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Outlawed: Reckless loss of data
News Liberal Democrat Lady Miller won support of the House of Lords for the proposed amendment to make reckless data loss a criminal offence, but this was changed to a civil offence when the criminal justice bill was approved by the House of Commons on... [12 May 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.05.08
Round-Up And to think, only this week the House of Lords supported a hasty amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to carelessly release or lose personal data. [02 May 2008]
House of Lords backs data loss law change
News The amendment must be sanctioned by the House of Commons before it can become part of the bill. Peers supported an amendment to the criminal justice and immigration bill which would make it a criminal offence to carelessly release or lose personal... [28 Apr 2008]
Lord: 'We need better cyber crime laws'
News The purpose of the Clause 40 amendment is to address the fundamental issue that a lot of internet activity - such as electronic civil disobedience - currently comes under CMA. The UK government is currently trying to update the CMA through... [21 Jun 2006]
CMA amendment "pure idiocy", says peer
News Lord Northesk, a Conservative peer, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK on Thursday that an amendment to the Police and Justice Bill 2006 will potentially create a situation where the police would have to prosecute themselves. [26 May 2006]
Lords vote for ID cards opt-out clause
News Peers voted by 219 votes to 191 votes in favour of an amendment to the government's proposed ID card legislation that would allow people to opt-out of putting their biometric details on a national identity database when they renew their passports. [28 Mar 2006]
Government slams Lords over ID card blocking tactics
News On Tuesday MPs again voted against a Lords compromise amendment to the ID cards bill that would have made it voluntary for people to register for a card and put their biometric details on the national identity database until 2011. [22 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News The Lords voted by 211 votes to 175, a majority of 36, in favour of the new amendment proposed by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Phillips of Sudbury that would make it voluntary for people applying for passports to register for an ID card until 2011. [20 Mar 2006]
ID cards battle deadlocked
News The ID cards battle remains deadlocked after MPs again overturned a House of Lords amendment that would have prevented people being forced to register for an ID card when applying for a passport. It is the second time this week that MPs have... [16 Mar 2006]
MPs back compulsory ID cards
News The government last night successfully overturned an amendment to the ID card bill made by peers in the House of Lords last week that would make it optional for people applying for a passport or other "designated document" to register for an ID card. [14 Mar 2006]
ID card support collapses
News But in a rallying letter to MPs, seen by silicon.com, Home Office minister Andy Burnham said: "We will be resisting this amendment because it goes to the heart of our plans for delivering a successful scheme that we have always said should become... [13 Mar 2006]
Lords block ID cards again
News The Lords voted 227 votes against 166 votes in favour of retaining an amendment to the Identity Cards Bill that would make it voluntary for people to register for an ID card and the national identity register (NIR) when applying for a passport. [07 Mar 2006]
Compulsory ID cards for UK citizens within five years
News A halved majority of 31 saw MPs narrowly vote to reject a wrecking amendment that would have made it completely voluntary for citizens to register for an ID card when applying for a passport. MPs accepted without a vote a government amendment that... [14 Feb 2006]
Leader: Don't be fooled by Blair's "cardboard" ID compromise
Leader And the indications are that the government is refusing to back down on the key House of Lords amendment that would force the Home Office to let parliamentary watchdog the National Audit Office scrutinise the cost estimates of the scheme before... [10 Feb 2006]
Lords leave ID cards bill in tatters
News This measure was trashed during the House of Lords debate on Monday, and peers voted by 186 votes to 142 in favour of an amendment that would prevent the government making the issuance of new passports conditional upon citizens consenting to their... [24 Jan 2006]
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