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Identity Cards Bill

I am very sympathetic to the noble Lord, but I hope that the further information arises out of the issues discussed in our previous debate in Committee. I invite the Committee to press on. If I may respectfully say so, bearing in mind the speed with which we dealt with amendments on the previous occasion and the number of amendments we have to deal with now, I think that we will have sufficient time. I will try to be as clear as I can. If parts of the letter will assist the Committee, I will certainly point those out as we go along, but it is really a case of answering questions that were raised on the previous occasion—some of them will be for another day, but it would be a good idea if we pressed on.