The government has been warned it faces defeat in the House of Lords over its plans to hold almost a million people's DNA profiles for up to 12 years. ... Liberal Democrat peer Lady Miller said "We will be joining with the other opposition party here to remedy what we see as many of the deficiencies in that part of the Bill that addresses that important issue,"Source:BBCConservative Lady Hanham said "Retention of DNA samples from people who have never been charged let alone convicted of a crime is wrong." "There is much in the government’s proposals, such as the retention of information for up to 12 years where there has been no prosecution, that is still quite unacceptable."
