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House of Commons

Tuesday 5th July 2005

Standing Committee Proceedings

Standing Committee D

Identity Cards Bill

[first Sitting]

Mr Tony McNulty

Agreed to on division

That—

(1)
during proceedings on the Identity Cards Bill the Standing Committee shall

(in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday 5th July) meet—

(a)
at 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday 6th July;

(b)
at 9.15 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 7th July;

(c)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 12th July;

(d)
at 9.15 a.m. and 1.00 p.m. on Thursday 14th July;

(e)
at 10.30 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. on Tuesday 19th July;

(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,

remaining proceedings on the Bill;

(3)
the proceedings shall (so far as not previously concluded) be brought to a

conclusion at 7.00 p.m. on Tuesday 19th July.

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Tim Farron

Not called  140

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  4,  leave out ‘Identity’ and insert ‘Passport’.

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Tim Farron

Not selected  141

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  7,  leave out from ‘statutory’ to end of line 13 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.’.

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

Mr Edward Garnier

Patrick Mercer

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Adam Holloway

Mr Ben Wallace

Withdrawn  1

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  10,  after ‘others’, insert ‘who reasonably require proof’.

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Tim Farron

Not selected  143

Clause  1,  page  1,  line  14,  leave out subsection (4).

Mr Edward Garnier

Patrick Mercer

Mr Tobias Ellwood

Mr Adam Holloway

Mr Ben Wallace

Question proposed  2

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—

(a)
healthcare,

(b)
housing,

(c)
education, and

(d)
social benefits;

“serious crime” means crime giving rise to an offence triable only on

indictment.’.

[Adjourned till tomorrow at 4.30 p.m.