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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 14th July 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee D

 

Identity Cards Bill

 

[Seventh and Eighth Sittings]

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  228

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  26,  leave out subsection (1).

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  149

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  26,  after ‘it’, insert ‘reasonably’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Withdrawn  164

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  32,  leave out from ‘Register’ to end of line 34.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  229

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  37,  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  150

 

Clause  11,  page  9,  line  37,  after ‘it’, insert ‘reasonably’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  159

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  4,  at end insert ‘where that requirement is, in all the

 

circumstances, reasonable’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

36

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  230

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  7,  leave out ‘include’ and insert ‘are’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  231

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  10,  at end insert ‘for residents of Northern Ireland’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  232

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  11,  at end insert ‘for residents of Wales’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  233

 

Clause  11,  page  10,  line  24,  leave out subsection (7).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  234

 

Clause  12,  page  10,  line  35,  leave out ‘and’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  235

 

Clause  12,  page  10,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

any possible degradation in his biometric information caused through

 

accident, illness or any other event’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

37

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not moved  47

 

Clause  12,  page  10,  line  36,  at end insert—

 

‘(1A)    

For the purposes of ensuring that an individual is able to comply with his duty

 

under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must at least once every two years

 

send in a prescribed manner to each individual to whom an ID card has been

 

issued at his prescribed address a copy of the information recorded as at a

 

prescribed date about that individual in the Register.’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  165

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  8,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  166

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  8,  leave out ‘, and other biometric information about

 

himself,’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  191

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  12,  at end insert—

 

‘(4A)    

Reasonable provision must be made to facilitate the actions set out in subsection

 

(4) for individuals who provide medical certification that they are unable to

 

follow the normal procedures.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  48

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  16,  after ‘who’, insert ‘intentionally’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  168

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  17,  leave out ‘£1000’ and insert ‘£50’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  167

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  17,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State shall make provision for local facilities to satisfy the

 

attendance requirements of subsection (4)(a).

 

(8)    

The Secretary of State shall make provision for home visits to people unfit to

 

travel to satisfy the requirements of subsection (4)(a).’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

38

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  169

 

Clause  12,  page  11,  line  17,  at end add—

 

‘(7)    

The Secretary of State shall make no charge for changes to the Register required

 

by this section.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  49

 

Clause  13,  page  11,  line  20,  leave out from ‘State’ to ‘if’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  236

 

Clause  13,  page  11,  line  25,  leave out ‘or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  237

 

Clause  13,  page  11,  line  26,  at end insert ‘or

 

(f)    

recovered, having previously been assumed lost’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  122

 

Clause  13,  page  11,  line  37,  at end insert—

 

‘(2A)    

The Secretary of State may, in an urgent case, cancel the card forthwith or

 

otherwise give notice to the individual of an intention to do so.

 

(2B)    

The Secretary of State shall send notification of his cancellation or his intention

 

to cancel in writing to the individual who shall have the right to make

 

representations accordingly.

 

(2C)    

The Secretary of State shall review his cancellations or his intention in the light

 

of such representations.

 

(2D)    

The individual may appeal a cancellation of his ID card to the Commissioner.’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

39

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  50

 

Clause  13,  page  12,  line  12,  after ‘who’, insert ‘unreasonably’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  170

 

Clause  13,  page  12,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Withdrawn  171

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  31,  after ‘a’, insert ‘prescribed’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  160

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  31,  after ‘with’, insert ‘all of the’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  51

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  34,  after ‘the’, insert ‘written’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  172

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  34,  after ‘the’, insert ‘informed’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  227

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  34,  after ‘the’, insert ‘express’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  52

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  35,  after ‘otherwise’, insert ‘in writing’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

40

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  173

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  35,  after ‘otherwise’, insert ‘explicitly’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  53

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  36,  at end insert ‘and

 

(c)    

authority or consent may extend to part only of information.’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  161

 

Clause  14,  page  12,  line  37,  leave out subsections (2) and (3).

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  174

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  15,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  238

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  15,  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) and insert—

 

‘(a)    

biometric information’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  175

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  16,  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Not called  54

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  21,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Withdrawn  176

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  26,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 14th July 2005            

41

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  177

 

Clause  14,  page  13,  line  31,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘shall’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  55

 

Clause  14,  page  14,  line  2,  at end add—

 

‘(9)    

If an individual applies to the Secretary of State for the provision to himself of all

 

or any information recorded in his entry in the Register, it shall be the duty of the

 

Secretary of State to supply to the individual all such information requested.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Negatived on division  56

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  9,  leave out paragraphs (b) and (c).

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not moved  194

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  19,  at beginning insert ‘Subject to subsection (3A)’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  57

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  19,  leave out subsection (3) and insert—

 

‘(3)    

Failure to produce without reasonable excuse an identity card to a police

 

constable reasonably requiring production shall be a summary offence punishable

 

with 6 months imprisonment or a fine or both.’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  195

 

Clause  15,  page  14,  line  24,  at end add ‘The provisions of subsection 3(b) shall not

 

extend to treatment in Accident and Emergency facilities within NHS hospitals’.

 
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