A Bill for an Act of the Scottish Parliament to establish the office of Scottish Biometrics Commissioner and to provide for its functions in relation to the acquisition, retention, use and destruction of biometric data for criminal justice and police purposes.
This Scottish Government Bill was introduced by the Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Humza Yousaf MSP, on 30 May 2019.
- View the Bill on the Scottish Parliament website
- The Law Society of Scotland's briefing issued to all MSPs ahead of the Stage 1 Debate on Thursday 9 January 2020
- We produced a briefing ahead of the stage 3 debate on the Scottish Biometrics Commissioner Bill on Tuesday 10 March.
