The Conservative/Lib Dem coalition agreements are available here.  Under the heading “Civil Liberties” there are a number of points that should interest readers of this blog.  These include:

* the scrapping of the ID cards scheme, the National Identity Register, the next generation of biometric passports and the Contact Point database;

* outlawing the fingerprinting of children at school without parental permission;

*  extending FOIA to provide greater transparency;

* adopting the Scottish model for the DNA database;

*  further regulation of CCTV; and

* ending the storage of internet and email records without good reason.

Taken together these suggest that information law issues will continue to be centre stage in political terms.