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Proceeding contribution from Lord Maxton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 16 November 2005. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Identity Cards Bill.


Identity Cards Bill

That is the point—95 or 98 per cent of the population are exactly the kind of people whom the noble Baroness describes, and a very small proportion may be the people to whom the noble Lord referred. The other thing that is available to anyone on the website—I accept that you have to pay for some of the information—is every census since 1881. I can tell noble Lords where my grandfather first lived when he went to Glasgow in 1881. That information is available. It is not impossible to find out about people at present, and I really do not understand why people are getting so upset and concerned about this information being available on the register, as opposed to being available in a whole range of other places.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
675 c1172 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Data protection Databases Biometrics Crime prevention Costs Banks Fraud Identity cards Undocumented migrants Domicil Personal records Personation National identity register Proof of identity Registration Terrorism Security
Legislation
Identity Cards Bill 2005-06
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk