National Communications Database

EDM number 1614 in 2007-08, proposed by Nigel Evans on 20/05/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Data protection, Information technology, Internet and cybercrime, Privacy and Telecommunications.

That this House is concerned at reported Home Office plans to include provisions in the forthcoming Communications Data Bill to create a database of electronic information holding details of every telephone call and e-mail sent in the UK; believes that such a step is incompatible with the concept of a free society and is an unnecessary and draconian measure; recognises the Government's recent appalling record in its handling of recorded personal information and the risk of identity fraud that this poses; and calls on the Government to abandon these plans immediately.

This motion has been signed by a total of 39 MPs.