Justice Bill consideration stage DNA retention amendment

1 release from 1 party, 2 June 2026.

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1. Carroll Warns Justice Bill Builds "Architecture of Biometric Surveillance"

   • PBP
   • 2 June 2026
   • Criticism
   • Criticises the northern ireland executive, a minister or department
   • Contains a proposal

   People Before Profit's Gerry Carroll says an amendment to the Justice Bill, requiring people to be told when their DNA is retained on a police database, was not passed at consideration stage. He warns the Bill's enabling power for police photograph retention could create a facial-image database…

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