Clause 1

Part of Protection of Freedoms Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 11:15 am on 29 March 2011.

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Photo of Clive Efford Clive Efford Labour, Eltham 11:15, 29 March 2011

I do not doubt that the Minister’s figures are correct, and that the number of people on the database, as a result of retaining everyone’s DNA profile, has exponentially increased out of proportion to the number of detections. However, the debate has moved on, since the passing of the 2010 Act, to whether the period should be six years or three years. There is an evidence base for suggesting six years. The Select Committee concluded that it should be a minimum of three years, but it could be more. We are not talking about everybody’s profile any more; we are talking about whether the profiles should be kept for six years or three years.