International Law

Identity Documents Bill Committee issues call for evidence

Will the Identity Documents Bill, which which should repeal the Identity Cards Act 2006 and scrap the centralised database of biometric and biographical details, get the proper detailed scrutiny it deserves ?

Will the Whitehall bureaucracy try to sneak in some extra, evil powers, buried in the detail of the Bill, whilst the Westminster Village politicians' and journalists' attention collective "attention span of a goldfish" is diverted by the main part of the Bill ?

Spy Blog's informed and passionate readers can try to influence the Identity Documents Bill Committee, which has issued a Call for Evidence.

Deadline for submissions

The sooner you send in your submission, the more time the Committee will have to take it into consideration. The Public Bill Committee will meet for the first time on Tuesday 29 June and complete its consideration of the Bill by Thursday 8 July.

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Your submission should be emailed to the Scrutiny Unit

Gosia McBride
Deputy Head (Legislation)
Scrutiny Unit
7 Millbank
London
SW1P 3JA

Telephone: 020 7219 8383/8387
Fax: 020 7219 8381
Email: scrutiny@parliament.uk

Full Call for Evidence and submission details:

Full post as published by Spy Blog on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).