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Biometric Data Collection In Schools

EDM number 686 in 2006-07, proposed by Greg Mulholland on 19/01/2007.

That this House is alarmed at the growing practice of schools collecting and storing the biometric details of children as young as three; notes that up to 3,500 schools use biometric software to record the data of approximately three quarters of a million children; shares parents' concerns that children's data, often including photographs and fingerprints, is stored on unregulated data collection systems and potentially insecure school computer networks and could therefore potentially be misused; notes that collecting the data from children under 12 without parental consent directly contravenes the Data Protection Act; believes that no child should have biometric information taken without the express written permission of their parents; further believes that no child should be excluded from school activities where this permission is not forthcoming; welcomes the decision by the Department for Education and Skills to update guidance to local authorities and schools; and calls on the Government to conduct a full and open consultation with stakeholders, including parents and children, on this issue as part of their redrafting process.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Greg Mulholland19/01/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratProposed
Sarah Teather19/01/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSeconded
Stephen Williams19/01/2007Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Russell22/01/2007ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink22/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Adrian Sanders22/01/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Holmes22/01/2007ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech22/01/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Pelling22/01/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Tom Brake23/01/2007Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson23/01/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley23/01/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Don Foster23/01/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway23/01/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Colin Breed23/01/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones23/01/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martin Horwood24/01/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone24/01/2007Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George24/01/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore24/01/2007Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Rob Marris24/01/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Evan Harris24/01/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey24/01/2007Kingston and SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh25/01/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson25/01/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke25/01/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Danny Alexander25/01/2007Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey26/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt26/01/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth26/01/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady29/01/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nigel Evans29/01/2007Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Nicholas Clegg29/01/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable29/01/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch30/01/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker30/01/2007LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Baldry30/01/2007BanburyConservativeSigned
Julie Kirkbride31/01/2007BromsgroveConservativeSigned
William McCrea31/01/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Malcolm Bruce31/01/2007GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow31/01/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
David Jones01/02/2007Clwyd WestConservativeSigned
Alasdair McDonnell01/02/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Bill Etherington01/02/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell02/02/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Desmond Swayne05/02/2007New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis05/02/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Norman Lamb06/02/2007North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Field06/02/2007Cities of London and WestminsterConservativeSigned
Jo Swinson06/02/2007East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Fallon07/02/2007SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Matthew Taylor07/02/2007Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams07/02/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Meale08/02/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Richard Taylor08/02/2007Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Mark Oaten08/02/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones08/02/2007Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen19/02/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
John Barrett19/02/2007Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Bercow19/02/2007BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross19/02/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
David Burrowes19/02/2007Enfield, SouthgateConservativeSigned
Susan Kramer19/02/2007Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lancaster19/02/2007North East Milton KeynesConservativeSigned
Sandra Gidley23/02/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming27/02/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Shepherd28/02/2007Aldridge-BrownhillsConservativeSigned
Anne Main28/02/2007St AlbansConservativeSigned
Janet Anderson01/03/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Michael Ancram07/03/2007DevizesConservativeSigned
Katy Clark12/03/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton13/03/2007Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Christopher Chope15/03/2007ChristchurchConservativeSigned
Brian Binley19/03/2007Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Jennifer Willott22/03/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson22/03/2007Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Sammy Wilson26/03/2007East AntrimDUPSigned
Mike Wood27/03/2007Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Paul Goodman17/04/2007WycombeConservativeSigned
Paul Rowen18/04/2007RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Austin Mitchell19/04/2007Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Diane Abbott19/04/2007Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Gary Streeter21/05/2007South West DevonConservativeSigned
David Heath07/06/2007Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 18/06/2007MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen GoodmanUnknownWithdrawn

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