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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Featherstone (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 11 October 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Protection of Freedoms Bill.


Protection of Freedoms Bill

I shall come on to that because it is a complicated matter to discuss—there is ““regulated””, ““unregulated””, ““supervised””, ““unsupervised”” and so on. Obviously, if an activity is unsupervised, it is regulated, so I shall come on to the issues of supervision. In an establishment such as a school, it will be difficult to persuade authorities not to pursue enhanced CRB checks. The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) argued that if a referral to the ISA had not been referred to the police, the barring information would not be on the certificate. On the matter, it would be helpful if I could progress with my remarks. We disagreed in Committee and I have no doubt that we will end up disagreeing today as well, but I want to assure the House that we are acting with the best of intentions and drawing the line where we believe appropriate. As I said, bars from working with children or vulnerable groups apply to regulated activity, so it does not make sense—


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
533 c234 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Children Disclosure of information Civil liberties Counter-terrorism Criminal records CCTV Crime prevention Criminal investigation DNA Protection Property transfer Vetting Vulnerable adults Surveillance Taxation Voluntary work Remand in custody Criminal Records Bureau Independent Safeguarding Authority
Legislation
Protection of Freedoms Bill 2010-12
Link
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