Clause 1 - The National Identity Register
Identity Cards Bill
4:30 pm
Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East, Labour)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following amendments: No. 3, in page 1, line 17, leave out 'prevention or'.
No. 4, in page 1, line 17, after second 'of', insert 'serious'.
No. 5, in page 2, line 3, leave out from first 'of' to end of line 4 and insert
'establishing entitlement to a particular public service'.
No. 43, in clause 8, page 7, line 8, leave out 'and'.
No. 44, in page 7, line 10, at end insert
'and
(c) is issued for the following purposes only—
(i) to assist the in preventing or detecting terrorist acts in the United Kingdom or elsewhere or otherwise in the interests of national security;
(ii) to assist the Secretary of State in preventing or detecting serious crime;
(iii) the purposes of controlling illegal immigration and enforcing immigration controls;
(iv) the purpose of securing proper provision of the following public services, namely—
(a) healthcare,
(b) housing,
(c) education,
(d) social security benefits.
(1A) In subsection (1)(c)(ii), ''serious crime'' has the same meaning as in section 1(1A).'.
No. 120, in clause 43, page 37, line 23, after first 'crime', insert
'(other than in section 1(4A))'.