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Identity Cards Bill

My Lords, before the Minister sits down, on earlier occasions she has drawn on the Wakeham report to support her position. In paragraph 3.26, it said that the Lords’ powers should be exercised ““with restraint”” and whenever the ““occasion clearly demanded it””. In paragraph 4.7, it stated:"““Our conclusion is that the current balance is about right and should not be radically disturbed. It would be wrong to move in the direction of a basically unicameral system with the second chamber able to play only a ‘revising’ role””." The judgment of when we reach that point, unless she is in favour of a unicameral Parliament, is a matter for each Member of the House, not for Ministers of the Crown.