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  Control orders - annual renewal
  
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  <p>The majority voted to approve a Statutory Order[1] to renew the powers of the Government to make make Control Orders, a form of house arrest for terrorist suspects.</p>
  
  <p>According to the weak sunset clause in the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005,[2] Parliament must vote every year to continue these powers or they will lapse.
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2008/draft/ukdsi_9780110808819_en_1">The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 (Continuance in force of sections 1 to 9) Order 2008</a>, 30 January 2008.</li>
  <li>[2] <a href="http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050002_en_2#pb3-l1g13">Duration of sections 1 to 9</a>, Clause 13 of Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005</li>
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