Clause 22 - Power to authorise other uses of information
Identity Cards Bill
11:15 am
Mr Des Browne (Minister of State (Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism), Home Office; Kilmarnock and Loudoun, Labour)
I shall be brief, because I have rehearsed in earlier contributions many of the arguments that would have been relevant on clause stand part.
I have given an undertaking to the Committee to consider the possibility of adding a duty to consult persons who are likely to be affected by the order. I will also consider whether it is possible to insert a reference to provide that information falling under paragraph 9 of schedule 1 could be supplied for purposes connected with the prevention or detection of serious crime, which is a qualification that applies otherwise.
The breadth and width of the clause in relation to bodies outwith the United Kingdom, which the hon. Gentleman identifies is, in my reading of the clause, entirely possible.
Question put and agreed to.
Clause 22 ordered to stand part of the Bill.