New Clause 3 — Disclosure from the Register: Unlawful Activities

Part of Identity Cards Bill – in the House of Commons at 4:15 pm on 10 February 2005.

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Photo of John Bercow John Bercow Conservative, Buckingham 4:15, 10 February 2005

Does my hon. Friend agree that it is important in highlighting to the public the scope and dangers of the Bill that we should underline what secondary legislation means? As my hon. Friend well knows, it means that, subsequently, the Government will set up delegated legislation Committees to sit upstairs and consider proposed extensions of power for an hour and a half at most. The Government are contemplating that, and they hope that the public will either not notice or understand and cannot therefore complain.