Previously called Standing Committees, Public Bill Commitees study proposed legislation (Bills) in detail, debating each clause and reporting any amendments to the Commons for further debate.
There are at least 16 MPs on a Committee, and the proportion of parties reflects the House of Commons, so the government always has a majority.
[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]
John Edwards and Paul Arnold gave evidence.
Eduardo Ustaran, Vivienne Artz and Bojana Bellamy gave evidence.
Neil Ross and Chris Combemale gave evidence.
Dr Jeni Tennison, Anna Thomas and Michael Birtwistle gave evidence.
(Afternoon)
Tom Schumacher and Jonathan Sellors gave evidence.
Harry Weber-Brown and Phillip Mind gave evidence.
Keith Rosser gave evidence.
Helen Hitching and Aimee Reed gave evidence.
Andrew Pakes and Mary Towers gave evidence.
Alexandra Sinclair, Ms Laura Irvine and Jacob Smith gave evidence.
Alex Lawrence-Archer gave evidence.
[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 66, clause 2, page 4, line 8, at end insert— “(c) do not include processing of personal data relating to children for research carried out as a commercial...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 68, in clause 5, page 6, line 37, at end insert— “7A. The Secretary of State may not make regulations under paragraph 6 unless— (a) following...
I beg to move amendment 30, in schedule 1, page 137, line 28, leave out “fourth day after” and insert “period of 30 days beginning with the day after”. Annex 1 to the UK...
I beg to move amendment 69, in clause 6, page 9, leave out lines 7 to 20. This amendment would remove the ability of the Secretary of State to amend Annex 2, so they could not make changes...
I beg to move amendment 71, in schedule 2, page 138, line 16, leave out “states” and insert “confirms”. This amendment would require a person who needs personal data for a...
I beg to move amendment 74, in clause 7, page 10, line 34, at end insert— “6. Where a controller— (a) charges a fee for dealing with a request, in accordance with paragraph...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]
Question (this day) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 78, in clause 11, page 18, line 13, after “subject” insert “or decision subject”. This amendment, together with Amendments 79 to 101, would apply...
I beg to move amendment 17, in schedule 3, page 140, line 9, leave out sub-paragraph (3) and insert— “(3) In paragraph 2— (a) for “under Articles 15 to 22”, in the...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 102, in clause 17, page 32, line 12, leave out from “with” to the end of line 28 on page 33 and insert “subsection (2) (2) In Article 57(1) (Information...
I beg to move amendment 1, in clause 19, page 35, leave out lines 23 to 25 and insert— “(5) The Commissioner must encourage expert public bodies to submit codes of conduct described...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 42, in schedule 4, page 143, line 20, leave out ‘and section 135’.—(Sir John Whittingdale.) This amendment is consequential on Amendment 40. Amendment 43, in...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 24, in schedule 5, page 147, line 3, leave out “from the United Kingdom” and insert “to the country or organisation by means of processing to which this...
Amendments made: 27, in schedule 6, page 155, line 39, leave out “from the United Kingdom” and insert— “to the country or organisation by means of processing to which this...
I beg to move amendment 34, in clause 22, page 36, leave out lines 20 to 22. This amendment and Amendment 37 transpose the requirement for processing of personal data for research, archiving and...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
(Morning)
Question ( 16 May) again proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment proposed: 105, in clause 25, page 44, line 6, leave out “must consult the Commissioner” and insert “must apply to the Commissioner for authorisation of the designation...
Amendment proposed: 106, in clause 27, page 47, line 27, after “subjects”, insert “decision subjects,”.—(Stephanie Peacock.) This amendment would require the ICO to...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment proposed: 108, in clause 29, page 53, line 11, at end insert—“(ba) decision subjects;”.—(Stephanie Peacock.) This amendment, together with Amendments 109 and...
Amendment proposed: 111, in clause 31, page 56, line 30, leave out lines 30 and 31 and insert— “(6) If the Commissioner submits a revised code under subsection (5)(b), the Secretary...
Amendments made: 40, in clause 32, page 57, line 16, leave out paragraphs (a) and (b) insert— “(a) for the heading substitute “Vexatious or excessive requests”, (b) before...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendment made: 47, Clause 42, page 72, line 12, at end insert— “(7A) In paragraph 13 (modification of section 155 (penalty notices)), in sub-paragraph (3)(c), for “for...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: amendment 6, in clause 58, page 84, line 5, after “55” insert “or (Information disclosed by the Welsh Revenue Authority)” This amendment prevents the...
I beg to move amendment 46, in clause 61, page 85, line 24, after “supplied” insert “or provided”. The definition of “business data” in clause 61 refers to the...
I beg to move amendment 112, in clause 62, page 87, line 2, at end insert— “(3A) The Secretary of State or the Treasury may only make regulations under this section if— (a) the...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill
[Ian Paisley in the Chair]
I beg to move amendment 5, in clause 78, page 100, line 30, after “86” insert “and [Codes of conduct]”. This amendment is consequential on NC2.
I beg to move amendment 116, in clause 79, page 101, line 15, leave out “making improvements to the service” and insert “making changes to the service which are intended to...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 55 in clause 83, page 107, line 41, leave out ‘or transitional’ and insert ‘, transitional, transitory or saving’. This amendment provides that...
Amendment made: 31, in clause 84, page 110, line 31, leave out “fourth day after” and insert “period of 30 days beginning with the day after”.—(Sir John...
I beg to move amendment 56, in clause 85, page 112, line 35, at end insert— “(13A) Regulations under paragraph (13) may make transitional provision. (13B) Before making regulations...
I beg to move amendment 57, in clause 86, page 113, line 38, at end insert— “(13A) Regulations under paragraph (13) may make transitional provision. (13B) Before making regulations...
Amendments made: 32, in schedule 10, page 180, line 25, leave out “for “data subjects”” and insert “for the words from “data subjects” to the end”....
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move amendment 8, in clause 93, page 119, line 18, leave out first “Secretary of State” and insert “appropriate national authority”. This amendment, Amendment 10...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill
[Mr Philip Hollobone in the Chair]
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 44, in schedule 13, page 195, line 21, after “members” insert “or in accordance with paragraph 23A”. This amendment is consequential on Amendment 45....
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Oversight of biometrics databases
I beg to move amendment 119, in clause 106, page 130, line 7, leave out “which allows or confirms the unique identification of that individual”. This amendment is intended to ensure...
Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: 11, in clause 108, page 131, line 2, after “Act” insert ‘made by the Secretary of State, the Treasury or the Welsh Ministers’. This amendment is...
‘In Article 41 of the UK GDPR (monitoring of approved codes of conduct)— (a) in paragraph 4, omit the words from ‘, including suspension’ to the end, and (b) after that...
‘(1) The PEC Regulations are amended as follows. (2) After regulation 32 insert— “ (2) Under paragraph (1), the Commissioner must encourage representative bodies to produce...
‘(1) This section applies where the Welsh Revenue Authority discloses personal information to a person under section 54 for the purpose of enabling the person to provide digital...
‘(1) This section applies where Revenue Scotland discloses personal information to a person under section 54 for the purpose of enabling the person to provide digital verification services...
‘(1) In section 93, “appropriate national authority” means the Secretary of State, subject as follows. (2) The Scottish Ministers are also an appropriate national authority in...
‘In paragraph 23 of Schedule 1 to the 2018 Act (special categories of personal data: elected representatives responding to requests), in sub-paragraph (4), for “fourth day...
‘(1) A requirement to consult under section 83 may be satisfied by consultation before, as well as by consultation after, that section comes into force. (2) A requirement to consult under a...
‘(1) Article 9 of UK GDPR is amended as follows. (2) In paragraph (1), after “biometric data”, omit “for the purpose of uniquely identifying a natural...
‘(1) The Secretary of State must by regulations make provision requiring Government departments, public authorities and Government contractors using algorithmic tools to process personal...
‘(1) Section 190 of the Data Protection Act 2018 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (1), leave out “After the report under section 189(1) is laid before Parliament, the...
‘(1) Within six months of the passage of this Act, the Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament a report on the potential impact of privacy enhancing technologies on the...
‘(1) The Information Commission must establish a Biometrics Office. (2) The Biometrics Office is to consist of a committee of three commissioners with relevant expertise, appointed by the...
‘(1) The 2018 Act is amended in accordance with subsection (2). (2) In the 2018 Act, after section 40 insert— “40A Processing of data in relation to a case-file prepared by the...
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