Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – in a Public Bill Committee am 11:15 am ar 16 Gorffennaf 2013.
Mike Penning
The Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office
The Clause basically deals with biometrics. It will allow us to take forward, by order, the changes in the reserved and excepted fields on the new Biometric framework that the Northern Ireland Department of Justice could not legislate for within the Criminal Justice Bill, which received its Royal Assent on 25 April this year.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
A measured and/or recorded biological parameter. Example: passport-type photo, finger print, iris detail, retina blood vessel detail, voice pattern, and DNA signature. Technically speaking, mentally stored information is also biometric, so this includes: signature or monograph, PIN number, password and passphrase.
A parliamentary bill is divided into sections called clauses.
Printed in the margin next to each clause is a brief explanatory `side-note' giving details of what the effect of the clause will be.
During the committee stage of a bill, MPs examine these clauses in detail and may introduce new clauses of their own or table amendments to the existing clauses.
When a bill becomes an Act of Parliament, clauses become known as sections.
