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Identity Cards Bill

: Irrespective of the number of people who come forward—in the first instance and for some time—to renew their passports, what is my hon. and learned Friend’s assessment of the costs that the Government will incur as a result of proceeding with a plan for a massive new set of high street locations under the auspices of the great empire builder, Mr. Bernard Herdan, at which the transactions will take place? The sums of money will be huge. I do not know whether the Home Secretary realises it or whether he has been hoodwinked, but it will cost big time.