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09:44, June 12, 2008 |
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown won narrowly a Commons vote on Wednesday for the controversial police power to hold terror suspects for up to 42 days without charge.
The new power was passed in the Commons with a majority of nine votes at 315 to 306, Sky news reported.
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was "very pleased" with the result, saying the government is determined to give the police the powers they need to tackle terrorism.
"That is why it is right and proper to legislate now to put in place the reserve power to go beyond 28 days if in future there isa clear operational need for it," she said.
But those against the 42-day ruling regret that traditional British liberties lay at risk.
A total of 36 Labor members of the Parliament voted against theproposal along with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.
But the proposal still faces a battle in the House of Lords to finally get on to the statute books.
Source:Xinhua
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