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Reid Criticised On Terror Escapes

Wed, October 18, 2006

Source: Ananova

Home Secretary John Reid came under pressure to make an emergency statement to MPs on the terror suspect escape scandal.

Home Secretary John Reid came under pressure to make an emergency statement to MPs on the terror suspect escape scandal.

His Tory shadow David Davis said ministers should have been more candid about the two disappearances, which were both kept secret. Policing and Security Minister Tony McNulty admitted that failings in the control order regime "need sorting out".

But a Home Office spokeswoman refused to disclose whether a review has begun - months after the first terror suspect fled - or to discuss how it might take place. Mr Davis demanded a full inquiry and said Mr Reid must update the House of Commons immediately.

Civil liberties campaigners labelled control orders a "farce" after it was revealed the pair - one Iraqi and one Briton - were on the run.

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Ananova