As appendices to this Report we are publishing:

• the Government's response to our Twentieth Report of Session 2007-08, Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Tenth Report): Counter-Terrorism Bill (HL Paper 108, HC 554);[1]
• the Government's response to our Twenty-first Report of Session 2007-08, Counter-Terrorism Policy and Human Rights (Eleventh Report): 42 Days and Public Emergencies (HL Paper 116, HC 635);[2]
• a letter to our Chair from Tony McNulty MP, Minister of State, Home Office, about special advocates, dated 4 June,[3] which was in reply to the letter we published as Appendix 1 in our Twenty-first Report; and
• a letter from our Chair to the Home Secretary about pre-charge detention: adequacy of safeguards, dated 9 June,[4] and her reply, dated 11 June.[5]

We are grateful to the Home Office for the speed with which these documents were produced, in order so that they could be made available in advance of the debate on the Counter-Terrorism Bill in the House of Commons on 10 and 11 June. We will comment on the contents of the documents as and when appropriate in future Reports on counter-terrorism policy and human rights.

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