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Identity Cards Bill

I certainly do not think that when the state bestows upon somebody an identity card that that person gets an identity for the first time. We all know perfectly well that there are all sorts of ways of telling somebody who you are. I am talking about an aspect of the Bill that allows people to have access to details about you on a register. I do not understand how on earth anybody in his right mind could say that that extends a person’s freedom. I should like the Government to make plain that they certainly do not subscribe to the view that you extend somebody’s freedom by intruding on his private life.