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Secret courts

Asked about amendments made by peers to the secret courts bill last night the PMS said the House of Lords had accepted that closed procedures were necessary for national security evidence to be heard. The Minister without Portfolio, Ken Clarke, would look carefully at the amendments and would make any modifications needed. If the Bill is not right the view of the Government was that the taxpayer would pay out millions of pounds to people who have not proved their case and may have terrorist connections. Ken Clarke released a statement through the Cabinet Office last night in which he said ‘We are going to look carefully at the amendments, they don’t immediately seem to be disastrous but may need to be modified. If we do not get this right the taxpayer will pay out millions of pounds to people who have not proved their case and may have terrorist connections’.

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