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Identity Cards Bill

I am answering the hon. and learned Gentleman’s point, so perhaps he could give me a moment to do so. I am pleased that the hon. and learned Gentleman has attached himself to the parliamentary Labour party mailing list—I do not know what his intentions are. He will see from my letter that, based on our scheme, the main cost driver assumed by the LSE is incorrect. The LSE assumed a five-year refresh rate for biometric enrolment, but there is no evidence to support that as the main assumption for the scheme—the major basis on which we have challenged the LSE figures, because they would add enormous costs to the scheme. I do not want the debate to go over the ground of the LSE report. I will answer some of the points raised in it later.