ID group calls for end to card plan
Laura Morris, writing in the Cambridge Evening News, reports the comments of the ID cards minister and NO2ID campaigners during the former’s visit to Cambridge:
Ms Hillier said: “The two things I would say to the N02ID campaigners are first, the act of Parliament has been passed and ID cards will be brought in. Secondly, if they have a passport I don’t know why they are worrying as they are already on the passport register – ID cards will work in a very similar way.
“Once they get to grips with it and start using them they will be less worried.”
Mr Watson said: “Public opposition to the dangerous and unnecessary ID card scheme is growing.
“The public does not want ID cards, nor the wholesale sharing of valuable personal data between Government departments they would allow.
“I work in the IT industry and I just don’t think the technology available will work to maintain a database of information this large.
“Ms Hillier says she’s here to listen to feedback; she should listen to the voice of the majority and scrap the ID card scheme immediately.”
April 4th, 2008 at 19:38
What an arrogant statement from a government minister.They say that they listen to the people but they blatantly don’t.If they did the majority viewpoint would be adhered to.