Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill

I accept that Her Majesty’s Government are bound by a number of precedents; they are guided by how these matters have been dealt with in the past. Of course there are norms of international law and conventions which are binding on us. Nevertheless, I still feel that Clause 39 is far too widely drafted because it empowers a chief officer of police, of whom there are 42 or 43 in England and Wales alone, to disclose very sensitive information to any other foreign law enforcement agency. I ask the Minister to take this away and think about it at all levels of government, both centrally and at the policing level. If she can do that, it would be very helpful.