Clause 25 - Credit information services
Consumer Credit Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Laurence Robertson (Shadow Minister, Economic Affairs; Tewkesbury, Conservative)
I am grateful to my hon. Friend. Some people can deal with those situations, although that does not mean that it is not stressful, time-consuming and costly for them. However, other people are unable to deal with such problems.
The Data Protection Act 1998 gives people the right to find out what is on their record. However, as I found out, it is difficult to get the record changed—even for someone as bolshy as I am. There must be some form of redress if demonstrably wrong information is being released. That is the mischief that I seek to remove with the amendment.