The government has accelerated plans to expand secret hearings into civil courts. (theguardian.com)
«The intelligence court should not be deciding important constitutional issues in secret judicial opinions issued after secret hearings at which only the government is permitted to appear.» (legalblogwatch.typepad.com)
However, the substance of the issue could be said to have received something like a technical vote of confidence: a backbench Labour amendment to remove the concept of secret hearings from the Bill was defeated by 164 votes to 25. (conservativehome.blogs.com)