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Proceeding contribution from Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 5 March 2008. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill.


Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill

I am grateful to the noble Earl for that intervention, but the point relates to Section 55(2)(d) of the Data Protection Act 1998, under which subsection (1) does not apply when a person shows, "““that in the particular circumstances the obtaining, disclosing or procuring was justified as being in the public interest””." The point that has been put by media representatives is that that is not sufficiently broad. That is the matter that we will discuss with them.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
699 c1116-7 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection Criminal proceedings Administration of justice Crimes of violence Defamation Blasphemy Debt collection Personal records Privacy Young offenders Christianity Self-defence
Legislation
Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill 2006-07 to 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk