Lord Scriven
Liberal Democrat
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the annual report of the Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material, published in March; and whether they intend to bring forward legislation to govern the use of automated facial recognition by the police.
Baroness Williams of Trafford
The Minister of State, Home Department, Minister for Equalities (Department for International Development)
The Government published its response to the Biometrics Commissioner’s Annual Report on 5 June on the gov.uk website.
On the issue of legislation on police use of automated facial recognition, I refer the noble Lord to the answer I gave to his question HL8083 on 4 June.
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