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| Control order powers win renewal | Control order powers win renewal |
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| Powers to impose control orders on terrorist suspects have been renewed for another year in the Commons. | Powers to impose control orders on terrorist suspects have been renewed for another year in the Commons. |
| The orders, giving ministers the ability to put individuals under close supervision, came into force in 2005. | The orders, giving ministers the ability to put individuals under close supervision, came into force in 2005. |
| The introduction came after Law Lords ruled holding suspects in jail without charge breached human rights but critics question the effectiveness. | The introduction came after Law Lords ruled holding suspects in jail without charge breached human rights but critics question the effectiveness. |
| Conservatives voted with the government "with reluctance" and the Liberal Democrats opposed the renewal. | Conservatives voted with the government "with reluctance" and the Liberal Democrats opposed the renewal. |
| The Commons voting was 322 to 61. Peers will now debate the annual renewal. | The Commons voting was 322 to 61. Peers will now debate the annual renewal. |
| The independent reviewer of the system recently concluded control orders should be used as a "last resort" but were a "justifiable and proportional safety valve" for the protection of society. | |
| Tory warning | |
| There are currently 18 terror suspects on control orders but since the summer three cases of absconding have come to notice. | |
| In a Commons debate before the vote, security minister Tony McNulty acknowledged control orders could not be "100% effective" but said the measures had been weakened by legal challenges. | |
| But he said: "Without control orders these individuals would be free to continue to engage in terrorist-related activity". | |
| Shadow homeland security minister Patrick Mercer described the system as a "shambles". | |
| "We have got to bring this system to an end. We've got to end this injustice and we've got to take dangerous and subversive people off our streets," he said. | |
| The power to impose such an order should reside with the court, not the home secretary Nick Clegg, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman | |
| "This system does not allow that to happen." | |
| He pledged support but said: "We will not be able to sustain this position, this time next year." | |
| Liberal Democrats home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said control orders were "imperfect and in need of extensive revision". | |
| "The power to impose such an order should reside with the court, not the home secretary," he said. | |
| "They should be strictly time limited and subject to regular and thorough reviews." | |
| Labour MP and former home office minister Fiona MacTaggart suggested the UK risked bringing itself into "international disrepute" over control orders. |