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was gathered unlawfully and was inadmissible. Following the ruling, the Crown dropped charges against thirteen of the seventeen remaining suspects. On 19 September the New
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The bill was reported back on 3 October 2011, and substantially amended. The retrospective aspect of the bill was removed. Past surveillance would not be made lawful, but convictions obtained using evidence from such surveillance would not be able to be challenged.
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parties agreed to support the bill only to select committee. This was sufficient for the bill to be introduced. An attempt by the Labour Party to compromise by using clauses from the
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