Home Affairs - Fourth Report
Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 20 July 2004.
CONTENTS
Terms of Reference
REPORT
1 INTRODUCTION
AND BACKGROUND
Identity Cards in the United Kingdom
The 1996 Home Affairs Committee Report on
Identity Cards
The international context
US visa regulations
Other European experiences
Sweden and Germany
Canada and Australia
2 THE
GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS
3 OPPOSITION
TO IDENTITY CARDS
Practical concerns
4 BENEFITS
AND WEAKNESSES OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SCHEME
Illegal working and immigration abuse
Organised crime and terrorism
Identity fraud
Entitlement to public services
Easier access to public services
The Government's proposalssome key issues
Public support
The 'voluntary' stage
Vulnerable groups
The National Identity Register
Architecture of the database
Access to the database
'Function creep'
Information on the database
Biometrics
Medical information
The Citizen Information Project and other
Government databases
Registration and enrolment
Cards
Readers and infrastructure
Multiple cards
Security
Costings
Procurement
Conclusions
5 THE
DRAFT BILL
Purposes of the Bill and the Data Protection
Act: Clause 1 and Schedule 1
Registration and issue of cards: Clauses
2 and 8
Information on the Register: Clause 3
Designated documents: Clause 4
Information required for registration: Clause
5
Obligatory registration: Clause 6
The move to compulsion: Clause 7
Renewal of identity cards: Clause 9
Issue of identity cards: Clause 10
Accuracy of the Register: Clauses 11, 12
and 37
Loss, theft or damage to a card: Clause 13
The right to see information held and disclosure
of information: Clauses 14 and 24
Power to make public services conditional
on identity checks: Clauses 15 and 19
Checks on the Register: Clause 18
Disclosure of information without consent:
Clauses 20, 21 and 23
Oversight of the scheme: Clauses 25 and 26
Possession of false documents: Clause 27
Complaints: Clauses 34 and 35
6 OVERALL
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
ANNEX: CONDUCT OF THE INQUIRY
FORMAL MINUTES
LIST OF WITNESSES
LIST OF WRITTEN EVIDENCE
LIST OF UNPRINTED WRITTEN EVIDENCE
REPORTS FROM THE HOME AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
SINCE 2001
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 130-II)
WRITTEN EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 130-II)
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