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Identity Cards Bill

I have read the whole of that section of the manifesto; in fact, I took the trouble to read it before the general election, and I would have supported a compulsory scheme in any event. The hon. and learned Gentleman has repeatedly selectively quoted from the manifesto, purely to justify the ongoing ping-pong with another place over that passage’s precise meaning. There is no justification for his continuing to do so, and still less for an unelected House’s continuing to do so.