Extracts from Public Bill committee consideration of the Data Protection Bill - Mar 13
Wednesday, 14 March 2018 08:19
Liam Byrne (Birmingham, Hodge Hill) (Lab):...The Bill has been
drafted essentially to enable the Home Office to do two things: win
cases and create a hostile environment for those who are here
illegally, where it has no capacity to trace and deport
individuals. In conducting its work, the Home Office draws on a
wide range of private providers, from G4S to Cifas. They
have a mixed record, including on data protection. The carve-out
that the Government seek for immigration purposes...Request free trial
(Birmingham, Hodge Hill)
(Lab):...The Bill has been drafted essentially to enable
the Home Office to do two things: win cases and create a hostile
environment for those who are here illegally, where it has no
capacity to trace and deport individuals. In conducting its work,
the Home Office draws on a wide range of private providers,
from G4S to Cifas. They have a mixed
record, including on data protection. The carve-out that the
Government seek for immigration purposes has caused widespread
concern. It has drawn concern from the other place, the Information
Commissioner and the Joint Committee on Human Rights...
(Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and
Kirkintilloch East) (SNP):...Another concern is that
it is not just the Home Office that will benefit from this
exemption but other organisations that are involved in immigration
control, such as G4S in its operation of detention
centres. There is no justification for that, but there are serious
risks, harms and injustices that might be created by the proposed
exemption...
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