Clause 42
Statistics and Registration Service Bill
9:45 am
Mark Hoban (Shadow Minister, Treasury; Fareham, Conservative)
I beg to move amendment No. 170, in clause 42, page 18, line 36, leave out from ‘other’ to end of line 38.
This is another probing amendment on the ability of data to be released and shared, in this case between Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the board. I understand why the clause states:
“Subsection (1) does not authorise the disclosure of personal information”.
It then gives the exemption:
“other than personal information relating to the import or export of goods to or from the United Kingdom.”
I should be grateful to the Financial Secretary if he could explain why we need the exemption and why he seeks to qualify the general position on authorisation by reference to the subset of information that is collected by Revenue and Customs.