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EU proposes airline passenger data law

...air carriers' reservation systems, will be anonymised after a month. Immigration minister Damian Green has said the UK has not yet decided whether it will... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Tom Espiner

ID register scrappage to cost £400,000

...on 21 January. Photo credit: Chris Beaumont/CBS Interactive Home Office minister Damian Green said that dismantling systems and disposing of the data collected on... Read more

21 January, 2011 by Kable

UK to join European fingerprint database

...asylum seekers and some illegal entrants to the European Union. Immigration minister Damian Green said in a parliamentary written statement, published on Monday, that the... Read more

13 January, 2011 by Kable

ID card scrappage bill to gain royal assent

...be invalid for use in a month's time. Home Office minister Damian Green said the bill's passing will also allow work to begin... Read more

21 December, 2010 by Kable

Government closes in on e-Borders deal with EU

...Home Office minister Damian Green has said that the government is close to reaching a 'mutual... Read more

5 November, 2010 by Kable

Parliament rejects discount for ID card holders

...free and fair choice — tough luck to them," he said. Immigration minister Damian Green dismissed the idea that anyone would be in financial difficulties as... Read more

20 September, 2010 by Kable

UK signs up to share air passenger data with US

The UK has opted in to the EU passenger name record agreement with the US, minister Damien Green has confirmed Read more

2 March, 2012 by Sade Laja

Heathrow eGates added to border confusion

...and added that the gates were monitored by immigration officials. Immigration minister Damian Green said in a statement: "This report covers the period before the... Read more

10 May, 2012

Raytheon seeks £500m e-Borders payoff

...2010, saying the company was in breach. At the time, immigration minister Damian Green said the government "requires the highest standard of performance from its... Read more

26 August, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Government destroys final ID cards data

...at an event to mark the occasion in Essex. Home Office minister Damian Green attended the event at data destruction and recycling company RDC on... Read more

10 February, 2011

ID cards scrapped as Bill finally puts an end to scheme

...ending the scheme will save £835m in planned investment. Home Office minister Damian Green described the scheme as representing "the worst of government". "It was... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Tim Ferguson

Government to save £50m in revised biometrics deal

...Immigration minister Damian Green has said the government will save £50m by renegotiating a contract... Read more

13 September, 2010 by Kable

Labour spending for ID cards totals near £300m

...to develop the ID card and biometric passport schemes. Home Office minister Damian Green provided the figures in response to a parliamentary question from Conservative... Read more

23 June, 2010 by Kable

Government plans new biometric passport rollout

...card scheme, which they are not." Closing the debate, Home Office minister Damian Green said that at present, people can still apply for ID cards... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Kable

Photos: ID cards database shredded and burnt

...some of the last drives through the shredder was Home Office minister Damian Green, who described the ID card scheme, born under the Labour government... Read more

11 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

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