Harry Potter and the Database Key

More second reading stuff… Tony McNulty (Minister of State, Home Office) My hon. and learned Friend the Member for Medway (Mr. Marshall-Andrews) was wrong in his supposition that there will be an open book for adding data to the database. Clauses 1, 3 and 43 and schedule 1 […]

Harry Potter and the Biometric Fingerprints

In part two of the ID Cards debate bullshit guide I’ve decided to look at the ‘but we need to do it anyway’ arguments being put forward in relation to the inclusion of biometric information in passports. We’ll start with a couple of extracts from the debate itself… […]