Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 February 1990. It was answered by Peter Lloyd (Conservative) on Monday, 19 February 1990 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Written question

Question

To make it policy to include provisons in Computer Misuse Bill to promote safeguards to ensure that information stored in a DNA databank would not be open to misuse.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

167 c595W;167 c601W

Session

1989-90

Subjects

Data protection Databases Genetics Personal records Information retrieval

Legislation

Data Protection Act 1984

Computer Misuse Bill 1989/90