HC Deb 16 February 1998 vol 306 c466W
Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in relation to the Data Protection Bill[Lords], he will ensure that the Data Protection Commissioner is empowered to enforce the rights granted to data subjects by Clause 12 of the Data Protection Bill [Lords]; and if he will make a statement. [29042]

Mr. George Howarth

Clause 12 empowers courts to order the rectification, blocking, erasure and destruction of inaccurate data and opinions based on them. Clause 38 enables the Commissioner to serve enforcement notices in respect of such material.

Mr. Cohen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce data protection measures to ensure that any information concerning fair obtaining is given to the data subject, in advance of any processing by the data controllers, and if he will make a statement. [29040]

Mr. George Howarth

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 of the Data Protection Bill, introduced in another place on 14 January, specifies the content and timing of such declarations.