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HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)New clause 16 would amend section 40 of the Data Protection Act 2018, allowing police services to share unredacted data with the Crown Prosecution Service when it is making a…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I will speak in more detail about my more general views on the oversight of biometrics, particularly their private use, when we come to new clauses 13, 14 and 15. However, as I…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Clause 106 will primarily increase the scope of the Forensic Information Databases Strategy Board to provide oversight of the national fingerprint database. However, there are…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)Okay, I will wait for the next Question. Thank you for your guidance, Mr Hollobone.23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)It has been a real pleasure to represent His Majesty’s loyal Opposition in the scrutiny of the Bill. I thank the Minister for his courteous manner, all members of the Committee…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship once again, Mr Hollobone. The clauses that restructure the Information Commissioner’s Office are among those that the Opposition are…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)A wider range of biometric data is now being collected than ever before. From data on the way we walk and talk to the facial expressions we make, biometric data is now being…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Eighth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 117, in clause 79, page 104, line 32, leave out from the beginning to end of line 38 on page 105. I begin by re-emphasising my overarching support for…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I understand that amendments 49 to 51 primarily remove the option for subscribers or users to object to or disable an update or software for security reasons. As techUK has…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I am grateful for the Minister’s answer. I beg to ask leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment , by leave , withdrawn.23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)The new clause and accompanying amendment seek to expedite work on consultation in relation to the measures in this part. It makes sense that consultation can begin before the…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Paisley, and I too welcome you to the Committee. As I have said more than once in our discussions, in many cases the burden of…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)On a point of order, Mr Paisley. I would like to correct the record regarding my comments on clause 13, which appear in column 148 of the Committee proceedings in Hansard for…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I appreciate the Minister’s comments and the Government change involving the CMA, but we simply do not believe that that is worth putting into law. We just do not know the full…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I beg to move amendment 116, in clause 79, page 101, line 15, leave out “making improvements to the service” and insert “making changes to the service which are intended to…23 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Seventh sitting)I spoke in detail about my issues with the clause during our debates on amendments 116 and 117, but overall I commend the Government’s intention to explore ways to end cookie…23 May 2023HANSARD Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) BillI am pleased to speak in this important debate in support of Lords amendments 4 and 5 to the minimum service levels Bill. As a proud member of a trade union, I refer the House to…22 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I will speak to each of the relevant clauses in turn. On clause 34, I am satisfied that the clarification that the Information Commissioner can require documents as well as…18 May 2023HANSARDData Protection and Digital Information (No. 2) Bill (Fifth sitting)I will focus most of my remarks on the group on clauses 39 and 40, as clause 41 and schedule 8 contain mostly consequential provisions, as the Minister outlined. There are two…18 May 2023