prime Minister’s statement this afternoon. We welcomed the fact that there was recognition from Liberty and from others that there were circumstances in which it may be necessary to go beyond 28 days. The issue then became what the best way was, and what were the right procedures to be put in place in order to oversee that. There appeared to be a consensus building that there were circumstances in which it was necessary to go beyond 28 days.

Asked if that meant that it was the Government’s position that it wanted to go beyond 28 days, the PMS replied that the Government’s position would be set out by the Prime Minister at lunchtime.

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"there was recognition from Liberty and from others that there were circumstances in which it may be necessary to go beyond 28 days" – not quite what it sounds like reading their press release:
http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/news-and-events/1-press-releases/2007/alternatives-to-imprisonment-without-charge.shtml
Comment by duncan — 25 Jul 2007 on 4:29 pm | Link

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