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From:           	Owen Blacker <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk>
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Subject:        	Silicon.com: Geeks need a licence: Official
Date sent:      	Thu, 10 May 2001 11:32:46 +0100
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> HEADLINE: Geeks need a licence: Official
> PUBLISHED: 5:01pm on Wednesday 9th May 2001
> CHANNEL: Contractors
> AUTHOR: Sally Watson
> ARTICLE: http://www.silicon.com/a44296
> 
> TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS:
> 
> The information security industry has lost its battle to duck 
> out of a new security licensing scheme set up by Home 
> Secretary Jack Straw.
> 
> Home Office minister Charles Clarke pushed the Private 
> Security Industry Bill through its final stages yesterday 
> afternoon, shortly after the breakup of Parliament was announced.
> 
> Opposition MPs backed a last ditch attempt to exempt the IT 
> industry from the Bill's proposals to license all security 
> contractors, but in a packed chamber, Labour backbenchers 
> remained loyal -- rejecting the amendment 315 to 111.
> 
> Despite the defeat, Clarke acknowledged the fears raised by 
> industry associations including the CBI, the CSSA and the 
> Foundation for Information Policy Research.
> 
> "It is our fundamental principle to ensure the Bill is 
> targeted at those specialist providers of security services 
> who we have indicated we want to regulate, and that we do not 
> inadvertently catch groups that are not relevant to our 
> policy aims," Clarke told MPs.
> 
> The Bill is primarily aimed at rogue wheelclampers and 
> nightclub bouncers, but according to Clarke the definition of 
> security consultant is deliberately broad. "We want it to 
> remain usable in the face of changing security systems," he said.
> 
> Once the Bill becomes law the government has pledged to hold 
> a full consultation via the Department of Trade and Industry 
> before it could be applied to information security consultants.
> 
> But the assurances are unlikely to satisfy the Bill's 
> opponents. A spokesman for the CBI promised to continue 
> lobbying to see the legislation corrected.
> 
> "Consultation on secondary legislation creates more problems 
> than it solves," the CBI said in a statement. "It simply 
> obliges the DTI to carry out a consultation in which all 
> affected parties - the industry itself and users - are likely 
> to say that regulation is unnecessary.
> 
> "Given that there has been no demand for regulation in the 
> first place, is this a worthwhile use of the DTI's and 
> industry's time and resources?"
> 
> For related news, see:
> Q. Who are the biggest election losers so far? A. Foxes and 
> security workers
> http://www.silicon.com/a44302
> Have you got a licence for that geek?
> http://www.silicon.com/a44191 
> IT pros may need licences to work
> http://www.silicon.com/a43615 
> 
> 
> STORY ENDS
> 
> For more information on silicon.com go to http://www.silicon.com.
> 
> silicon.com - the who, what, when, where and why of ebusiness

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