Clause 22 - Power to authorise other uses of information
Identity Cards Bill
10:45 am
Mr Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Assistant Chief Whip, Whips; Cotswold, Conservative)
I am getting more and more concerned. One might have been concerned about the provisions in clauses 20 and 21, but clause 22 is even more draconian. This is a case where the stricter provisions under clauses 20 and 21 do not apply and the purposes can be extended by order of the Secretary of State. The Minister has just given the example of ''for statistical purposes''. We are talking about matters without the individual's consent. Why on earth would anybody want to make an entry in the register without the individual's consent for statistical purposes? His example makes me even more worried about the clause.