The Government is under increasing pressure to respond to concerns about the collection of children's fingerprints.
More than 50 MPs have backed an early day motion calling for biometricdata to only be taken from children with "the express written permissionof their parents".
And schools minister Jim Knight last week told Parliament that revisedguidance on the issue would be added to the British EducationalCommunications and Technology Agency's web site before April.
- http://edmi-parliament.uk.
