S.C.B.
Amendment Paper as at
Tuesday 18th January 2005
STANDING COMMITTEE B
IDENTITY CARDS BILL
NOTE
The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of Consideration Motion in the name of Mr Desmond Browne.
Mr Desmond Browne
To move, That the Identity Cards Bill be considered in the following order: Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 45, Schedule 2, New Clauses, New Schedules.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
156
Clause 1, page 1, line 4, leave out from 'individuals' to end of line and insert 'to whom passports are issued (to be known as "the National Passport Register").'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
157
Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out 'purpose' and insert 'purposes'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
158
Clause 1, page 1, line 7, leave out from 'statutory' to end of line 4 on page 2 and insert 'purpose is to facilitate, by the maintenance of a record of registrable facts about individuals in the United Kingdom to whom passports are issued, a secure and reliable method for registrable facts to be verified for the purposes of issuing passports.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
3
Clause 1, page 1, line 10, after 'others', insert 'who reasonably require proof'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
159
Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out subsection (4).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
1
Clause 1, page 1, line 16, leave out from beginning to end of line 4 on page 2 and insert—
| '(a) | of assistance to the Secretary of State in preventing or detecting terrorist acts in the United Kingdom or elsewhere or otherwise in the interests of national security; |
| (b) | of assistance to the Secretary of State in preventing or detecting serious crime; |
| (c) | for the purposes of controlling illegal immigration and enforcing immigration controls; or |
| (d) | for the purpose of securing proper provision of relevant public services. |
(4A) For the purposes of subsection (4)—
"relevant public services" means the public provision of—
"serious crime" means crime giving rise to an offence triable only on indictment.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
4
Clause 1, page 1, line 17, leave out 'prevention or'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
5
Clause 1, page 1, line 17, after second 'of', insert 'serious'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
111
Clause 1, page 2, line 3, leave out from first 'of' to end of line 4 and insert 'establishing entitlement to a particular public service'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
69
Clause 1, page 2, line 6, at end insert ' and
| (b) | an address at which he can be contacted.'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
68
Clause 1, page 2, line 7, leave out paragraphs (b) to (i).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
6
Clause 1, page 2, line 8, leave out 'and elsewhere'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
7
Clause 1, page 2, line 10, leave out paragraph (d).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
125
Clause 1, page 2, line 13, leave out paragraph (f).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
8
Clause 1, page 2, line 14, leave out paragraph (g).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
126
Clause 1, page 2, line 14, after 'numbers', insert 'recordable under paragraph 4(1) of Schedule 1'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
9
Clause 1, page 2, line 18, at end insert—
| | 'but "registrable facts" shall not include criminal convictions or cautions or medical records.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
10
Clause 1, page 2, line 22, leave out from 'birth' to third 'and'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
11
Clause 2, page 2, line 35, leave out '16' and insert '18'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
12
Clause 2, page 2, line 44, leave out 'the prescribed period' and insert 'a period of 31 days'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
13
Clause 2, page 2, line 45, at end insert 'or'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
14
Clause 2, page 3, line 2, leave out from 'period' to end of line 4.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
160
Clause 2, page 3, line 2, leave out 'or'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
161
Clause 2, page 3, line 4, at end insert 'or
| (d) | he is a citizen of a European Union Member State with an approved identity document issued by that State.'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
70
Clause 2, page 3, line 5, leave out subsection (4).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
15
Clause 2, page 3, line 7, at end insert—
'(4A) Details of any entry made in the Register must be provided to the person in respect of whom the entry is made.'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
162
Clause 2, page 3, line 11, after 'incomplete', insert 'and
| (aa) | shall, in such circumstances, notify in writing the individual concerned of his intention to correct the information recorded and allow the individual to make representations accordingly before making such correction;'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
71
Clause 2, page 3, line 12, leave out from 'is' to 'under'.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
72
Clause 2, page 3, line 13, leave out from 'information' to end of line 14.
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
163
Clause 2, page 3, line 14, at end insert 'save where requested to do so by the individual concerned.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
16
Clause 2, page 3, line 14, at end insert—
'(5A) The Secretary of State must notify the person in respect of whom an entry is modified in the exercise of powers under subsection (5) of the details of that modification.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
17
Clause 2, page 3, line 19, leave out subsection (7).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
127
Clause 2, page 3, line 20, at end add—
'(8) The Secretary of State must not make an order containing (with or without other provision) any provision that he is authorised to make by this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.
(9) No draft order containing a provision that the Secretary of State is authorised to make by this section is to be laid before Parliament unless—
| (a) | the Secretary of State has prepared and published a report containing a proposal for the making of such provision; |
| (b) | the report sets out the Secretary of State's reasons for making the proposal; |
| (c) | the report has been laid before Parliament and each House has approved the proposal contained in the report, either with or without modifications; and |
| (d) | the draft order gives effect to the proposal so far as approved by both Houses.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
18
Clause 3, page 3, line 25, leave out paragraph (b).
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
19
Clause 3, page 3, line 27, leave out paragraph (c).
