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Identity Cards Bill

The noble Baroness says that this is not punishment. Am I right in believing that until the scheme becomes compulsory—or for those people who are required to register, as far as the voluntary system is concerned—if people wish to give their details, they may do so, but if they do not, or fail to update them, they will not be subject to any penalties? I hope I have got that part right. When it becomes compulsory to be on the register and have a card, is there no room for conscientious objection? If there is no room, does that not mean that failure to comply will land a person in gaol? I have asked this question before, and the noble Baroness has not quite satisfied me that a person with a sincerely held conscientious objection who continually refuses to provide what he or she considers to be private information would not end up in gaol. I remain convinced that they could. If they keep on being conscientious objectors, they could be in gaol for the rest of their lives.