Clause 2 - Individuals entered in Register
Identity Cards Bill
9:15 am
Jimmy Hood (Lanark and Hamilton East, Labour)
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments:
No. 17, in clause 2, page 3, line 15, leave out subsections (6) and (7).
No. 126, in clause 2, page 3, line 15, leave out subsection (6).
No. 18, in clause 2, page 3, line 20, at end add—
'(8) No draft order containing a provision that the Secretary of State is authorised to make by this section is to be laid before Parliament unless—
(a) the Secretary of State has prepared and published a report containing a proposal for the making of such provision;
(b) the report sets out the Secretary of State's reasons for making the proposal;
(c) the report has been laid before Parliament and each House has approved the proposal contained in the report, either with or without modifications; and
(d) the draft order gives effect to the proposal so far as approved by both Houses.'.