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House of Commons

 
 

Thursday 21st July 2005

 

Standing Committee Proceedings

 

Standing Committee D

 

Identity Cards Bill

 

[eleventh Sitting]

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Withdrawn  196

 

Clause  31,  page  26,  line  41,  after ‘unauthorised’, insert ‘access to or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  212

 

Clause  31,  page  26,  line  42,  leave out ‘and’ and insert—

 

‘(aa)    

he engages in any conduct that causes use of any data prohibited by

 

section 23A; and’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  197

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  1,  after ‘cause’, insert ‘access to or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  213

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  1,  after ‘of’, insert ‘or prohibited use of’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  198

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  3,  after ‘such’, insert ‘an access to or’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

58

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not selected  214

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  4,  after ‘modification’, insert ‘or prohibited use’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  199

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  5,  after ‘causes’, insert ‘an access to or’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  200

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  7,  after ‘to’, insert ‘an access or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  107

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  12,  leave out subsection (4).

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  201

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  17,  after ‘section’, insert ‘an access or’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Withdrawn  202

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  19,  after ‘the’, insert ‘access or’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  203

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  21,  after ‘the’, insert ‘access or’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  204

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  24,  after ‘causing’, insert ‘an access to or’.

 

Dr Nick Palmer

 

Not called  205

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  29,  after ‘the’, insert ‘access or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  108

 

Clause  31,  page  27,  line  34,  leave out ‘twelve’ and insert ‘six’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

59

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Clause 32 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  109

 

Clause  33,  page  28,  line  40,  after ‘defaulter’, insert ‘in writing’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  110

 

Clause  33,  page  29,  line  6,  at end insert ‘including methods by which payment may

 

be made by instalments’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  111

 

Clause  33,  page  29,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

set out the grounds of objection to such a penalty contained in section

 

34.’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  112

 

Clause  33,  page  29,  line  11,  leave out ‘14’ and insert ‘28’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  113

 

Clause  33,  page  29,  line  18,  after ‘question’, insert ‘save a question of proper

 

service of the notice’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not moved  114

 

Clause  34,  page  29,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘(aa)    

a misidendification has occurred;’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  115

 

Clause  35,  page  30,  line  23,  leave out ‘or’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  116

 

Clause  35,  page  30,  line  24,  at end insert ‘or

 

(d)    

increase the penalty.’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 36 Agreed to.

 

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  208

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  23,  leave out ‘for the modification of entries’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  210

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  24,  after ‘issue’, insert ‘(but not re-issue or replacement).’.

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

61

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  209

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  25,  leave out ‘or modification’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  211

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  26,  after ‘issue’, insert ‘(but not re-issue or replacement).’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  222

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  28,  at end insert ‘apart from applications from the

 

individual to whom the information relates’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not called  186

 

Clause  37,  page  31,  line  39,  at end insert ‘but no fee shall be imposed for a card

 

issued in consequence of an order by the Secretary of State for compulsory registration.’.

 

Mr Tony McNulty

 

Agreed to  240

 

Clause  37,  page  32,  line  28,  at end insert—

 

( )    

The power of the Secretary of State to make regulations containing (with or

 

without other provision) a provision authorised by subsection (1) is exercisable,

 

on the first occasion on which regulations are made under this section, only if a

 

draft of the regulations has been laid before Parliament and approved by a

 

resolution of each house.’.

 

Mr Alistair Carmichael

 

Tim Farron

 

Not selected  185

 

Page  31,  line  20,  leave out Clause 37.

 

Clause, as amended, Agreed to.

 

Clauses 38 to 42 Agreed to.

 

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

62

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not moved  223

 

Clause  43,  page  36,  line  22,  after ‘particular’, insert ‘physical characterisitics of

 

any of his fingers’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  117

 

Clause  43,  page  36,  line  29,  at end insert—

 

‘“consent”, in relation to a particular individual, shall mean any freely given

 

specific and informed indication of that individual’s wishes by which he

 

signifies his agreement to the use of his identity card or the access to, or

 

provision of, information contained in his entry in the Register;’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  118

 

Clause  43,  page  37,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘“Information Commissioner” means the Commissioner established by the

 

the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29);’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  119

 

Clause  43,  page  37,  line  11,  at end insert—

 

‘“personal data” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the Data Protection

 

Act 1998 (c. 29);’.

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  120

 

Clause  43,  page  37,  line  23,  after first ‘crime’, insert ‘(other than in section

 

1(4A))’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

Clause 44 Agreed to.

 

 
 

S.C.D.  Standing Committee Proceedings: 21st July 2005            

63

 

Identity Cards Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Withdrawn  121

 

Clause  45,  page  39,  line  2,  after ‘the’, insert ‘National Registration and’.

 

Clause Agreed to.

 

 

New Clauses

 

Prohibited uses of information

 

Mr Edward Garnier

 

Patrick Mercer

 

Mr Tobias Ellwood

 

Mr Adam Holloway

 

Mr Ben Wallace

 

Not called  nc1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Subject to subsection (2), a person shall be guilty of an offence if he uses or stores

 

any of the information set out in Schedule 1, paragraphs 4 to 9 in such a manner

 

as to form an index to any file or data retrieval system unless—

 

(a)    

the person using or storing such information is the originator of the

 

information; or

 

(b)    

such use or storage is undertaken as part of the operation and

 

maintenance of the Register.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State shall not provide any person with information from the

 

Register if he believes that it may be used for a purpose prohibited under

 

subsection (1).

 

(3)    

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—

 

(a)    

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding

 

two years or to a fine, or to both;

 

(b)    

on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a

 

term not exceeding twelve months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory

 

maximum, or to both;

 

(c)    

on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to imprisonment

 

for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the

 

statutory maximum, or to both.’.

 

 
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