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UK Borders Bill

I welcome the Minister’s response, and have several questions. First, was racial profiling seriously considered? Even if racial profiling was not intended, could it inadvertently come about? Moreover, does the Minister accept that, even if it is not compulsory to carry the document, the fact that it exists and can be demanded when services are sought could lead to such racial profiling among ethnic minorities’ full British citizens and therefore to indiscriminate and disproportionate pressure on them in yet another sphere? Finally, will the Minister assure the Grand Committee that the Government are convinced—and tell us why they are convinced—that whatever they do will address the point that I underlined, and which was in the Joint Committee’s report, that the registration scheme may be difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile with the respect for private life as spelled out in Article 8 of the European convention?