LONDON, Jan 24 (APP) :The British Government on Thursday introduced tough new measures in the counter Terror Bill to protect the public from terrorism.
The Bill, according to the Home Office, will help the Government deliver its priority to secure a Britain that is strong in security and robust in its resilience in tackling terrorism and isolating violent extremism.
The Counter Terrorism Bill includes proposals to provide a power to
increase the time terror suspects can be held before charge in future if
exceptional circumstances require it, enable post-charge questioning of terrorist
suspects, enhance sentences for terrorism-motivated general offences, strengthen the monitoring arrangements for convicted terrorists and prevent them from foreign travel where necessary and ensure full use can be made of DNA in terrorism investigations.
Speaking on the occasion Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, said: “This Counter Terrorism Bill contains a broad range of measures to ensure the police and others have the tools they need to deal with the terrorist threat. It will help to strengthen terrorist prosecutions and our ability to deal with terrorist suspects after they have been charged.”
UK which was hit by bombing in 2005 which killed over 50 people in London, has increased funding for police counter-terrorism to 579 million pounds by 2010 from its current spending of 524 million pounds.