"That does beg the question"

No it doesn't.

http://skepdic.com/begging.html

... you might get arrested as a "terrorist" for revealing information that the Government wants kept hidden...

If access to the system is limited, how does information get into the register in the first place?

Come on now, John - you're not in parliament yourself, so you can call it what it is. "Lying through their fucking teeth, as usual"

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article5270046.ece, penultimate para.

Not sure I want these people having my kids (or even my) details.