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Illegal Migration Bill

I hope it will be before Report. What the Minister has just said is extremely serious. He referred to information being shared and it is one thing for the local authority to choose to give it, but Clause 17 says:

“The Secretary of State may direct”

and direct the form in which it is received. My particular concern is that this new arrangement over shared care records means that that data is much more available for a local authority to provide. The person who is responsible for sharing that information remains the doctor even if the local authority holds it. I am very aware of the hour, but this is a very complex area. It is about the most important confidential information that any individual can have and all the laws and arrangements that he quoted earlier did not include anything relating to medical confidentiality. I would be really grateful for that meeting as soon as possible.

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Reference

830 c1555 

Session

2022-23

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber
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