Winnick Leads Fight Against Detention Extension Plans ; Politics

Birmingham Post › November 16, 2007

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Black Country MP David Winnick has led opposition to plans to increase the length of time police can detain terror suspects without charge.

The Government is set to extend the 28-day period police are allowed to hold suspects, it was reported yesterday. It will propose new laws allowing the Home Secretary to give police permission to detain suspects for an extra 30 days, in extreme cases.

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Winnick Leads Fight Against Detention Extension Plans ; Politics

The measure would require oversight by both a judge and Parliament, but Mr Winnick (Lab Walsall North), a Labour backbencher, said the safeguards would not be ...

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