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This report discusses issues related to the UK Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Bill. Significant areas of debate at the Committee Stage included: the lack of a legal definition for overnight residence requirements that could be imposed on suspects, the fact that the Home Secretary would no longer be able to geographically relocate terror suspects, and proposals to allow suspects access to a mobile phone and computer. Some Members expressed a particular worry about the inability to renew measures imposed on suspects after two years, unless there was evidence of new terrorism-related activity.