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  Control orders - Annual renewal 2008
  
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  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.
  
  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.
  
  The Conservative Party abstained as a block on this vote, while voting in favour of it during its renewal the year before.[3]
  
  * [1] [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], 30 January 2008.
  * [2] [http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2005/ukpga_20050002_en_2#pb3-l1g13 Duration of sections 1 to 9], Clause 13 of Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2007-02-22&number=53  Control Orders - Annual renewal 2007], House of Commons Division, 22 February 2007
  
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