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Identity Cards Bill

moved Amendment No. 53:"Page 7, line 41, leave out ““relating to an individual”” and insert ““issued under this section””" The noble Lord said: My Lords, I moved an amendment in Committee to make clear that the issue of cards under Clause 8(5) could be done only with the consent of the person to whom the card was to be issued. Amendments were moved today by the noble Baroness, Lady Seccombe, broadly along that line. In discussions with the ever-helpful Bill team, I was told that Clause 8(6) applies to the whole of Clause 8 and makes clear that no card can be issued under Clause 8(5) or (4) which is not consensual—that it does not proceed other than on an application made to the register by the individual concerned. My amendment is designed to make that express and explicit. It does not change the sense of the clause; that is not intended. I have removed the superfluous words ““relating to an individual””—an ID card can relate only to an individual—and inserted ““issued under this section””. Therefore, Clause 8(6) would state:"““An ID card issued under this section is not to be issued except on an application””," and so on. I hope that the amendment is uncontentious and will make clear what is currently less clear. I beg to move.