UK News 04-03-2005 who: Tony Blair what: Says hundreds of terrorists are plotting attacks on Britain where: LONDON when: Monday snippet: Mr Blair told BBC Radio 4`s Woman`s Hour that the police and the security services have been lobbying the government for greater powers to tackle "several hundred" people "plotting or trying to commit terrorist acts". Later that day, proposals for house arrest were voted through the Commons - despite the opposition of 62 Labour rebels - following what The Times calls a "substantial climbdown" from home secretary Charles Clark regarding the role of judges in issuing control orders. Conservative MPs agreed to the Bill, explains The Telegraph, after fighting for a "sunset clause" which will see the Prevention of Terrorism Act expire after eight months "forcing whoever won an expected May 5 general election to come forward with new legislation before the end of the year". [... more]

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