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Amendments proposed to the Identity Cards Bill - continued	House of Commons

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Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 18, page 16, line 32, at beginning insert 'Subject to subsection (2A)'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 18, page 16, line 41, at end insert—

'(2A) Subsection (2) does not authorise the imposition of such condition or requirement in relation to or on a British citizen before such time as when all British citizens are required by virtue of section 6 to be entered in the Register.'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 18, page 16, line 41, at end insert—

'(2B) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide further cases in which such a condition or requirement may be imposed in relation to or on an individual.'.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

178

Clause 19, page 17, line 10, leave out subsections (2) and (3) and insert—

'(2) The provision of information is authorised in this section where it is—

(a)	the provision of information to the Director-General of the Security Service, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters, the Director-General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency, a chief officer of police; and

(b)

it is—

(i)	in the interests of national security; or

(ii)	for the purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime.'.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

179

Clause 19, page 17, line 12, leave out 'connected with' and insert 'necessary for'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 19, page 17, line 22, at end insert 'for any of the purposes specified in subsection (2A).

(2A) The purposes specified in this subsection are—

(a)	in the interests of national security;

(b)	for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of crime; or

(c)	for other purposes specified by order made by the Secretary of State.'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 27, leave out 'the prevention or detection of crime' and insert 'the detection of serious crime which shall mean any crime giving rise to an offence triable only on indictment'.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

180

Clause 19, page 17, line 27, after 'of', insert 'serious'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 27, leave out from 'crime' to end of line 28.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

181

Clause 19, page 17, line 32, leave out paragraphs (a) to (f) and insert 'where it is necessary in the interests of national security or the prevention or detection of serious crime'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 33, leave out 'prevention or'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 34, leave out paragraph (c).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 37, leave out paragraph (d).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 41, leave out paragraph (e).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 17, line 43, leave out from 'numbers' to end of line 44.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 19, page 17, line 45, leave out subsection (5).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 19, page 18, line 5, leave out subsection (6).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 20, page 18, line 45, leave out subsection (3).

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 21, page 19, line 23, at end insert—

'(2A) Where subsection (2) applies, the Secretary of State shall notify the individual in writing that he has taken action under that subsection within 30 days of doing so.'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 21, page 19, line 32, leave out 'something' and insert 'a specified statement'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 21, page 19, line 33, leave out 'something' and insert 'a specified statement'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 21, page 19, line 36, leave out 'something' and insert 'a specified statement'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 22, page 20, line 3, at end insert—

'(da)

any disclosure of information which results or would result in interference with an individual's private and family life is proportionate, and is for the purpose of—

(i)	the protection of public safety or public health, or

(ii)	the protection of the rights and freedoms of others;'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Alistair Carmichael

Clause 22, page 20, line 15, at end add—

'(4) 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.'.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

182

Page 19, line 38, leave out Clause 22.

Mr Alistair Carmichael
Tim Farron

183

Clause 23, page 20, line 26, at end insert 'and,

(c)	notifying the individual of the fact that information has been provided.'.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 23, page 20, line 32, leave out from 'person' to end of line 34.

Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Adam Holloway
Mr Ben Wallace

Clause 24, page 21, line 28, leave out from 'Commissioner' end of line 43 and insert 'include general policy matters, but do not include—

'(a)

the exercise of powers which under this Act are exercisable by statutory instrument or by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (S.I.1979/1573 (N.I.12)) unless any particular case affected by these powers or rules raises a concern of substantial public interest;

(b)	the imposition of civil penalties, objections to such penalties or appeals against them, unless a particular penalty, objection or appeal raises a concern of substantial public interest;

(c)	the operation of so much of this Act or of any subordinate legislation as imposes or relates to criminal offences in any particular case, unless a particular case raises a concern of substantial public interest;

(d)

the provision of information to the Director-General of the Security Service, the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service or the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters in any particular case, unless the provision of information in any particular case raises a concern of substantial public interest; or

(e)

the provision to another member of the intelligence services, in accordance with regulations under section 23(5), of information that may be provided to that Director-General, Chief or Director in any particular case, unless the provision of information in any particular case raises a concern of substantial public interest.'.