Justice and Security Bill [HL]

Debate between Baroness Berridge and Lord Judd

Tuesday 17th July 2012 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Berridge]

My Lords, I, too, support the amendment and am aware that part of this issue is covered by a later amendment in a separate group. I want to raise the very practical point that leads on from the point made by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick. From hearing evidence in the Joint Committee on Human Rights, a very basic question arose: where, physically, are these judgments?

Normally, you can go into a law library and they are all there. Special advocates and other people just seem to be unaware of where, physically, this body of case law is stored. We know from the answer to Mr Sadiq Khan that it seems not to be collated centrally. It is a very important question. It sounds incredibly basic, but we need to know where, physically, these judgments are stored.

[Lord Judd]

My Lords, as somebody who would anyway have supported the amendment, I just want to say that the last two interventions by the noble Lord, Lord Pannick, and the noble Baroness, Lady Berridge, have convinced me that this is an essential amendment.