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HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceAt the moment, this technology is being deployed only by the South Wales police and the Metropolitan police. However, as I explained earlier, where the police do have a wanted,…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceThe hon. Gentleman is quite right to raise concerns about the framework, and I will have to get back to him on whether the strategy has been updated. I do not think that it has,…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceOf course I will. I recognise the possible controversy that my hon. Friend points to. As I say, in the trials and deployments thus far there is no evidence of bias either way that…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important point. The British people want to see the technology used, as he rightly says, in a proportionate way. It is certainly the intention…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceIt is definitely the case that in a world where identification technology of all types is accelerating, one of the challenges we face is the preservation of our privacy, and there…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceI can absolutely give that assurance. The police, who are of course operationally independent and have devised the system themselves, have reassured me that there is, first, no…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceMy hon. Friend highlights an extremely important opportunity for us. As he quite rightly points out, many, many people go missing every year. Some people want to disappear for…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceThe right hon. Lady is right to say that the police must deploy technology so as to increase the trust of those they seek to protect, rather than to diminish it. We certainly…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceThe identification of individuals at large, by any method, is a standard policing technique—whether it is done by a human, a machine or, indeed, a member of the public—so…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceIn his usual pithy manner, my right hon. Friend puts his finger on the button. As Members will know, the police have used facial recognition since their establishment. There is an…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceMy hon. Friend raises an extremely important and useful point. He is quite right that the acceleration of technology needs to be embraced by the House in a way that perhaps it has…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceI understand that that specific issue has been raised with the Metropolitan police, and they have made it clear that nobody will be required to remove their niqab or other facial…27 Jan 2020HANSARD Automated Facial Recognition SurveillanceAs I understand it, the use of this technology in such circumstances would be illegal, and we are the guardians of what is legal in this country.27 Jan 2020HANSARD UK-US Extradition AgreementMay I start by congratulating my right hon. Friend the Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) on securing this debate? He has long been a sentinel on the watchtower of our…23 Jan 2020HANSARDCollege of Policing: Annual Report and AccountsI am today publishing the 2018-19 annual report and accounts for the College of Policing Ltd (HC 48). This will be laid before the House and published on www.gov.uk. The report…23 Jan 2020HANSARDPolice Funding 2020-21My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary has today laid before the House the Police Grant Report (England and Wales) 2020-21 (HC 51) for the approval of the House. The report sets…22 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportYes—my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State reassures me that we will absolutely keep a watching brief. The early signs are that the new protocol is having a beneficial…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Reportindicated dissent .21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportA national improvement plan is being created for the sector by the National Fire Chiefs Council and will build on the work of its central programme office, the fire standards…21 Jan 2020HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 ReportNo one in this House will ever forget the tragic events that unfolded in the early hours of 14 June 2017 or the 72 people who lost their lives in the most appalling circumstances.…21 Jan 2020