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  Counter-Terrorism Bill - Access to Information and Destruction of Samples Held by the Police
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against making clear when people can ask the police to destroy samples (for example of DNA) taken during an investigation, and to allow people to find out what information the police hold about them. 
  
  The amendment voted on was introduced during debate with a speech saying:
  
  :Our amendment would require the Secretary of State to draft and lay before Parliament regulations governing the procedures by which people can discover what information is held about them, and in what circumstances a request can be made for any samples that may have been taken during an investigation to be destroyed.
  
  
  
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