Dear Mr Lansley

I write to urge you to oppose the government's renewed proposal for an increase
in the current 28-day limit to detention without charge.  All of us recognise
the government's need for tools to act against those who would curtail our
freedoms.  However, locking up citizens arbitrarily for four weeks (or for the
proposed extension to six weeks) without judicial review, causing people to
forfeit jobs and other responsibilities without any tested proof that they are
guilty of a crime, is certainly not the way preserve freedoms.

Sincerely

Matthew Belmonte