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Identity Cards Bill

The noble Baroness has not answered my question, because there were other interventions. Surely, before we go any further, she will give us an estimate of the costs that will be incurred by other departments if they are to be able to make any use of the system. It is perfectly simple. All that the Home Office must do is go around the other departments that will use the new system, and ask how much it will cost them to adjust their computer systems so that they can key into the Home Office system. Surely we are entitled to that information.