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Public Bill Committee Proceedings: 5 April 2011            

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

 
 

Ireland of any provision of an Act of the Northern Ireland Assembly made in

 

2011 or 2012 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) is the same as

 

the subject-matter in relation to England and Wales of any provision made by

 

any of sections 1 to 18 and 23 to 25 of this Act.

 

      (2)  

The Secretary of State may by order make excepted or reserved provision in

 

relation to Northern Ireland which is about the same subject-matter as any

 

provision made in relation to England and Wales by any of sections 1 to 18 and

 

23 to 25 of this Act.

 

      (3)  

The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as the Secretary of

 

State considers appropriate in consequence of the Act of the Northern Ireland

 

Assembly or an order under sub-paragraph (2).

 

      (4)  

The power to make an order under this paragraph—

 

(a)    

is exercisable by statutory instrument,

 

(b)    

includes power to make incidental, supplementary, transitional,

 

transitory or saving provision,

 

(c)    

may, in particular, be exercised by amending, repealing, revoking or

 

otherwise modifying any provision made by or under an enactment

 

(including this Act).

 

      (5)  

An order under this paragraph may not make provision which—

 

(a)    

deals with a transferred matter and, if it were contained in an Act of

 

the Northern Ireland Assembly, would be within the legislative

 

competence of the Northern Ireland Assembly,

 

(b)    

if it were contained in an Act of the Scottish Parliament, would be

 

within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, or

 

(c)    

if it were contained in an Act of the National Assembly for Wales,

 

would be within the legislative competence of the National Assembly

 

for Wales.

 

      (6)  

Subject to sub-paragraph (7), a statutory instrument containing an order under

 

this paragraph is not to be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid

 

before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.

 

      (7)  

A statutory instrument containing an order under this paragraph which neither

 

amends nor repeals any provision of primary legislation is subject to

 

annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

 

      (8)  

In this paragraph—

 

“enactment” includes an Act of the Scottish Parliament, a Measure or Act

 

of the National Assembly for Wales and Northern Ireland legislation,

 

“excepted or reserved provision” means provision which—

 

(a)    

forms part of the law of Northern Ireland, but

 

(b)    

does not deal with a transferred matter,

 

“primary legislation” means—

 

(c)    

a public general Act,

 

(d)    

an Act of the Scottish Parliament,

 

(e)    

a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, and

 

(f)    

Northern Ireland legislation,

 

“transferred matter” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Northern

 

Ireland Act 1998.’.

 

Schedule, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clause 20 Agreed to on division.


 
 

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

 
 

Clauses 21 to 23 Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  77

 

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  28,  after ‘profiles’, insert ‘to include management and

 

oversight of the processes involved in the destruction of physical samples’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  78

 

Clause  24,  page  15,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The National DNA Database Strategy Board must issue guidance on the

 

ownership of DNA materials.

 

(2B)    

The National DNA Database Strategy Board must regularly review all DNA

 

service providers, including the Forensic Science Service.

 

(2C)    

The National DNA Database Strategy Board shall issue guidance on procedures

 

for redress and accountability should errors be made in respect of the retention or

 

destruction of DNA materials.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  32

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  12,  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘6’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  33

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  22,  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘6’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  34

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  25,  after ‘derived’, insert ‘6 years or more’.


 
 

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

 
 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  35

 

Clause  25,  page  16,  line  30,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

in the case of material taken or derived less than six years before the

 

commencement day from a person who—

 

(i)    

was arrested for, or charged with, the offence and

 

(ii)    

has not been convicted of the offence,

 

    

the destruction of the material at the end of the period of six years

 

beginning with the day on which the material was taken or derived.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  88

 

Clause  26,  page  17,  leave out subsection (2) and insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The relevant authority shall notify all parents if they are currently processing, or

 

intend to process, biometric information—

 

(a)    

having received such a notification, a parent may write to the relevant

 

authority requesting that their child’s biometric information not be

 

processed, and

 

(b)    

the relevant authority must comply with all such requests.’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  80

 

Clause  26,  page  17,  line  17,  leave out ‘each’ and insert ‘one’.

 

Mr Tom Watson

 

John Robertson

 

Not selected  89

 

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Clause  26,  page  17,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(5A)    

The relevant authority must ensure that, at least once in every school year,

 

information is provided to each parent and child on their rights under this chapter,

 

in language capable of being readily understood by the parent and child.’.

 

Steve Baker

 

Withdrawn  51

 

Clause  26,  page  17,  line  30,  leave out subsection (6) and add—

 

‘(6)    

The relevant authority must ensure—

 

(a)    

that reasonable alternative means are available by which the child may

 

do, or be subject to, anything which the child would have been able to do,

 

or be subject to, had the child’s biometric information been processed;


 
 

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

 
 

(b)    

that enrolment at the school is not conditional upon consent;

 

(c)    

that parents are informed by the school about—

 

(i)    

the purpose for which the biometric data will be used,

 

(ii)    

who has access to the biometric data,

 

(iii)    

how secure the data are, and

 

(iv)    

how long biometric data will be kept; and

 

(d)    

that no data are ever transmitted to third parties.’.

 

Mr Tom Watson

 

John Robertson

 

Not moved  40

 

Clause  26,  page  17,  line  33,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

A person who contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement imposed on

 

him by this section is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a

 

fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.’.

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  79

 

Clause  26,  page  17,  line  33,  at end add—

 

    

‘In particular, a child on free school meals who does not give biometric

 

information must still be afforded a protected way of receiving their meals.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 


 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Not called  86

 

Clause  27,  page  17,  line  41,  leave out paragraph (d).

 

Vernon Coaker

 

Diana Johnson

 

Clive Efford

 

Mark Tami

 

Withdrawn  87

 

Clause  27,  page  18,  line  3,  at end insert—

 

‘(3A)    

When consent is withdrawn all biometric information shall be deleted/destroyed,

 

and the relevant authority must confirm in writing that this has been done.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 



 
 

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Protection of Freedoms Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Tom Watson

 

John Robertson

 

Not moved  41

 

Clause  28,  page  18,  line  34,  after ‘about’, insert ‘or derived from’.

 

Mr Tom Watson

 

John Robertson

 

Not moved  42

 

Clause  28,  page  18,  line  43,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

biometric information does not, however, include a photographic image

 

of a person’s facial features or characteristics.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

[Adjourned until Tuesday 26 April at 10.30 am


 
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