Identity Documents Bill (HL Bill 19 of 2010-11). LLN 2010/024

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King’s Speech 2024: Home affairs

Research briefing setting out the government’s commitments covering home affairs for the House of Lords debate on the 2024 King’s Speech.
UN standards on the use of surveillance technology at protests

The UN recently published a toolkit for law enforcement officials to promote and protect human rights in the context of peaceful protests. It includes key principles for the use of digital technologies in relation to protests. This comes at a time when there are debates around the use of live facial recognition technology in public spaces by police in England and Wales. The government supports developing it as a crime-fighting tool, but others are concerned about its impact on privacy and other rights.
Questions to the foreign secretary: 16 April 2024

Members of the House of Lords will ask Foreign Secretary Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton a series of oral questions on 16 April 2024. Topics include the current state of freedom of religion or belief in India; what is being done to maintain support for Ukraine; when the UK will next hold a bilateral meeting with France on security issues; and whether the UK will mark the 75th anniversary of the Council of Europe.