Ibrahim Magag: Disappearance

Baroness Falkner of Margravine Excerpts

Tuesday 8th January 2013 Lords Chamber

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

When it was introduced to the House, the legislation did not provide for relocation as being a proportionate measure to be taken in such cases. It was debated by Parliament and the provision was made. Therefore, that provision currently does not exist in TPIMs.

[Baroness Falkner of Margravine]

Does my noble friend agree that the Joint Committee on Human Rights, of which several Members of the opposition Benches were members, examined control orders extensively in 2009? It recommended wholeheartedly that relocation to distant places away from family and support systems was no different from house arrest and was deeply disproportionate. The Joint Committee on Human Rights said that, in terms.

[Lord Taylor of Holbeach]

I have given the view of the Government that it is important to establish proportionality in all these cases, which is why TPIMs are constructed as they are.