Proceeding contribution from Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 July 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Identity Cards.

Identity Cards

I am grateful to the Home Secretary for mentioning the NHS database, because it is a rather good example of the sort of problems that we may have in store. It was originally estimated that the Spine system would cost £2.3 billion, but the National Audit Office now puts the figure at £12.4 billion and rising. What assurance can he conceivably give the House that the identity card scheme, and the national identity register, will not have a similar catastrophic effect on the public finances?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 495 c769
Session: 2008-09
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Data protection Databases Cost effectiveness Software Costs Airports ICT Genetics Identity cards Pilot schemes Privacy Security
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

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