The bill would also delete all references to the narrowly drawn exception in the case of a biological emergency.

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Duncan's plea agreement, details of which will be announced today in U.S. federal court in Houston, was not unexpected and seems the inevitable outcome of Andersen trying to bill him as the rogue responsible for the decision to shred and delete thousands of documents.

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Mr Harvie said he himself would have brought "one amendment to delete part one and one amendment to delete part two" and highlighted there had been little scrutiny on the second part of the bill relating to threatening communications.

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