division_name: Treasury &#8212; New Clause 25 &#8212; Misuse of data provided by the Health and Social Care Information Centre: offence
motion: <p pid="a.209.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8216;(1) A person or entity commits an offence if they misuse, or negligently allow the misuse of information they have requested and received from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">(2) &#8220;Misuse&#8221; means&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) using information in a way that violates the agreement with the Health and Social Care Information Centre;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) using information in a way that does not violate the agreement with the Health and Social Care Information Centre, but that gives rise to use that is outside the agreed limits of use; or</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">(c) using information supplied by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in such a way as to allow or enable individual patients to be identified by a third party.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/6" pwmotiontext="yes">(3) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/7" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) on summary conviction, to an unlimited fine;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/8" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for not more than two years or a fine, or both.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/9" pwmotiontext="yes">(4) An entity who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1)&#8212;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/10" pwmotiontext="yes">(a) is liable to an unlimited fine; and</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/11" pwmotiontext="yes">(b) must disclose the conviction on all future applications to access data from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.&#8217;.&#8212;<i>(Mr </i><i>Jamie </i><i>Reed.)</i></p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.209.1/12" pwmotiontext="yes">Brought up.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/13" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put,</i> That the clause be added to the Bill.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.209.1/14" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.209.1/15" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 222, Noes 291.</p>