§ Mr. Lawrenceasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recommedations contained in the Younger report on privacy of 1971 he proposes to implement; and if he will list those recommendations to which effect has been given to date.
§ Mr. RaisonMany of the recommendations of the committee, which reported in 1972, were directed to organisations outside Government. Of those that were addressed to Government, some were implemented by the Consumer Credit Act 1974, and by the reference to the English and Scottish Law Commissions of the law relating to breach of confidence. The report of the English Law Commission—Cmnd. 8388—which was published in October 1981, is now being considered.
The Government's proposals on data protection were published in a White Paper in April this year—Cmnd. 8539—and we have indicated our intention of legislating on this subject at the earliest opportunity.