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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what use the UK Border Agency will make of data collected during biometric fingerprint checks at airports.

Asked by
Mark Pritchard (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
29 September 2008
Reference
479 c2318-9W; 214145
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the timetable for the introduction of biometric visas for people travelling to the UK.

Asked by
Chris Mole (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
14 January 2008
Reference
470 c1036W; 177771
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to extend Project Iris beyond the existing terminals at which it is installed; and if she will make a statement.

Asked by
Damian Green (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 2007
Reference
469 c981-2W; 172953
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 25 July 2007, Official Report, columns 841-45, on national security, whether EU citizens will be regarded as foreign nationals for this purpose; whether a biometric passport is a satisfactory form of biometric ID...

Asked by
Tony Baldry (Conservative)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 October 2007
Reference
465 c1286W; 153959
House
House of Commons
The House will remember words said by my right hon. Friend the Member for Enfield, North (Joan Ryan) who quoted some of the material that has been found in al-Qaeda training manuals encouraging would-be terrorists to proliferate the number of identities that they have. It was the former director general of the Security Service who put it well when she said:"““Widespread use of false documents is an essential aspect of terrorist activities… ID cards will make it more difficult for terrorists to operate.””"
Answered by
Liam Byrne (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 July 2007
Reference
462 c1186
House
House of Commons
Constant assessment by the police, Security Service and the Home Office continues to confirm the value of ID cards in disrupting terrorism by linking individuals to a single identity.
Answered by
Liam Byrne (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Oral answers to questions
Date
9 July 2007
Reference
462 c1186
House
House of Commons
What assessment she has made of the potential effectiveness of biometric identity cards in helping law enforcement agencies to tackle terrorism.
Asked by
David Kidney (Labour)
Answering body
Home Office
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
9 July 2007
Reference
462 c1186; 147910
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response he has made to the conclusions of the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the decision to bring in biometric immigration documents for all non-EU nationals in the UK next year.

Asked by
Richard Younger-Ross (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Home Office
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
21 June 2007
Reference
461 c2075W; 141105
House
House of Commons