{"longTitle":"A Bill to Confer further powers to gather and share information for counter-terrorism and other purposes; to make further provision about the detention and questioning of terrorist suspects and the prosecution and punishment of terrorist offences; to impose notification requirements on persons convicted of such offences; to amend the law relating to asset freezing proceedings under  \r\nUnited Nations terrorism orders; to amend the law relating to inquests and inquiries; to amend the definition of “terrorism”; to amend the enactments relating to terrorist offences, control orders and the forfeiture of terrorist cash; to provide for recovering the costs of policing at certain gas facilities; to amend\r\nprovisions about the appointment of special advocates in Northern Ireland; and for connected purposes.","summary":"<p>The Bill contains a number of provisions which the Government states are designed to enhance counter-terrorism powers. The main elements of the Bill are:</p><ul><li>a provision to allow the pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects to be extended from 28 days to 42 days in certain circumstances </li><li>changes to enable the post-charge questioning of terrorist suspects and the drawing of adverse inferences from silence </li><li>imposing requirements on people convicted of terrorist offences to let authorities know where they are living and any changes to their circumstances </li><li>enhanced sentencing of offenders who commit offences with a terrorist connection </li><li>provision for inquests and inquiries to be heard without a jury.</li></ul><p>The Bill would also confer further powers to gather and share information for counter-terrorism and other purposes, and amend the law relating to asset-freezing procedures.</p>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":269,"name":"Jacqui Smith","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/269/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/269/contact","memberFrom":"Redditch"},"organisation":{"name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":3834,"name":"Lord West of Spithead","party":"Labour","partyColour":"d50000","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3834/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3834/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":270,"shortTitle":"Counter-Terrorism Act 2008","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2009-02-25T11:51:41","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":21,"includedSessionIds":[21],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":1931,"stageId":11,"sessionId":21,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":1844,"stageId":11,"billStageId":1931,"billId":270,"date":"2008-11-26T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":17}}