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Smooth passage of the bill is far from guaranteed with members of both houses opposing 42 - day detention without charge.

The home secretary has denied suggestions that he will try once again to introduce 90 - day detention for terror suspects following last week's alleged terror plot.

Last week the security minister appeared to get into trouble after questioning the need to extend the 28 - day detention period for terror suspects.

I never got over her speech against 42 - day detention in parliament two years ago.

The government was defeated in its attempt to introduce 90 day detention last year, and instead settled for the compromise of 28 days, up from 14 days previously.

It was a compromise measure after the government failed to get parliament to agree to a 90 - day detention without trial period.

Many commentators view the Tories» «principled» opposition to the 42 - day detention plans as political trickery.

Former prime minister Tony Blair suffered his first parliamentary defeat over the terror detention issue in November 2005, when his 90 - day detention limit proposal was voted down by the Commons.

However, Liberal Democrat leader Menzies Campbell said: «All the indications are that the prime minister has made the decision to bring back the 90 - day detention proposals but is now looking for the evidence to justify it.

Jacqui Smith is selling the planned increase on 28 - day detention as a decent compromise.

Some pro-choice MPs are saying this was the deal struck between the prime minister and the DUP when they helped him get 42 - day detention through.

The lack of prime - time in - depth interviews left it to David Davis to explain why he took such a massive gamble with his political career to stand against the 42 - day detention extension, and why this issue was so important.

I expect defending the Tories when they bring in the 42 day detention rule after the first terrorist outrage.

For starters, he was one of the Labour rebels who voted against Tony Blair's 90 - day detention policy, back in 2005.

Mr Cameron attacked proposals to allow the 90 - day detention of terror suspects without charge, which the government is expected to reintroduce next year.

Tory leader David Cameron used all his six questions on 42 - day detention issue, predicting a similar «U-turn» would be necessary over the issue as occurred with the 10p tax rate last week.

The former lord chancellor and Tony Blair's former flatmate Lord Falconer - who had voted for 90 - day detention under Mr Blair's premiership - came out against the plans.

But prior to an 81 - day detention by Chinese authorities in 2011, Ai's passport was confiscated, and he can not travel to coordinate or even see his own exhibit.

The 28 - day detention without charge period was brought in under the Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005.

A previous attempt to introduce a 90 - day detention period was defeated in the Commons last autumn, with 49 Labour MPs rebelling.

Gordon Brown may be about to back down on efforts to secure 42 - day detention for terrorist suspects.

The House of Lords has launched an almost universal attack on the government's 42 - day detention plans in its first day of reading in the second chamber.

Ai says his interest in documenting a refugee project began when he was living under domestic arrest after his 81 - day detention in 2011.

In an interview for the Downing Street website today, Mr Blair said this would be the case - although the evidence presented by intelligence services in favour of 90 - day detention last time was «clear» to him, he accepted many people did not share his views.

Yesterday home secretary Jacqui Smith warned the terror threat was «severe» and «growing» and that the 42 - day detention limit was required as a result.

«The government was quick to move for things like ID cards or 42 - day detention without trial — now it needs to show similar leadership in public health.

He may be singing the praises of civil liberties now, but once upon a time he voted for 90 - day detention and ID cards.

The serial rebel said he would support former shadow home secretary David Davis» resignation in protest at the government's planned 42 - day detention for terrorism suspects.

But some people would say that for people who believe in civil liberties, 90 - day detention - which just seems symbolic of everything, Habeas Corpus and so on - on principle you couldn't possibly have voted for it.

Tonight's vote over 42 - day detention is going to be «very, very close» with the full pressure of the government machine being brought to bear, civil liberties campaigners are saying.

Tony Blair suffered his first Commons defeat over the previous attempt to impose a 90 - day detention without charge limit.

The Conservatives are keen to paint Labour's record on security in a bad light after Gordon Brown tried to paint them as soft on terror during the debate on 42 - day detention.

Civil Liberties When Sadiq Khan claims Labour now the party of civil liberties all I can do is think back to 28 days detention, ID cards, illegal rendition... and laugh.

He needs to share his vision with the country which includes more than out of hours at GP's clinics, 56 day detention and a constitution for the NHS.

The party which stood up against 42 day detention, ID cards and the excesses of the War on Terror is now led by those who on this crucial issue employ the same shoddy logic and who have fallen into the same anti-democratic realpolitik as the Blair government.

In the past few years Labour has transformed from the party of 28 - day detention and ID cards to a party that was among the first to «demand answers» over the detention of David Miranda.

ID cards got union backing, as did 42 - day detention.

They were widely expected to reject the 42 - day detention.

What's certain is that a second Davis interview on the subject in a week - following sharp interventions from him on the 55 per cent election controversy and the decision to maintain 28 days detention without charge - is bound further to irritate Downing Street.

We both fought against 42 - day detention and brought about another humiliating Brown U-turn.

He brought embarrassment on the government when, as chief whip, he sent a note to Keith Vaz thanking him for his help with the crunch vote over 42 - day detention for terror suspects and saying he trusted he would be «appropriately rewarded».

Mr Reid acknowledged that the full 28 - day detention period - which was only introduced last year, up from 14 days previously - had only been needed once so far.

Speaking yesterday Mr Brown reiterated his support for extending the 28 day detention period and the creation of a single security budget.

The Conservative leader himself added to the controversy surrounding the bill - which is set to be one of the most debated of the session after the Lisbon treaty and proposals for 42 - days detention without charge - when he said he would support amendments lowering the legal limit for abortion.

They've fought us hard on issues like Iraq, 90 day detention and tuition fees, bringing these national issues to bear extremely successfully in local elections and on doorsteps up and down the country.

I think is fairly described as a very robust Labour tribalist from a trade union organiser background (I would place him very much on the right of the party, though you may well approve of his rebelling on ID cards, 90 days detention, the 10p tax rate and other more left / liberal rebellions, which shows he is not easily pigeonholed).

«Control orders are gone, 28 days detention without charge is gone, indiscriminate stop and search is gone and the abuse of anti-terror powers by councils to pursue petty offences is over.

Some, like 90 - day detention and ID cards, she won.

There is much greater consensus among coalition ministers over the proposal to reduce the current limit of 28 days detention without charge to 14 days — which the home secretary herself has already said she favours.