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Identity Cards Bill

There is no paradox; however, the point is interesting because I did not say what the hon. Gentleman said I said. Throughout this process, I have always argued—this is an extremely serious point and I am taking the hon. Gentleman’s comment seriously—that the problem is not the piece of plastic, such as the type of card that I am holding up, which we all carry for a specific purpose. It is what is behind it. The database is the serious issue. I am entirely in favour of biometrics on passports, but we do not need to have a national identity register, which is what is proposed.