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  Data Protection Bill - Exemptions etc from the GDPR
  
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  @ MP voted aye
  @ MP voted no
  
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  The majority of MPs voted
  
  MPs were considering the Data Protection Bill[1].
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 15, page 141, line 17, leave out paragraph 4.
  
  Had it not been rejected this amendment would have impacted Schedule 2 of the Bill[2]. Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 was titled: ''Immigration'' and began:
  
  :(1)  The GDPR provisions listed in sub-paragraph (2) do not apply to personal data processed for any of the following purposesâ
  :(a)the maintenance of effective immigration control, or
  :(b)the investigation or detection of activities that would undermine the
  maintenance of effective immigration control, to  the  extent  that  the  application of  those  provisions  would  be  likely  to prejudice any of the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).
  
  The explanatory notes to the Bill 3, state, in relation to Paragraph 4 of Schedule 2:
  
  :Paragraph 4 restricts the application of the certain GDPR provisions to personal data processed for the purposes of the maintenance of effective immigration control, or the investigation or detection of activities that would undermine the maintenance of effective immigration control, to the extent that the processing would be likely to prejudice those purposes. 
  
  Those elements of the GDPR which 
  
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  * [1] [https://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/dataprotection.html Parliament's webpage on the Data Protection Bill]
  * [2] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0190/18190.pdf Data Protection Bill as at the time of the vote (no HTML version enabling a direct link to Schedule 2 available)]
  * [3] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0153/en/153en06.htm Commentary on provisions of Bill, Explanatory notes to the Data Protection Bill]
  * [4] [https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2017-2019/0190/amend/data_daily_rep_0508.50-56.html Page of amendment sheet containing the amendment (15) which was the subject of this vote]
  
  
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