moved Amendment No. 121:"Page 39, line 18, at beginning insert ““Subject to section (Commencement: report on costs and benefits),””" On Question, amendment agreed to.

moved Amendment No. 121:"Page 39, line 18, at beginning insert ““Subject to section (Commencement: report on costs and benefits),””" On Question, amendment agreed to.

My Lords, I am sorry, I am totally tone-deaf and I cannot really dance. But I did win the dancing prize for waltz at my prep school with Francis Woodhouse, who could only go backwards and I could only go forwards. Taking that as a guide, and listening to what has been said, I cannot agree...

My Lords, I am sorry, I am totally tone-deaf and I cannot really dance. But I did win the dancing prize for waltz at my prep school with Francis Woodhouse, who could only go backwards and I could only go forwards. Taking that as a guide, and listening to what has been said, I cannot agree...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his kind invitation. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, although salutations of that sort do not normally come at this stage. But I welcome them gratefully from the noble Lord. The short answer to ““the Identity Cards Bill”” is that that is...

My Lords, I thank the noble Lord for his kind invitation. I also thank the noble Lord, Lord Thomas of Gresford, although salutations of that sort do not normally come at this stage. But I welcome them gratefully from the noble Lord. The short answer to ““the Identity Cards Bill”” is that that is...

My Lords, I was intrigued that my noble friend seemed able to find a new way of trying to alter the Title of a Bill as I was aware that one was unable, by ordinary amendments, to change the Title itself. The noble Lord has delivered an opportunity to the Government to...

My Lords, I was intrigued that my noble friend seemed able to find a new way of trying to alter the Title of a Bill as I was aware that one was unable, by ordinary amendments, to change the Title itself. The noble Lord has delivered an opportunity to the Government to...

My Lords, I am an inadequate replacement for the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. Perhaps I may pay tribute to him at the end of this Report stage for his indefatigable work on the Bill. He has pursued the Government into all sorts of labyrinthine mechanisms during its passage, almost accepting its principle. I couple...

My Lords, I am an inadequate replacement for the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. Perhaps I may pay tribute to him at the end of this Report stage for his indefatigable work on the Bill. He has pursued the Government into all sorts of labyrinthine mechanisms during its passage, almost accepting its principle. I couple...

moved Amendment No. 120A:"Page 39, line 15, leave out ““Cards”” and insert ““Register””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, this is probably an extraordinarily simple amendment, but it has an ulterior motive that is absolutely clear. I want to try to get us back on the right track. Identity cards for some purposes are...

moved Amendment No. 120A:"Page 39, line 15, leave out ““Cards”” and insert ““Register””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, this is probably an extraordinarily simple amendment, but it has an ulterior motive that is absolutely clear. I want to try to get us back on the right track. Identity cards for some purposes are...

My Lords, as always I am grateful to the Minister and I am sorry that I had to raise that nasty question. It sounds to me as though authority is more authoritative. I will read; I do not think that that makes me a happy legislator and maybe in the course of considering whether an...

My Lords, as always I am grateful to the Minister and I am sorry that I had to raise that nasty question. It sounds to me as though authority is more authoritative. I will read; I do not think that that makes me a happy legislator and maybe in the course of considering whether an...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. I am conscious that this is our last amendment to debate on the Bill today and that the House wishes to move on to other business. I shall further consider the Government’s position and reflect on how I might wish to develop the matter once...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for her reply. I am conscious that this is our last amendment to debate on the Bill today and that the House wishes to move on to other business. I shall further consider the Government’s position and reflect on how I might wish to develop the matter once...

moved Amendment No. 123:"After Clause 45, insert the following new clause—" ““COMMENCEMENT: REPORT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS (1)   No provision of this Act, except sections 38, 39, 45 and this section, shall be brought into force until the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a report in accordance with subsection (2) and that report has been...

moved Amendment No. 123:"After Clause 45, insert the following new clause—" ““COMMENCEMENT: REPORT ON COSTS AND BENEFITS (1)   No provision of this Act, except sections 38, 39, 45 and this section, shall be brought into force until the Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a report in accordance with subsection (2) and that report has been...

moved Amendment No. 122:"Page 39, line 18, after ““section”” insert ““, section (Commencement: report on costs and benefits),””" On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No. 122A not moved.]

moved Amendment No. 122:"Page 39, line 18, after ““section”” insert ““, section (Commencement: report on costs and benefits),””" On Question, amendment agreed to. [Amendment No. 122A not moved.]

My Lords, it seems to me that the amendment is merely trying to define that the civil servants who will be giving out the information should act in a particular way; it leaves the Secretary of State to lay that down quite clearly. As good civil servants do not act...

