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If in due course there are opportunities for new technology and new development, so be it, but we should not deny the access that is vital to a number of people and in emergency situations before the alternatives are in place.
I will be interested to hear the Executive's response on the insertion of the word "activities" and on how we will deal with new purposes that we have not thought of.
After that, it would have been clear what the necessary new enforcement measures would be. However, exactly the opposite approach was taken and the new enforcement measures are now in place.
As we go though the process, lessons will be learned. New information will come to hand. New tasks will emerge and be included in a revised action plan.
There is a case for longer sentences, which is why we legislated for longer sentences for people who are convicted of knife crime. Lessons can be learned from New York, which is why the Minister for Justice visited that city.
We will ensure that we get them. When I and the clerk visited Brussels a fortnight ago, we met someone in the relevant directorate-general who I think said that the report is due on 14 November.