Standing Committee Proceedings
Tuesday 18th January 2005
STANDING COMMITTEE PROCEEDINGS
STANDING COMMITTEE B
IDENTITY CARDS BILL
[FIRST AND SECOND SITTINGS]
Mr Desmond Browne
| (1) | during proceedings on the Identity Cards Bill the Standing Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 9.25 a.m. on Tuesday 18th January) meet— |
| (a) | at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday 18th January; and |
| (b) | at 9.25 a.m. and 2.30 p.m. on Thursday 20th January, Tuesday 25th January and Thursday 27th January; |
| (2) | the proceedings shall be taken in the following order, namely, Clauses 1 to 3, Schedule 1, Clauses 4 to 45, Schedule 2, New Clauses, New Schedules and remaining proceedings on the Bill; |
| (3) | the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a conclusion at 5.30 p.m. on Thursday 27th January. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not selected 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
Not selected 157
| | Clause 1, page 1, line 6, leave out `purpose' and insert `purposes'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not selected 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
Withdrawn 3
| | Clause 1, page 1, line 10, after `others', insert `who reasonably require proof'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not selected 159
| | Clause 1, page 1, line 14, leave out subsection (4). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Negatived on division 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)— |
| | "serious crime" means crime giving rise to an offence triable only on indictment.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 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
Not called 5
| | Clause 1, page 1, line 17, after second `of', insert `serious'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Not called 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
Withdrawn 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
Not called 68
| | Clause 1, page 2, line 7, leave out paragraphs (b) to (i). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 6
| | Clause 1, page 2, line 8, leave out `and elsewhere'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 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
Not called 125
| | Clause 1, page 2, line 13, leave out paragraph (f). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 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
Not called 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
Not called 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
Withdrawn 10
| | Clause 1, page 2, line 22, leave out from `birth' to third `and'. |
Mr Desmond Browne
Agreed to
That the Order of the Committee of this morning be amended, in paragraph (1)(b), by leaving out `9.25 a.m.' and inserting `9.10 a.m.'.
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Withdrawn 11
| | Clause 2, page 2, line 35, leave out `16' and insert `18'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Withdrawn 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
Not called 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
Not called 14
| | Clause 2, page 3, line 2, leave out from `period' to end of line 4. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Withdrawn 160
| | Clause 2, page 3, line 2, leave out `or'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 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
Not called 70
| | Clause 2, page 3, line 5, leave out subsection (4). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Withdrawn 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
Not called 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
Withdrawn 71
| | Clause 2, page 3, line 12, leave out from `is' to `under'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 72
| | Clause 2, page 3, line 13, leave out from `information' to end of line 14. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 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
Not called 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
Not called 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
Not called 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
Withdrawn 18
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 25, leave out paragraph (b). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 19
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 27, leave out paragraph (c). |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Withdrawn 73
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 30, leave out paragraph (d). |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 74
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 31, leave out subsection (2). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 20
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 38, leave out `both practicable and appropriate' and insert `reasonable'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 75
| | Clause 3, page 3, line 41, leave out subsection (3). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Withdrawn 112
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 4, leave out subsection (4) and insert— |
| `(4) | Information which is not personal data, once entered in the Register, may continue to be recorded in the Register for so long as it is necessary for the statutory purposes for it to be so recorded.'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 76
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 7, leave out subsection (5). |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 77
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 9, leave out subsection (6). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Not called 113
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 11, leave out `consistent with' and insert `necessary for'. |
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 78
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 13, leave out subsection (7). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 128
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 14, leave out from second `provision' to `unless' in line 15 and insert `that the Secretary of State is authorised to make by this section'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 21
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 16, at end add— |
| `(8) | The Secretary of State must not make an order under this section unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Not called 115
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 16, at end add— |
| `(8) | Particulars relating to disclosure of information about an individual from the Register which falls within paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 must be retained in that individual's entry in the Register if that disclosure did not have the consent of that individual. |
| (9) | In the case of particulars which are contained in personal data as a result of the requirement specified in subsection (8), the Information Commissioner shall, following consultation with relevant persons including the Commissioner established under this Act, publish criteria which specify the circumstances when such particulars can be removed from the Register.'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 129
| | Clause 3, page 4, line 16, at end add— |
| `(8) | 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
Not called 22
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 13, leave out sub-paragraph (g). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 25
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 15, leave out sub-paragraph (h). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 23
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 15, leave out `whether'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 24
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 15, leave out `or elsewhere'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 26
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 20, leave out sub-paragraph (b). |
John Robertson
Not called 155
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 22, at end insert `as set out in regulations'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
Not called 143
| | Schedule 1, page 39, line 32, leave out sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert— |
| `(a) | his National Identity Registration Number and ID card number, which shall be the same;'. |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 27
| | Schedule 1, page 40, line 17, leave out sub-paragraph (l). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 28
| | Schedule 1, page 40, line 20, leave out sub-paragraph (m). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Not called 29
| | Schedule 1, page 41, line 10, leave out sub-paragraph (g). |
Patrick Mercer
Mr Humfrey Malins
Mr Geoffrey Clifton Brown
Mr Richard Allan
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Not called 30
| | Schedule 1, page 42, leave out lines 1 to 9. |
| | [Adjourned till Thursday at ten minutes past Nine o'clock |
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