Letter dated 26/05/2023 from John Whittingdale MP to Stephanie Peacock MP regarding where the functions of the Biometrics Commissioner (BC) and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC) would move to, following abolition of the roles, as discussed during the Committee stage (eighth sitting) of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill 2022-23. 2p.

Letter dated 26/05/2023 from John Whittingdale MP to Stephanie Peacock MP regarding where the functions of the Biometrics Commissioner (BC) and Surveillance Camera Commissioner (SCC) would move to, following abolition of the roles, as discussed during the Committee stage (eighth sitting) of the Data Protection and Digital Information (No. 2)...

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board for 2021-22. This report covers the National DNA...

My rt hon Friend the Minister of State for Crime, Policing and Fire (Chris Philp) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:

I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board for 2021-22. This report covers the National DNA...

I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board for 2021-22. This report covers the National DNA Database and the National Fingerprints Database.

The Strategy Board Chair, DCC Ben Snuggs, has presented the Annual Report to the Home Secretary....

I am pleased to announce that I am, today, publishing the Annual Report of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board for 2021-22. This report covers the National DNA Database and the National Fingerprints Database.

The Strategy Board Chair, DCC Ben Snuggs, has presented the Annual Report to the Home Secretary....

Clauses 100 to 104 agreed to. Schedule 13 agreed to as amended. Clause 105, discussed with new clause 17 (Transfer of functions to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office), agreed to. Clause 106, discussed with new clause 8 (Processing of special categories of personal data: biometric data), agreed to. Clause 107 agreed to. Clause 108 agreed to as amended. Government new Clause 1 (General processing and codes of conduct agreed to). Government new clause 2 (Codes of conduct) agreed to. Government new clause 3 (Information disclosed by the Welsh Revenue Authority) agreed to. Government new clause 4 (Information disclosed by Revenue Scotland) agreed to. Government new clause 5 (Meaning of “appropriate national authority”) agreed to. Government new clause 6 (Special categories of personal data: elected representatives responding to requests) agreed to. Government new clause 7 (Pre-commencement consultation) agreed to. New clause 8 (Processing of special categories of personal data: biometric data) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 9 (Transparency in use of algorithmic tools) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 10 (Provision about representation of data subjects) negatived on division (4 votes to 9). New clause 11 (Privacy enhancing technologies) debated and withdrawn. New clause 13 (Oversight of biometric technology use by the Information Commission), discussed with new clause 14 (Requirement to register with the Information Commission), and new clause 15 (Private biometrics use prior to entry into force of the Act) debated and withdrawn. New clause 16 (Processing of data in relation to a case-file prepared by the police service for submission to the Crown Prosecution Service for a charging decision) debated and withdrawn. Bill, as amended, to be reported (Bill 314). Written evidence reported to the House.

Clauses 100 to 104 agreed to. Schedule 13 agreed to as amended. Clause 105, discussed with new clause 17 (Transfer of functions to the Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office), agreed to. Clause 106, discussed with new clause 8 (Processing of special categories of personal data: biometric data), agreed to. Clause 107...