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Business of the House

My hon. Friend is absolutely right. What is disappointing about the attitude of many Conservative Members is that while they concentrate their criticisms on, for example, aspects of the use of identity cards in relation to the public sector, the private sector—particularly the banking and credit card industries—suffers very significant financial losses as a result of identity fraud. There is no doubt, as those organisations argue, that the availability of an identity card system will have an enormous impact on reducing the level of fraud. I am sorry that Conservative Members, who otherwise claim to represent the interests of business and the financial community, have failed to take account of that.