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Debate on bill on Monday, 18 October 2010, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Neville-Jones. The answering member was Lord Bach.

Identity Documents Bill

Identity Documents Bill. Lords second reading. Agreed on question and committed to a Grand Committee.

Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
721 c713-42 
Session
2010-12
Department
Home Office
Legislative stage
Second reading
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-2131
Monday, 29 November 2010
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Proceeding contributions
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c715 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, citizens have to be aware of what is going on around them. It was clear that this scheme w...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 721 c715 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, is the Minister saying that it is a general principle that members of the public are meant...
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Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c713-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure that the House will take note of what has just been said. Those are the exiguou...
Countess of Mar | 721 c713 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sorry to interrupt the noble Baroness. Before we go any further, I must say that I am...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c713 (Link to this contribution) Moved by That the Bill be read a second time.
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c715-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the opposition of both coalition parties to ID cards was well known well before we incorpo...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 721 c715 (Link to this contribution) I am most grateful to my noble friend for giving way. Will she give sympathetic consideration to the...
Baroness Hamwee | 721 c719-21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, shortly before the general election I was asked at a meeting what would be the first new B...
Lord Bach | 721 c716-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the Minister for outlining the Government’s Bill so clearly and concisely for us t...
Lord Maxton | 721 c722-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it would appear that I may be the only Back-Bencher to oppose this legislation. I spoke du...
Countess of Mar | 721 c721-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as one of many who frequently expressed extreme unhappiness about the Identity Cards Bill ...
Lord Brett | 721 c725 (Link to this contribution) We are having a Second Reading debate on a Bill that will repeal an Act. Will the noble Lord say whe...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 721 c724-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I admire the noble Lord, Lord Maxton, for sticking to the old guns, as you might say. It m...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 721 c726-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very pleased to follow the noble Lord, Lord Phillips. I congratulate him on his expos...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 721 c725-6 (Link to this contribution) It is a bit much to ask me to refer to a point of detail in the Act. I shall tell the noble Lord aft...
Lord Brett | 721 c729-31 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure that I can help either of the previous speakers, but I would give one word o...
Viscount Slim | 721 c729 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, perhaps I may say that I sympathise with him, as I am sur...
Lord Selsdon | 721 c727-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am honoured to follow my noble friend Lord Stoddart of Swindon. I apologise to him again...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 721 c733 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, may I beg the indulgence of the House and be permitted to speak in the gap?
Lord Shipley | 721 c731-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this Bill is a most welcome step by the Government. Many people have argued for many years...
Lord Selsdon | 721 c731 (Link to this contribution) I apologise if the noble Lord misunderstood when I said ““Christian””. I was referring to people who...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c739-41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, we have had an interesting and wide-ranging debate. My first point is that the various spe...
Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws | 721 c736-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I now see the gap and hope that I will be permitted to step into it. I opposed the ID car...
Lord Brett | 721 c741 (Link to this contribution) The point has been made about the restricted areas—one in Manchester and one in London—but there was...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c741-2 (Link to this contribution) I hope that the noble Lord will acknowledge that, at the end of the day, this was not going down a b...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 721 c741 (Link to this contribution) The point is that most of the long-term cost would have been met by people paying the cost of the ca...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c741 (Link to this contribution) The fact is that there is significant sunk investment and there would have been future costs if we h...
Lord Selsdon | 721 c742 (Link to this contribution) Before my noble friend sits down, can she help me? Would she be willing to share with the House her ...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c742 (Link to this contribution) I know a trick question when I see one. I shall certainly share my name as registered on my birth ce...
Countess of Mar | 721 c742 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the Minister sits down, I asked two specific questions. If she does not have the an...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c742 (Link to this contribution) The noble Countess is quite right. I do indeed have some information and apologise for not having gi...
Earl of Erroll | 721 c733-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think I am the last speaker before the gap, unless the Cross Benchers have finally achie...
Baroness Neville-Jones | 721 c713 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Bill is short, and it is precise in achieving its aim of scrapping the identity card s...
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath | 721 c737-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am not sure where I would categorise myself in my noble friend’s interesting description...
Subjects
Disclosure of information Compensation Civil liberties Databases Biometrics Costs Fraud Genetics Identity cards Organised crime Personation National identity register Proof of identity Passports Terrorism
Legislation
Identity Documents Bill 2010-12
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