Clause 3 - Information recorded in Register
Identity Cards Bill
6:15 pm
Mr Des Browne (Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office; Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
With respect to the hon. Gentleman, I have given him examples. If I brought an IT expert here to explain all the technical details and information, I suspect that the explanation would be longer than the Bill. Much of the technical information would require a significant explanation. We sought to make the provision generalised. I gave a clear example and a clear undertaking that the information concerned is just technical data for the operational functioning, maintenance and security of the system. I trust that that will be sufficient for the Committee and I invite the hon. Gentleman to withdraw his amendment.