Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2009-01-13-Speech-2-212"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2009-01-13"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20090113.25.2-212"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2009-01-13-Speech-2-2132
lpv:speaker	lp:Gerard Batten2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, I am very pleased to say that the UK is excluded from this regulation because it is not part of the Schengen zone. However, the British Government has said that it will keep in step with the regulation to ensure that its documents are not perceived as second class. This implies that it thinks the proposals are first class and then it will be bound by the substance of the regulation anyway. But, as this report shows, all kinds of issues are raised concerning the authenticity of biometric data and its verification. What kind of originating documents are used for the initial identification of the applicant, and how can it be sure that they are authentic? Once a passport has been issued, it is not of much use unless the data on it can be checked against the identity of the holder on some kind of national or centralised identity database. The report acknowledges that there should be highly secure storage mediums for keeping such information, but we all know from experience in Britain that there is no such thing as a highly secure medium for storing such data. Personal and highly sensitive information for literally millions of people has been lost or disclosed from government databases over the last few years. Everyone in the UK knows that their personal information is not safe in the hands of our government. This report does not speak about the reliability of biometric data itself. In fact the UK Passport Service’s biometrics enrolment trial in 2004 showed a failure rate of 1 in 3 for facial recognition, 1 in 5 for fingerprints and 1 in 20 for iris scans. Biometric identification is an attractive idea, but it is not the fail-safe mechanism we all might imagine. The UK Independence Party will therefore be voting against this report."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFET (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; IND/DEM (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; SEDE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; UK Independence Party (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Gerard Batten,"1 "on behalf of the IND/DEM Group"1
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