house of lords amendment in news

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... [12 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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [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... [14 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... [24 Jan 2006]

ID cards bill in crisis after major defeat in Lords

News The House of Lords voted 237 votes against 156 votes in favour of an amendment to the bill that would force ministers to reveal the full ID card costs... [17 Jan 2006]

'Cynical and unethical' Blair faces patient record revolt

News The drive for amendment will be led by Conservative health spokesman Earl Howe, who told silicon.com that the Bill is potentially extremely damaging for health service confidence. The Department of... [25 Apr 2001]

RSS Keep updated for stories matching house of lords amendment in news via RSS


Quick Sitemap Links: