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SUPPLEMENT TO THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS

 
 

Wednesday 15 September 2010

 

Report Stage Proceedings

 

Identity Documents Bill


 

New Clauses

 

Identity documents for transgendered persons

 

Julie Hilling

 

Meg Hillier

 

Withdrawn  NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

This section applies to a person who—

 

(a)    

is a transgendered person,

 

(b)    

has not been issued with a gender recognition certificate, and

 

(c)    

is living in both the birth gender and the acquired gender.

 

(2)    

The Secretary of State must make arrangements for the issue to any person falling

 

within subsection (1), on the application of that person, of two copies of a

 

passport or some other form of identity document of comparable standing, one in

 

the birth gender of the person and the other in the acquired gender.

 

(3)    

The form of the document referred to in subsection (2) shall be prescribed in

 

regulations made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument, which shall be

 

subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

 

(4)    

Any ID card issued to a person falling within subsection (1) shall

 

(notwithstanding section 2(2)) remain valid until it expires, or until the

 

requirement in subsection (2) is satisfied, whichever is the earlier, and section

 

2(3) shall not apply in relation to any cardholder who is a person falling within

 

subsection (1).’.

 



 
 

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Identity Documents Bill, continued

 
 

Passport fees for holders of ID cards

 

Meg Hillier

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Julie Hilling

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Steve McCabe

 

Negatived on division  NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

This section applies to a person (“P”) who—

 

(a)    

held a valid ID card on the day on which this Act was passed, and

 

(b)    

paid a fee for the card.

 

(2)    

On the first occasion after the passing of this Act on which P applies for a

 

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

 


 

Airport security

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Meg Hillier

 

Not selected  NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State must take such steps as the Secretary of State considers

 

appropriate to ensure the completion of 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 government identity documents.’.

 


 

Transfer of information from National Identity Register to Identity and Passport Service

 

Meg Hillier

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Julie Hilling

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Steve McCabe

 

Negatived on division  NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘The Secretary of State must ensure that any information recorded in the National

 

Identity Register which—

 

(a)    

relates to a person (“P”) who has indicated that P wishes to retain P’s

 

identity card until its expiry date, and

 

(b)    

is relevant to an application by P for a passport,


 
 

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Identity Documents Bill, continued

 
 

is transferred to the Identity and Passport Service.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  1

 

Page  1,  line  9  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘(with consequential amendments) by this Act’

 

and insert ‘by this Act (with consequential amendments and, in the case of section 38, also

 

with minor amendments)’.

 

Meg Hillier

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Julie Hilling

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Steve McCabe

 

Not called  5

 

Page  1,  line  16  [Clause  2],  leave out from ‘day’ to end of line 10 on page 2 and

 

insert ‘will remain valid until their expiry date.’.

 


 

Julie Hilling

 

Meg Hillier

 

Not called  7

 

Page  2,  line  12  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘(7)    

This section is subject to section [Identity documents for transgendered

 

persons].’.

 

Meg Hillier

 

Catherine McKinnell

 

Julie Hilling

 

Grahame M. Morris

 

Shabana Mahmood

 

Steve McCabe

 

Not called  6

 

Page  2,  line  13,  leave out Clause 3.

 

Steve McCabe

 

Bridget Phillipson

 

Not called  8

 

Page  2,  line  16  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

The Secretary of State must, before the end of the period of four months

 

beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, present to Parliament a report

 

identifying the information destroyed in accordance with subsection (1).’.

 



 
 

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Identity Documents Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  2

 

Page  5,  line  24  [Clause  10],  leave out subsections (1) to (3) and insert—

 

‘(1)    

This section applies where it appears to the Secretary of State that a person within

 

subsection (4) may have information that could be used—

 

(a)    

for verifying information provided to the Secretary of State for the

 

purposes of, or in connection with, an application for the issue of a

 

passport, or

 

(b)    

for determining whether to withdraw an individual’s passport.

 

(2)    

For the purpose of making the verification or determination mentioned in

 

subsection (1)(a) or (b), the Secretary of State may require the person within

 

subsection (4) to provide the Secretary of State with the information by a date

 

specified in the requirement.’.

 


 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  3

 

Page  6,  line  2  [Clause  10],  leave out ‘of relevant information to the Secretary of

 

State’ and insert ‘to the Secretary of State of information that could be used as mentioned

 

in subsection (1)(a) or (b)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Agreed to  4

 

Page  6,  line  16  [Clause  10],  at end insert—

 

‘(8A)    

In a case within subsection (1)(a) where a passport is issued, information

 

provided in accordance with this section must be destroyed no later than 28 days

 

after the passport is issued.

 

(8B)    

In a case within subsection (1)(b) where a passport is not withdrawn, information

 

provided in accordance with this section must be destroyed no later than 28 days

 

after the determination is made not to withdraw the passport.

 

(8C)    

Subsections (8A) and (8B) do not apply in a case where it appears to the Secretary

 

of State to be desirable to retain the information for the purpose of—

 

(a)    

preventing or detecting crime, or

 

(b)    

apprehending or prosecuting offenders.’.

 

Bill read the third time, and passed.

 


 
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