UK Borders Bill

By that time, however, it will be too late. If the regulation does not comply with my suggestion, we cannot discuss it further, and I will have to take it or leave it. I therefore ask the Minister to think about my proposal that we give the Secretary of State the ability to add to the BID any non-biometric information that is required by some EC regulation or by any other international agreement to which the UK is party. If he says that that is not enough because the Secretary of State may think of some non-biometric information some years down the line which he may want to add, and that my suggestion will prevent him from doing that, I would say that that would be a good thing, because any such change of policy would have to be fairly remarkable to give rise to such a requirement, and it would be right for the Secretary of State to return to Parliament on that occasion to ask for fresh primary legislation. I certainly hope that before we leave Grand Committee we will have some sort of an answer from the Minister, so that we can consider what our attitude will be when the matter comes up again on Report. Indeed, if they accept our suggestion, we will not have to raise the matter again. Meanwhile, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.