Extract from Committee stage of the Data Protection Bill (fourth sitting) - Mar 15
Friday, 16 March 2018 08:27
Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill) (Lab):...The risk is that if
the police lack a good, clear legal framework that is simple and
easy to use, very often sensible police, and in particular nervous
and cautious Police and Crime Commissioners, will err on the
side of caution and actually prohibit a particular kind of
operational innovation, because they think the law is too muddy,
complex and prone to a risk of challenge. My hon. Friend has given
a number of really good examples. The...Request free trial
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(Lab):...The risk is that if the police lack a good, clear
legal framework that is simple and easy to use, very often sensible
police, and in particular nervous and cautious Police and Crime Commissioners, will err on the
side of caution and actually prohibit a particular kind of
operational innovation, because they think the law is too muddy,
complex and prone to a risk of challenge. My hon. Friend has given
a number of really good examples. The automatic number plate
recognition database is another good example of mass data
collection and storage in a way that is not especially legal, and
where we have waited an awfully long time for even something as
simple as a code of practice that might actually put the process
and the practice on a more sustainable footing. Unless the
Government take on board my hon. Friend’s proposed amendments, we
will be shackling the police, stopping them from embarking on many
of the operational innovations that they need to start getting into
if they are to do their job in keeping us safe...
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