Committee take evidence on Pre-Charge Detention Legislation
4 April 2011
Former Home Secretaries, Jack Straw, David Blunkett and Charles Clarke, and former Attorney General, Lord Goldsmith, gave evidence to the Joint Committee on the Draft Detention of Terrorist Suspects (Temporary Extension) Bills, on Monday 4 April.
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- Joint Committee on Draft Dentention of Terrorist Subjects (Temporary Extension) Bills
Witnesses
Monday 4 April, Committee Room 3
At 4.15pm:
- Rt Hon Jack Straw MP, former Home Secretary from 1997-2001
- Rt Hon David Blunkett MP, former Home Secretary from 2001-2004
- Rt Hon Charles Clarke, former Home Secretary from 2004-6
- Lord Goldsmith, former Attorney General
At 5.00pm:
- Professor Clive Walker, Professor of Criminal Justice Studies, University of Leeds
- Professor Conor Gearty, London School of Economics