Proceeding contribution from Earl of Erroll (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Monday, 1 November 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee proceeding on Identity Documents Bill.

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It may assist the Committee at the next of the stage of the Bill if I say that subsection (3), which the Government may look at again, is probably otiose. It is only an offence for person P, with improper intention, to have in P’s possession. The defence just stated was ““not with improper intention””. A carer trying to collect a parcel has no improper intention. It means that either we have ““improper intention”” wrong or subsection (3) is otiose. I still believe that this should be taken back so that people can think about it.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 721 c35GC
Session: 2010-12
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords Grand Committee
Subjects: Compensation Aviation Costs Airports Fraud Identity cards Personation Staff National identity register Proof of identity Passports Travel Security
Legislation: Identity Documents Bill 2010-12
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