NOTICES OF AMENDMENTS
given up to and including
Friday 14th October 2005
New Amendments handed in are marked thus *
CONSIDERATION OF BILL
IDENTITY CARDS BILL, AS AMENDED
NEW CLAUSE
Procedure for procurement of the Register
Mr Mark Todd
NC1
To move the following Clause:—
'(1) The Secretary of State must not make an order containing (with or without other provision) any provision for procurement of the Register unless—
| (a) | a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House; and |
| (b) | each of the resolutions for approving the draft was agreed more than 60 days after the day on which the draft was laid before the House in question. |
(2) No draft order containing provision for procurement of the Register 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; |
| (i) | the Secretary of State's reasons for making the proposal, |
| (ii) | the costs and benefits of establishing and maintaining the Register, |
| (iii) | the calculations underlying assumptions on likely savings, and |
| (iv) | the methodologies relating to risk analysis and management control in respect of information technology; |
| (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. |
(3) An approval given in either House satisfies the requirements of subsection (2)(c) only if it was given in that House on the first occasion on which a motion for the approval of the proposal was made in that House by a Minister of the Crown after—
| (a) | the laying of the report; or |
| (b) | if more than one report containing that proposal has been laid before that House, the laying of the one laid most recently. |
(4) In reckoning a period of 60 days for the purposes of subsection (1), no account shall be taken of a day for which—
| (a) | Parliament is dissolved or prorogued; or |
| (b) | the House in question is adjourned as part of an adjournment of more than four days.'. |
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
21
*Page 1, line 2 [Clause 1], leave out from beginning to end of line 4 and insert—
| | | 'National Passport Register |
(1) It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State to establish and maintain a register of individuals to whom passports are issued (to be known as "the National Passport Register").'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
22
*Page 1, line 7 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (3) and insert—
'(3) The statutory 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 purpose of issuing passports.'.
Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Ben Wallace
8
Page 1, line 10 [Clause 1], after 'others', insert 'who reasonably require proof'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
23
*Page 1, line 14 [Clause 1], leave out subsection (4).
Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Ben Wallace
9
Page 1, line 16 [Clause 1], leave out from beginning to end of line 6 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 provision of—
"serious crime" means crime giving rise to an offence triable only on indictment.'.
Mr Edward GarnierPatrick Mercer
Mr Ben Wallace
Mr Tobias Ellwood
6
Page 1, line 16 [Clause 1], leave out paragraph (a).
Mr Neil Gerrard
18
*Page 1, line 21 [Clause 1], at end insert—
| '(fc) | No order shall be made under sub-paragraph (fb)(i) unless a draft of the order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.'. |
Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Ben Wallace
10
Page 2, line 1 [Clause 1], leave out 'prevention or'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
24
*Page 2, line 1 [Clause 1], after second 'of', insert 'serious'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
25
*Page 2, line 8 [Clause 1], at end insert 'and
| (aa) | an address at which he can be contacted.'. |
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
26
*Page 2, line 9 [Clause 1], leave out paragraphs (b) to (i).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
27
*Page 2, line 15 [Clause 1], leave out paragraph (f).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
28
*Page 2, line 16 [Clause 1], after 'numbers', insert 'recordable under Schedule 1(4)(1)'.
Mr Secretary Clarke
1
Page 2, line 20 [Clause 1], at end insert—
'(5A) But the registrable facts falling within subsection (5) (g) do 'not include any sensitive personal data (within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c.29)) or anything the disclosure of which would tend to reveal such data.'.
Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Ben Wallace
11
Page 2, line 38 [Clause 1], leave out '16' and insert '18'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
30
*Page 3, line 5 [Clause 2], leave out 'or'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
31
*Page 3, line 6 [Clause 2], leave out paragraph (c).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
32
*Page 3, line 7 [Clause 2], 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 Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
33
*Page 3, line 8 [Clause 2], leave out subsection (4).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
34
*Page 3, line 18 [Clause 2], leave out subsection (6).
Mr Edward Garnier
Patrick Mercer
Mr Tobias Ellwood
Mr Ben Wallace
12
Page 3, line 18 [Clause 2], leave out subsections (6) and (7).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
35
*Page 3, line 23 [Clause 2], at end insert—
'(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.'. |
Mr Neil Gerrard
John McDonnell
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Mr Michael Clapham
Mrs Ann Cryer
Ms Diane Abbott
5
Page 4, line 42 [Clause 5], leave out 'must' and insert 'may, if the applicant so chooses'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
39
*Page 5, line 17 [Clause 5], at end insert ', provided that the specified place is no further than 20 miles by road to the nearest point on the public road network to the individual's place of residence'.
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
36
*Page 5, line 18 [Clause 5], leave out paragraph (b).
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Mr Mark Oaten
Tim Farron
37
*Page 5, line 18 [Clause 5], leave out ', and other biometric information about himself,'.
