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June 28, 2005
ID card bill narrowly passes second reading
The ID card bill passed its second reading in the Commons this evening by just 31 votes, and the critical mass of opposition to the bill is growing all the time.
The chances are of defeating the bill outright may not be high, but the government are risking their credibility by failing to respond to technical, financial and civil liberties questions about the scheme. They face opposition from every side, and on every possible aspect of their plan.
If they sincerely wanted to bring in more accurate means of personal identification, they could hardly have drafted a more inept plan. They should have started by simply introducing biometrics on passports, before evaluating the results, and considering other applications of the technology.
See ID card news
MPs narrowly back ID cards plan: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4632299.stm#
Passport applicants face grilling: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4629545.stm
ID Database ‘not for sale’: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4624735.stm
Ministers plan to sell your ID card details to raise cash: news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=649780
ID cards ‘will not make us safer’: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/4623539.stm
ID cards losing support as rising costs deter public: www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/0,3605,1505880,00.html
Posted by Simon Holledge at June 28, 2005 11:30 PM
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