On the day after the Queen’s speech, the papers have seemingly been briefed on government plans to rush the ID cards bill through the Commons within a fortnight. As The Mirror says: THE QUEEN’S SPEECH: I.D.IOTIC THE battle for British liberties began yesterday following the announcement of a compulsory ID card scheme. Ministers are braced [...]
In the Queen’s Speech debate, recorded in Hansard, Tony Blair said: Long term, the solution [to asylum and immigration] is identity cards. By 2008, we will need to have biometric passports because of the United States and the European Union moving towards biometric visa requirements. In addition, we need ID cards as soon as possible [...]
The Scotsman reports: THE government may be forced to revise its flagship identity cards bill in order to get it through the House of Commons, a Cabinet minister admitted yesterday. Despite the apparent hint of concessions, ministers remain convinced that they will be able to drive the legislation through parliament in what is shaping up [...]
According to The Independent: Tony Blair is to provoke his first trial of strength with Labour rebels since the election by pressing ahead with contentious proposals for identity cards. The Government could be hit by a major backbench revolt within weeks after the Cabinet agreed to reintroduce the ID card plans as a priority in [...]
The Register has an interesting commentary on the US “Real ID” Act, which has just been rammed through the US legislature without any debate at all. The last couple of paragraphs are also relevant to the Home Office proposals: Yet the scheme is hopelessly flawed even without the attendant mass privacy invasion. Once these cards [...]
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