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  Protection of Freedoms Bill - Clause 20 - National Security: Appointment of Commissioner
  
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  @ MP voted no against requiring a report, produced after consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, and approved by both Houses of Parliament, prior to the appointment of a Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material. 
  
  @ MP voted aye to require a report, produced after consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, and approved by both Houses of Parliament, prior to the appointment of a Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material. 
  
  
  
  The majority of MPs voted against requiring a report, produced after consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers, and approved by both Houses of Parliament, prior to the appointment of a Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material. 
  
  The amendment rejected in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment 108, page 13, line 26, leave out from âmustâ to end of line 28 and insertâ
  
  :âplace a report in both Houses, after consultation with the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), on the suitability of a Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material (referred to in this section and sections 21 and 22 as âthe Commissionerâ.
  
  :â(1A) Subject to the approval of a report laid under subsection (1) by resolution of both Houses of Parliament, the Secretary of State may appoint a Commissioner to be known as the Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material.â.
  
  Had it not been rejected this amendment would have amended Clause 20(1) of the Bill[2] which stated:
  
  :The Secretary of State must appoint a Commissioner to be known as the Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material (referred to in this section and sections 21 and 22 as âthe Commissionerâ).
  
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2010-12/protectionoffreedoms.html Parliament's webpage on the Protection of Freedoms Bill (now an Act)]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2010-2012/0189/cbill_2010-20120189_en_1.htm Protection of Freedoms Bill as published on 18 May 2011 and as at the time of the vote]
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