Clause 8 - Issue etc. of ID cards
Identity Cards Bill
9:10 am
Mr Derek Conway (Old Bexley and Sidcup, Conservative)
With this it will be convenient to discuss amendment No. 186, in clause 37, page 31, line 24, at end insert—
''but no fee shall be imposed for a card issued in consequence of an order by the Secretary of State for compulsory registration.''.
I wish to explain matters to members of the Committee who were not privy to what happened before they came into the Room. There has been a meeting of the Programming Sub-Committee, as a result of which I am required to finish the business under consideration when the Committee adjourned on Thursday evening, which is the amendment tabled by the hon. Member for Woking (Mr. Malins). When we have disposed of the amendment, the Committee may consider the proposals of the Programming Sub-Committee for up to half an hour. We shall then return to the business on the amendment paper.
The Clerk has helpfully put copies of the Programming Sub-Committee's resolution on the Table, so that during the debate on the amendment, but before we deal with the amendment to the programme order, colleagues will have an opportunity to see where the knives fall. Members of the Committee might wish to familiarise themselves with that.
We return to amendment No. 44, with which we are considering amendment No. 186. I think the Minister had concluded his remarks.