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Identity Documents Bill

4: After Clause 3, insert the following new Clause— ““Report on costs and savings (1) The Secretary of State must, within 4 months of this Act coming into force, lay before Parliament a report setting out the costs and savings associated with cancelling ID cards. (2) The report laid under subsection (1) must, in particular, specify— (a) the costs associated with cancelling all ID cards and sending letters to cardholders under section 2(3), (b) the costs associated with destroying information in the National Identity Register under section 3, and (c) any savings identified as a result of cancelling ID cards and destroying information in the National Identity Register.””