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Proceeding contribution from David Leslie Taylor (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 6 July 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Identity Cards.


Identity Cards

My right hon. Friend and I are both admirers of the new Home Secretary, but was it not a tad misleading of him to suggest last week that he had decided that identity cards would be voluntary from now on, when the Identity Cards Act 2006 already makes them a voluntary tool, and altering that status would require primary legislation? The announcement was bigged up, as they say nowadays.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
495 c782 
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