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Proceeding contribution from John Bercow (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 11 January 2006. It occurred during Debate on bill on Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06.


Electoral Administration Bill

It seems variously and rather curiously to have been suggested that the use of national insurance numbers in these circumstances would be either obstructive, intrusive or impractical. My hon. Friend is right to question that assumption. As he has been talking about the need for joined-up government, does he agree that the Government have adopted a rather inconsistent mode of operation, given that they want to introduce identity cards at a cost that they will not calculate, for a benefit that they cannot quantify, and at a risk to personal liberty that they dare not admit?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
441 c326-7 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Databases Armed forces Administration Absent voting Costs Fraud Finance Elections Electorate Donors Expenditure Electoral Commission Electoral register National insurance Pilot schemes Northern Ireland Prisoners Political parties Proof of identity Registration Voting methods
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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