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Identity Cards Bill

If we did not have the use of an ID card and we followed the noble Lord’s amendment so that there was not a provision for an ID card, in order to get the service, one has to produce something. Bearing in mind that we now believe ID cards are likely to be the best possible form of identifier because they would have the biometrics and the checks that we have spoken about, something else would have to be produced. Whatever else is produced is likely to be of less quality.