New Clause 1
Serious Crime Bill
11:30 am
James Brokenshire (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Hornchurch, Conservative)
As the hon. Gentleman has explained, this provision is intended to prevent data mining. The Minister was keen to correct me as soon as I used the words data mining, saying that that was not the intention of the Bill and that it was about data matching rather than data mining. In the context of the remarks of the hon. Member for Taunton and the Minister’s clear desire to ensure that there is no confusion between mining and matching, I look forward with interest to the Minister’s comments on the new clause.