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Identity Cards Bill

I was not seeking an apology; I was scoring points late at night. I shall consider carefully what the Minister said. He appeared to say that the state would be responsible under normal laws of negligence for negligence, and to that extent the amendment is not necessary. If I have got that wrong, I expect the Minister to put me right. There will be negligence. Some of us think that there might be quite a lot of it, but when there is negligence and a citizen suffers directly financially because of it, there is no reason on earth why due recompense should not follow in accordance with normal principles of law. If that is the case, maybe it is an unnecessary amendment, and I shall think about it before the next round.