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Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) #regulation #security #cybersecurity @openrightsgroup /ht @julianhuppert

2013-02-04 09:09:08+00:00

Courtesy of cyberstalking Julian Huppert, I found this, do take a look at it:

Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) — 30 Nov 2011 at 14:37

Julian Huppert MP, Cambridge voted with the majority (No). I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Hairdressers (Registration) Act 1964 to provide for the mandatory registration of hairdressers with the Hairdressing Council; to empower the Hairdressing Council to issue and charge for licences to hairdressers holding certain qualifications; to provide for the removal of names from the register by the Hairdressing Council on the recommendation of its investigating and disciplinary committees; to introduce a scale of fines payable by those without a licence charging for hairdressing services; and for connected purposes. Question put (Standing Order No. 23). The House divided: Ayes 63, Noes 67.

I post this to illuminate one thing for my fellow security geeks, viz: that Parliament does this sort of thing.

All it would take is for someone from (say) the British Computer Society to convince a Parliamentarian that Computer Security was at least as important as Hairdressing, and that therefore there should be:

a bill to provide for the mandatory registration of systems administrators with the British Computer Society; to empower the British Computer Society to issue and charge for licences to systems administrators holding certain qualifications; to provide for the removal of names from the register by the British Computer Society on the recommendation of its investigating and disciplinary committees; to introduce a scale of fines payable by those without a licence charging for systems administration services

– and instantly all our jobs, careers, research and innovation would be at the discretion of a committee. We’re not there yet, but somebody is going to try it on someday.

Beware regulation, guys. And while you’re at it, join the Open Rights Group.

via Hairdressers Registration (Amendment) — 30 Nov 2011 at 14:37 — The Public Whip.
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