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  Counter-Terrorism Bill - Inquests without a jury in England and Wales
  
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  The majority of MPs voted in favour of giving the Secretary of State the power to order an inquest be held without a jury. 
  
  This vote applied only to England and Wales.  A separate clause in the bill dealt with Northern Ireland, the position there was unaffected by this vote. 
  
  <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/100/08100.44-50.html#cor1">Clause 65 of the Counter-Terrorism Bill</a> would have amended section 8 of the Coroners Act 1988 to include so that it stated:
  
  <blockquote>
  The Secretary of State may certify in relation to an inquest that, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the inquest will involve the consideration of material that should not be made publicâ
  
  <ul>
  <li>(a)  in the interests of national security,</li>
  <li>(b)   in the interests of the relationship between the United Kingdom and another country, or</li>
  <li>(c)  otherwise in the public interest. </li>
  </ul>
  </blockquote>
  
  <a href="<a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmbills/100/08100.44-50.html#cor1">The full text of Clause 65 can be viewed via this link</a>. 
  
  <p pid="b.269.1/1"><i> The House having divided:</i> Ayes 287, Noes 310.</p>
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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