I note the wording "an authoritative list of UK address data" - in legalese, does "authoritative" include the meaning "all", do you know? No danger of it being construable as a subset of address data?
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to this myself - but my PAF colleagues Anna and Peter helped Tim CJ write the amendment, and my understanding is that they were pretty careful about how they worded it – so I'm pretty confident that it will do the job!
Using that link, Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Jo Johnson, Boris's brother) seems like a likely candidate for people more eloquent and connected than I to contact.
Even if Lords and Commons both agree to the amendment. the Govt might simply refuse to commence the provision after Royal Assent (RA), unless there is provision in the Bill to bring the relevant section into force upon RA...
Even then, the wording is vague around unique identifiers - so could easily be interpreted to be not the post code database. Adding addresses to the UPRN would probably meet the requirement.
Or maybe the government could just buy What3Words - I suspect it's value is quite low now.
Duly noted and looking into it!
Free! The! PAF! This would be SO useful. Also - a great example of when the Lords can be very helpful.
Promising news, well done!
I note the wording "an authoritative list of UK address data" - in legalese, does "authoritative" include the meaning "all", do you know? No danger of it being construable as a subset of address data?
I'm afraid I don't know the answer to this myself - but my PAF colleagues Anna and Peter helped Tim CJ write the amendment, and my understanding is that they were pretty careful about how they worded it – so I'm pretty confident that it will do the job!
The site WriteToThem has a tool that helps you write to Lords with relevant interests: https://www.writetothem.com/lords
Using that link, Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Jo Johnson, Boris's brother) seems like a likely candidate for people more eloquent and connected than I to contact.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=2015-10-23.13140.h&s=postcode+address+file+open+data+speaker%3A24895#g13140.r0
Even if Lords and Commons both agree to the amendment. the Govt might simply refuse to commence the provision after Royal Assent (RA), unless there is provision in the Bill to bring the relevant section into force upon RA...
Even then, the wording is vague around unique identifiers - so could easily be interpreted to be not the post code database. Adding addresses to the UPRN would probably meet the requirement.
Or maybe the government could just buy What3Words - I suspect it's value is quite low now.
This is exciting to read. Let us know when we need to contact our mps. I think my MP is on board with this.