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House of Commons

Tuesday 6 July 2010

Public Bill Committee

New Amendments handed in are marked thus

Amendments which will comply with the required notice period at their next appearance

Identity Documents Bill

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Note

The Amendments have been arranged in accordance with the Order of the

Committee [29 June].

New Clauses

Passport fees for holders of ID cards

Meg Hillier

NC1

To move the following Clause:—

‘If a person to whom an ID card has been issued applies for a new passport before

the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this Act is

passed, the fee charged for the passport shall be reduced by £30.’.

ID cards issued to airside workers

Meg Hillier

NC2

To move the following Clause:—

‘(1)	The Secretary of State must take such steps as he considers appropriate to ensure

that work undertaken at Manchester Airport and London City Airport before the

passing of this Act on the assessment of the benefits for airport security of secure

identity documents is completed.

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(2)	The Secretary of State must lay before both Houses of Parliament a report on—

(a)	the outcome of the work referred to in subsection (1), and

(b)	the measures the Secretary of State proposes to implement arising from

it.

(3)	Any ID card issued to an airside worker under the critical workers scheme, which

is valid immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, shall continue to

be valid until the report referred to in subsection (2) has been laid.’.

ID cards issued to transgendered persons

Meg Hillier

NC3

To move the following Clause:—

‘Any ID card issued to a transgendered person, which is valid immediately before

the day on which this Act is passed, shall continue to be valid until the Secretary

of State has laid before both Houses of Parliament a report to the effect that the

Secretary of State is satisfied that an identity document in the assigned gender is

available for issue to a transgendered person.’.

Damian Green

That certain written evidence already reported to the House be appended to the

procedings of the Committee.

Order of the House [9 June 2010]

That the following provisions shall apply to the Identity Documents Bill:

Committal

1.	The Bill shall be committed to a Public Bill Committee.

Proceedings in Public Bill Committee

2.	Proceedings in the Public Bill Committee shall (so far as not previously

concluded) be brought to a conclusion on Thursday 8 July 2010.

3.	The Public Bill Committee shall have leave to sit twice on the first day on

which it meets.

Consideration and Third Reading

4.	Proceedings on consideration shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion one hour before the moment of interruption on the

day on which those proceedings are commenced.

5.	Proceedings on Third Reading shall (so far as not previously concluded) be

brought to a conclusion at the moment of interruption on that day.

6.	Standing Order No. 83B (Programming committees) shall not apply to

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proceedings on consideration and Third Reading.

Other proceedings

7.	Any other proceedings on the Bill (including any proceedings on

consideration of Lords Amendments or on any further messages from the

Lords) may be programmed.

Order of the Committee [29 June 2010]

That—

(1)	the Committee shall (in addition to its first meeting at 10.30 am on Tuesday

29 June) meet—

(a)	at 4.00 pm on Tuesday 29 June;

(b)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 1 July;

(c)	at 10.30 am and 4.00 pm on Tuesday 6 July;

(d)	at 9.00 am and 1.00 pm on Thursday 8 July;

(2)	the Committee shall hear oral evidence in accordance with the following

Table:

	Date	Time	Witnesses
	Tuesday 29 June	Until no later than	Justice and Liberty
		12.30 pm
	Tuesday 29 June	Until no later than	Manchester Airport
		5.30 pm	and Angela Epstein

(3)	proceedings on consideration of the Bill in Committee shall be taken in the

following order: Clauses 1 to 12; the Schedule; Clauses 13 and 14; new

Clauses; new Schedules; remaining proceedings on the Bill;

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

conclusion at 5.00 pm on Thursday 8 July.

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Revised 6 July 2010