My Lords, it seems to me that the amendment is merely trying to define that the civil servants who will be giving out the information should act in a particular way; it leaves the Secretary of State to lay that down quite clearly. As good civil servants do not act...

My Lords, I support the intentions behind the noble Lord’s amendment, although I do not support the way in which he is going about it. I certainly agree with him that it is important that there is clarity in the Bill with regard to proportionality. Here, we are trying to get at the...

My Lords, I support the intentions behind the noble Lord’s amendment, although I do not support the way in which he is going about it. I certainly agree with him that it is important that there is clarity in the Bill with regard to proportionality. Here, we are trying to get at the...

My Lords, I am thankful for the Minister’s remarks. To clear up one legal point that she raised, I beg to differ with her on the Carltona decision and the reference in the relevant clause to civil servants. I do not believe that ““persons”” here refers to individual civil servants. It is a...

My Lords, I am thankful for the Minister’s remarks. To clear up one legal point that she raised, I beg to differ with her on the Carltona decision and the reference in the relevant clause to civil servants. I do not believe that ““persons”” here refers to individual civil servants. It is a...

My Lords, I think that the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, pre-shadowed my response to why this is unnecessary. I have to tell the noble Lord that Bob is my grandfather, my uncle, my brother and my nephew, so as far as that is concerned, we think that the Human Rights Act...

My Lords, I think that the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, pre-shadowed my response to why this is unnecessary. I have to tell the noble Lord that Bob is my grandfather, my uncle, my brother and my nephew, so as far as that is concerned, we think that the Human Rights Act...

moved Amendment No. 74A:"Page 21, line 17, at end insert—" ““(   )   The Secretary of State must not process sensitive personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29) in connection with an individual’s entry in the Register without the consent of that individual.”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, the amendment seeks clarification...

moved Amendment No. 74A:"Page 21, line 17, at end insert—" ““(   )   The Secretary of State must not process sensitive personal data within the meaning of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29) in connection with an individual’s entry in the Register without the consent of that individual.”” The noble Baroness said: My Lords, the amendment seeks clarification...

moved Amendments Nos. 73 and 74:"Page 21, line 6, leave out ““by the prescribed person in the prescribed manner”” and insert ““in the prescribed manner by the person specified in or determined under the regulations””""Page 21, line 17, at end insert—" ““(   )   A power of the Secretary of State under any of sections 19 to 22 to provide information about...

moved Amendments Nos. 73 and 74:"Page 21, line 6, leave out ““by the prescribed person in the prescribed manner”” and insert ““in the prescribed manner by the person specified in or determined under the regulations””""Page 21, line 17, at end insert—" ““(   )   A power of the Secretary of State under any of sections 19 to 22 to provide information about...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. As I explained, this was for clarification. Most people who have not been involved with every line and word of this Bill would have thought a photograph could not bring offence by bearing sensitive personal data, but people have written to me who are...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister. As I explained, this was for clarification. Most people who have not been involved with every line and word of this Bill would have thought a photograph could not bring offence by bearing sensitive personal data, but people have written to me who are...

My Lords, I shall be very happy to seek to do so. The noble Baroness is right to refer to the content of the letter and the reasons we have set out. It is important just to run through what ““sensitive data”” means, because it emphasises why a photograph could arguably...

My Lords, I shall be very happy to seek to do so. The noble Baroness is right to refer to the content of the letter and the reasons we have set out. It is important just to run through what ““sensitive data”” means, because it emphasises why a photograph could arguably...

moved Amendment No. 72D:"Page 20, line 35, at end insert ““; and" (c)   requiring the persons referred to in paragraph (b) to act reasonably and proportionately in providing information under sections 19 to 22”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I can move this amendment very quickly. Clause 23, to which it refers, sets out the rules for providing...

moved Amendment No. 72D:"Page 20, line 35, at end insert ““; and" (c)   requiring the persons referred to in paragraph (b) to act reasonably and proportionately in providing information under sections 19 to 22”” The noble Lord said: My Lords, I can move this amendment very quickly. Clause 23, to which it refers, sets out the rules for providing...

moved Amendment No. 72:"Page 19, line 43, leave out ““for being”” and insert ““to be””" On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 22 [Power to authorise provision of information in other circumstances]: [Amendment No. 72A not moved.] [Amendments Nos. 72B and 72C had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] Clause 23 [Rules for providing information without individual’s consent]:

moved Amendment No. 72:"Page 19, line 43, leave out ““for being”” and insert ““to be””" On Question, amendment agreed to. Clause 22 [Power to authorise provision of information in other circumstances]: [Amendment No. 72A not moved.] [Amendments Nos. 72B and 72C had been withdrawn from the Marshalled List.] Clause 23 [Rules for providing information without individual’s consent]: