A new counter-terrorism law drawn up by the Home Office in the wake of the Manchester Arena attack will put people of different ethnicity at risk of discrimination and impose disproportionate costs on businesses, a watchdog has warned MPs.
Jonathan Hall KC said that Martyn’s Law – which will require all venues catering for more than 100 people to take “mitigation” measures to protect against a possible terror attack – will also require precautions to be taken in areas where there is minimal threat and be contrary to the normal approach of not allowing the British way of life to be changed by extremists.
