Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 20 November 2007, in the House of Lords, led by Lord Davies of Oldham.

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Lords statement on the breach of procedures which led to personal data relating to child benefit from Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs going missing.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 696 c759-73
Session: 2007-08
Department: Treasury
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Related items: Revenue and Customs: Data Loss
Wednesday, 5 December 2007
Oral questions
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions: Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c772 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, on the latter point, the TNT courier service was used for this delivery. It will be recogn...; Lord Northbrook | 696 c772 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, can the noble Lord answer the question that I posed earlier about whether disks are the mo...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c771-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to my noble friend for putting that issue in context. There have been cuts i...; Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 696 c773 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have been assured that there are strict procedures to prevent data leaking into unautho...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c773 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the review will look at this department’s procedures and at any lessons that can be learnt...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c773 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that issue will certainly be considered by the review, but I think that encrypted disks wi...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 696 c769 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I remind the House that the limited time of 20 minutes for Back-Bench interventions is for...; Lord Skelmersdale | 696 c769 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, one good thing to come out of this disgraceful incident is that child benefit will continu...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c769 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, that is a very important question which we expect the review to look at very closely. It m...; Lord Christopher | 696 c769 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have had 40 years of close connection with the Revenue department, 10 of which I was in ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c769-70 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the House will recognise the almost unrivalled experience of the relevant department that ...; Baroness O'Cathain | 696 c770 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have two questions for the Minister. The Statement from the Chancellor of the Exchequer ...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c770 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the question of where the buck stops is quite clear. HMRC is operationally independent; th...; Lord Northbourne | 696 c771 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Chancellor was informed of this serious incident on 10 November. Does the noble Lord a...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c771 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I sought to reply earlier on the question of the length of time. The noble Lord will recog...; Lord Barnett | 696 c771 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is clearly an appalling lapse by officials in the department concerned. I am prepared...; Lord Newby | 696 c765-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we thank the Minister for repeating the Chancellor’s Statement on this sorry tale. I am af...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c767-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lords for the points they have made. The noble Baroness has acc...; Lord Davies of Oldham | 696 c759-63 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall repeat a Statement made by my right honourable friend...; Baroness Noakes | 696 c763-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for repeating the Statement. This is a sorry tale of incompetence and...; Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe | 696 c772 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, was involved in the HMRC Bill, during whose passage confidentiality issues were de...; Lord Skelmersdale | 696 c773 (Link to this contribution) My Lords—
Subjects: Child benefit Data protection Criminal investigation Bank services Fraud Personal records Lost property Postal services National Audit Office Security Resignations Revenue and Customs Courier services Gray, Paul
Contains statistics: Yes
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