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Identity Cards Bill

My Lords, I seek clarification on the relationship between identity cards and various government departments. On the ““Today”” programme on 25 January, the Home Secretary said:"““We have a process where we begin voluntarily linking it to the passport and possibly CRB check in the event of a decision by Parliament””." If this goes forward and we talk about voluntary linking to passport and CRB records, has any thought been given to the impact that that will have upon volunteers? It would appear that in order to get CRB clearance, volunteers in any organisation would have to purchase their own ID card before they can volunteer for whatever they wish to do. In the interests of encouraging volunteering, that is surely not the way we would wish to go.