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Identity Cards Bill

As the noble Baroness said, it is because of the historicity of the issue. It is easy enough now, but we should just look at the electoral register. The Electrical Commission calculates that well over 1 million people are not on that register. What will we do when 1 million, 2 million or 3 million of our citizens do not fill in the questionnaire come the day—if it comes—when the register is compulsory? I am not trying to make difficulties; I am being realistic and asking the Government—this comes back to a very basic issue—whether we are not going a bridge too far with this whole grandiose project and leading ourselves to a shambolic future.