Police National Database: Facial Images

Debate between Baroness Williams of Trafford and Viscount Waverley

Thursday 2nd March 2017 Lords Chamber

[Viscount Waverley (CB)]

Can the Minister say whether, beyond the UK data protection and legislative issues, the Americans, through their Patriot Act, have any form of access to the police national database?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

Generally, the presumption is that anyone concerned with crime, and fighting crime, will have access to the PND. As to which countries will have that access, clearly there are international arrangements for the sharing of data, and I am sure that that includes America.

Brexit: Customs and Border Staff

Debate between Baroness Williams of Trafford and Viscount Waverley

Monday 6th February 2017 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

Asking rational questions is perfectly legitimate; noble Lords tend to ask rational questions, and that is totally legitimate. There is a wide range of views in both your Lordships’ House and the other place but I think we all accept the outcome of the referendum.

[Viscount Waverley (CB)]

My Lords, is the Minister aware that a UK border official at Charles de Gaulle airport once told me that when a passport on occasion appears in front of them that is illegal, they give it back to the French authorities and that passport often reappears, carried by somebody else, in order to try to get access to the UK?

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

The noble Viscount tells me something that I did not know, but the e-gates are actually very accurate at marrying up the person with the identity in the passport.

European Union: Freedom of Movement

Debate between Baroness Williams of Trafford and Viscount Waverley

Thursday 12th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Williams of Trafford]

I am not entirely sure, but all those distinctions and discussions that will be taking place will be solidified in the fullness of time as we go through this process.

[Viscount Waverley (CB)]

Will the 180-day tax residency rule be applied, with all those working in nation states paying their taxes in the countries in which they are resident?