My Lords, I support Amendment 7 introduced by my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot, for the reasons that he gave. The amendment was designed to have the effect of increasing the reliability and handling of information inside any system. If, as I would certainly support, we want to see information and...

My Lords, I support Amendment 7 introduced by my noble friend Lord Arbuthnot, for the reasons that he gave. The amendment was designed to have the effect of increasing the reliability and handling of information inside any system. If, as I would certainly support, we want to see information and...

My Lords, the Anderson report is a landmark in the national discussion on this important issue. It is written with the most extraordinary clarity. There would be very few people in this House who did not learn something from this report. It supports the substance of the Government’s role in...

My Lords, the Anderson report is a landmark in the national discussion on this important issue. It is written with the most extraordinary clarity. There would be very few people in this House who did not learn something from this report. It supports the substance of the Government’s role in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the job titles of the constabulary, council or safety partnership employees authorised to enter names and addresses for the South Wales Constabulary's anti-social behaviour database.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the job titles of the constabulary, council or safety partnership employees authorised to enter names and addresses for the South Wales Constabulary's anti-social behaviour database.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to destroy the DNA and fingerprint information of innocent people currently retainedunder the provisions of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in the light of the proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to destroy the DNA and fingerprint information of innocent people currently retainedunder the provisions of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 in the light of the proposals in the Protection of Freedoms Bill.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether it is necessary to continue to retain the DNA and fingerprint data of people examined or detained under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 when they are no longer suspected of engaging in acts of terrorism and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether it is necessary to continue to retain the DNA and fingerprint data of people examined or detained under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 when they are no longer suspected of engaging in acts of terrorism and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review information held about British nationals convicted of sexual offences both at home and abroad so that accurate lists of names and addresses are available to police and welfare authorities by the end of 2011.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review information held about British nationals convicted of sexual offences both at home and abroad so that accurate lists of names and addresses are available to police and welfare authorities by the end of 2011.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that lessons learnt from the failure of penetration testing of the anti-social behaviour management database developed by South Wales Police will be made available to other police forces in England and Wales.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that lessons learnt from the failure of penetration testing of the anti-social behaviour management database developed by South Wales Police will be made available to other police forces in England and Wales.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HM Inspectorate of Constabulary or the Association of Chief Police Officers will investigate and report on the installation and use of databases, including proposed databases, by the South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged andactual anti-social behaviour; if so, how; on...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HM Inspectorate of Constabulary or the Association of Chief Police Officers will investigate and report on the installation and use of databases, including proposed databases, by the South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged andactual anti-social behaviour; if so, how; on...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the names of all databases in use by police forces or their partner members in England and Wales on which details of alleged or actual anti-social behaviour are held; how many individuals’ details are held on each; and for how long individual records...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the names of all databases in use by police forces or their partner members in England and Wales on which details of alleged or actual anti-social behaviour are held; how many individuals’ details are held on each; and for how long individual records...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which police forces in England and Wales maintain databases or other record-keeping systems holding details of alleged anti-social behaviour by persons who have not been arrested, cautioned, prosecuted or convicted of such activities; and at what rank officers are authorised to make such records.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which police forces in England and Wales maintain databases or other record-keeping systems holding details of alleged anti-social behaviour by persons who have not been arrested, cautioned, prosecuted or convicted of such activities; and at what rank officers are authorised to make such records.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a person found not to be in breach of the law following an allegation of anti-social behaviour would have their details held on an anti-social behaviour database under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a person found not to be in breach of the law following an allegation of anti-social behaviour would have their details held on an anti-social behaviour database under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose a legal definition for the categories of anti-social behaviour to be used for data held on individuals on the databases in use, and proposed by, police constabularies and their partner members.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose a legal definition for the categories of anti-social behaviour to be used for data held on individuals on the databases in use, and proposed by, police constabularies and their partner members.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial and other assistance has been provided by the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers and other government departments or agencies to the South Wales Police Authority, South Wales Police or their agents for the design, provision, commission and maintenance of hardware...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial and other assistance has been provided by the Home Office, the Association of Chief Police Officers and other government departments or agencies to the South Wales Police Authority, South Wales Police or their agents for the design, provision, commission and maintenance of hardware...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of individuals whose details of alleged or actual anti-social behaviour are on a database held by the South Wales Police and their partner members have been charged with an offence or prosecuted.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of individuals whose details of alleged or actual anti-social behaviour are on a database held by the South Wales Police and their partner members have been charged with an offence or prosecuted.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their proposed reforms of what data may be held on individuals on databases in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members will cover entries made on individuals accused of anti-social behaviour.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether their proposed reforms of what data may be held on individuals on databases in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members will cover entries made on individuals accused of anti-social behaviour.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will investigate and report on the installation and use of databases, including proposed databases, by South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged and actual anti-social behaviour; if so, how; on what timescale; and whether they will place all reports in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will investigate and report on the installation and use of databases, including proposed databases, by South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged and actual anti-social behaviour; if so, how; on what timescale; and whether they will place all reports in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how an individual can obtain full details, including any statements relating to evidence causing an entry to be logged, of a record on a database in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members of allegations of anti-social behaviour made against them if...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how an individual can obtain full details, including any statements relating to evidence causing an entry to be logged, of a record on a database in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members of allegations of anti-social behaviour made against them if...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how an individual can discover whether their details were held on a database in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged and actual anti-social behaviour; and how those individuals would apply for the removal of their name.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how an individual can discover whether their details were held on a database in use by the South Wales Police and their partner members for recording alleged and actual anti-social behaviour; and how those individuals would apply for the removal of their name.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 7 February (WA 31–2), whether, if data are held by the police on individuals because they are deemed to be a domestic extremist or hardcore activist, they will propose a legal definition of such categories.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 7 February (WA 31–2), whether, if data are held by the police on individuals because they are deemed to be a domestic extremist or hardcore activist, they will propose a legal definition of such categories.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 7 February (WA 31–2), if the person alleged to be a domestic extremist had not committed any criminal act, whether their details would still be held under the Data Protection Act 1998.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 7 February (WA 31–2), if the person alleged to be a domestic extremist had not committed any criminal act, whether their details would still be held under the Data Protection Act 1998.