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Michael Howard backs control orders as pressure mounts on David Cameron
Control orders should be kept to ensure the “human right” of citizens not to be the victims of terrorist attacks is upheld, a former home secretary said last night.
By Andrew Porter, Political Editor 9:00AM GMT 04 Jan 2011
Michael Howard said that he could not think of another way of ensuring people are safe from terrorists.
The intervention of the former Tory leader who was in charge of the Home Office in the last Conservative government, adds to the pressure on David Cameron to resist pressure from the Liberal Democrats to scrap the controversial orders.
Mr Howard said: “I think we have to remember that the most important human right for the citizens of our country is the right to go about their business without fear of being the victim of a terrorist attack.
“Lord Carlile, the Lib Dem peer who is adviser to government on terrorism, has warned that the essential features of control orders need to be kept if people are to be properly protected.
“Now if there is some alternative – it’s not easy to think of one – them of course it should be considered. But if there is no alternative way of keeping safe then I think control orders need to be kept.”
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, is pressing Mr Cameron to replace control orders with a less draconian regime. It is thought Theresa May, the Home Secretary, was also in favour of a change but she has appeared to cool on the idea when faced with the alternatives.
But Lord Carlile, the Government’s independent reviewer of terrorism laws, said the Coalition would not be forgiven if control orders imposing virtual house arrest on terror suspects are scrapped and there is another 7/7 style attack. The peer said he did not like the idea of the controversial orders, which include electronic tagging and home curfews, but insisted they are essential for security.
Mr Howard sits on a committee looking at whether bringing more suspects to trial through the use of intercept evidence is possible.
He added: “We are continuing to look at it and have been reappointed by present government and if we can come up with a way of doing that then it might help but it’s not easy.”
Pat McFadden, the former Labour minister, warned that Mr Cameron's desire to allow his coalition ally Mr Clegg to be able to claim that he has delivered on Lib Dem manifesto pledges "must not be allowed to play into national security policy and specifically the issue of what to do about control orders".
Writing in Progress magazine, Mr McFadden said: "The public's security is too important to be compromised by internal coalition politics. The terrorist threat we face demands that we do not disarm ourselves in the struggle against it.”
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New US claims for jobless aid hit their lowest level in more than two years last week and factory activity in the Midwest grew in December at its fastest pace since 1988, evidence the recovery was gaining steam.
The view that economic activity accelerated in the fourth quarter was hardened by another report yesterday showing pending sales of previously owned homes rose more than expected in November, even though the housing market remains in distress.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits fell 34,000 to a seasonally adjusted 388,000, the lowest reading since early July 2008, the Labor Department said. That was well below economists' expectations of 415,000.
Separately, the Institute for Supply Management-Chicago's business barometer jumped to 68.6 from 62.5 in November, beating economists' expectations for a dip to 61.0. A reading above 50 indicates expansion in the regional economy.
Although analysts said the data could have been distorted by the Christmas holiday season, the reports still backed perceptions the recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s was gaining traction after a pause earlier in the year.
"There's a certain seasonal bias in some of these things . . . but there's no denying that the economy is improving," said Wayne Kaufman, chief market analyst at John Thomas Financial in New York.
Signs the economy was improving helped to push prices for US government debt lower, while the dollar rose to a session high against the yen. Stocks on Wall Street were little changed.
In a third report, the National Association of Realtors said its pending home sales index based on signed contracts to buy previously owned houses rose 3.5 percent last month to 92.2. The second straight month of gains beat market expectations for a 2 percent increase.
Analysts have forecast growth at an annual pace of between 3 and 3.5 percent in the current quarter after a 2.6 percent expansion rate in the third quarter, and there is optimism that this would spur hiring.
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