Results 1-20 of 121 for id cards speaker:Baroness Scotland of Asthal

Offender Management Bill (24 Jul 2007)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: .... This clause was added to support the assurances that Ministers had already given that there were no immediate plans to open up this particularly sensitive area of work to non-public sector providers. Clause 12 provides a power to repeal this restriction, either in whole or in part, by means of secondary legislation. The affirmative resolution procedure applies to this power. The Lords...

Serious Crime Bill [HL] (30 Apr 2007)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I am very happy to provide clarification and to take up the suggestion of the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour. I hope I shall be able to do it as shortly as possible. I understand that an explanation would be helpful. The amendment of the noble Lords, Lord Dholakia and Lord Thomas of Gresford, would prevent the sharing of data which are contained in the national identity...

Police: DNA Database (8 Mar 2007)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, I am happy to do so. The noble Baroness is right; in terms of ID cards it was never our intention to include DNA. She will also remember that there was some suggestion that people could volunteer to put it on. We had an interesting debate about how that could be managed. No part of the Government's case was that DNA should be put on the identity card database.

Criminal Records: Backlog (10 Jan 2007)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...will greatly enhance our ability to get accurate information. As far as I am aware, not all countries take down passport details or other verifications. Many would say that if we had a proper ID card, many of these issues would be far simpler than they are now.

Economic Migration (EUC Report) (11 May 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...around the House who have commended the noble Lord, Lord Wright, on securing the debate and on the sterling work that he and his committee have done to bring this to fruition. It has given me considerable pleasure to have the advantage of listening to the debate, because I have enjoyed the really quite extraordinary experience of the Government being applauded all around the House in...

Crime: Closed Circuit Television (11 May 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...with the noble Baroness that it is important for us to get the best technology. The whole point of the review is to help us better to understand the specification that we need to get the best evidence. Blurred pictures that do not accurately identify those who can be identified do not help any of us. If we have the benefit of digital photographs, particularly when ID cards are introduced,...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Prisoners: Foreign Nationals (10 May 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...for verification. Electronic finger biometric details taken for prisoners in high security prisons are held on a stand-alone database. In Northern Ireland prisons biometric technology is used to identify individuals and control access to specific areas. Biometric images are kept within a secure IT database. The Identity Cards Act will enable biometric immigration documents to be designated...

Identity Cards Bill (29 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...to support his Motion. The Commons earlier today reaffirmed their view, for the fifth time, that those applying for a designated document should have their details entered on the national identity register and be issued with an ID card. As your Lordships are aware, this has been fundamental to the Government's approach in implementing the identity cards scheme, going back to our very first...

Identity Cards Bill (28 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...make the comments that I have to make. Then I will be more than happy to sit quietly and listen with the utmost care to every pearl of wisdom that drops from the noble Lord's mouth. In fact, the Identity Cards Bill has a specific prohibition in Clause 18 on any requirement to produce an identity card as the only proof of identity unless specific provision is made in future legislation that...

Identity Cards Bill (20 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...whether it could be postponed, because it is inherent in the "may" that this matter could be looked at again. Your Lordships will remember that we are bringing back legislation in the future to consider when this scheme should be made compulsory for everyone. At that stage there will be a consideration of those issues. Until then, the question is whether these documents need to be...

Identity Cards Bill (15 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...it responds, because it has the wisdom to agree with us. On other occasions, it has the audacity to disagree. It is entitled to its audaciousness because the people of this country elected it and did not elect us. Therefore it is entitled to have its say because, when the time comes, it is its Members—not us—who will go back to the country and say, "I plead for your vote", and...

Identity Cards Bill (15 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...of the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, amending Motion A. That would have the effect of reinstating Amendments Nos. 16 and 22, which would unpick the linkage between designated documents and identity cards. Amendment No. 22C is largely technical. It clarifies Clause 5 by adding, where it says that an application for a designated document, "must include an application to be entered on...

Identity Cards Bill (6 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...so, been predicated on a false premise. My noble friend is absolutely right; the criteria that will apply to the new biometric passports are very similar to the requirements that will apply to the ID card. I say that because it is very important for us to hold that at the forefront of our minds. When we debated this issue last, it was pointed out that passports are not, of course,...

Identity Cards Bill (6 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: My Lords, no one has that right, save and except the provisions which currently apply to security and other measures that are currently reflected for passports and the UK identity scheme. If noble Lords had their way, we would have the burden of the new system brought in by technology but we would not have the benefits. The benefits that we have put address the issues which have been properly...

Identity Cards Bill (6 Mar 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...on its Amendments Nos. 16 and 22, to which the Commons have disagreed for their reasons 16A and 22A. This House has behaved in such an exemplary way so far on Motions A, B and C that I am confident that that pattern will be followed on this Motion as well, especially bearing in mind that the other place has expressed itself so clearly on two occasions. In that hope and expectation, I shall...

Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Identity Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Article 251 of the treaty establishing the European Community provides for measures to be adopted subject to obtaining a qualified majority in the Council of Ministers and agreement of the European Parliament. Measures adopted according to this procedure are binding upon the United Kingdom where it participates in the measure to be adopted. During the debate on the Identity Cards Bill, a...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Identity Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Final cost estimates for changes or updates to information technology to enable local authorities using the ID cards scheme to support the services that they oversee have not been determined. The published benefits overview for the ID cards scheme does not include any assessment of benefits to local authorities. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minster is represented on the Ministerial...

Written Answers — House of Lords: EU: Identity Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Article 251 of the treaty establishing the European Community provides for measures to be adopted subject to obtaining a qualified majority in the Council of Ministers and agreement of the European Parliament. Measures adopted according to this procedure are binding upon the United Kingdom where it participates in the measure to be adopted. During the debate on the Identity Cards Bill, a...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Identity Cards (31 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Final cost estimates for changes or updates to information technology to enable local authorities using the ID cards scheme to support the services that they oversee have not been determined. The published benefits overview for the ID cards scheme does not include any assessment of benefits to local authorities. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minster is represented on the Ministerial...

Identity Cards Bill (30 Jan 2006)

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: ...the arrangements proposed in the constitution, which was not proceeded with, and the prevailing situation. Amendment No. 111A seeks to state in primary legislation that it is for Parliament to decide whether an identity card scheme, be it voluntary or compulsory, should be introduced into the UK. The amendment makes similar statements on who should be required to possess an ID card and the...