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Identity Cards Bill

I am still mystified. The Passport Office, which has wider powers under Clause 39, requires and is entitled to a much narrower range of information than the national identity register will carry. It seems a paradox that the national identity register, which will have all the Schedule 1 matters under the Bill, has a narrower power of requiring information than the Passport Office. I do not understand it and would be grateful if the noble Baroness could consider this after the debate. I do not think there is any consistency about the two provisions; I am not happy about the first, and I am very unhappy about the second.