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Identity Cards Bill

If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I will not give way, as I wish to heed Madam Deputy Speaker’s advice about brevity. I shall cross my fingers and hope that compromise can be reached to prevent ping-pong throughout the day and night. Most of all, I do not want the Parliament Acts to be used. If my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary used the word, and if he means what he said, I can only hope, like everyone else with doubts and reservations, that compromise will be reached today.