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• Children Act national database of 12 million children and their parents

  23 May 2006
  Expresses fears over privacy implications of a proposed database of children in England and Wales, ahead of a debate on the draft Information Sharing Index (England) Regulations 2006.

• The final vote on the Identity Cards Bill 2005 - Ayes 301 (including the Conservative front bench) Noes 84

  23 May 2006
  Comments on votes in both Houses of the UK Parliament which approved the Identity Cards Bill. Citizens applying for a passport will have to pay £30 and have their biometric details recorded on a national identity register NIR), even if they choose not to be issued with an ID card. Voices concern that data on such people will be accessible to police, intelligence agencies and others.