Clause 2 - Individuals entered in Register
Identity Cards Bill
1:30 pm
Roger Gale (North Thanet, Conservative)
I remind the Committee that with this we are discussing the following amendments: No. 14, in page 2, line 46, at end insert ‘or’.
No. 15, in page 3, line 2, leave out from ‘period’ to end of line 4.
No. 187, in page 3, line 4, at end insert
‘or,
(d)he is a citizen of an European Union Member State with an approved identity document issued by that state.’.
Hopefully, during interventions I dealt sufficiently with the points about reciprocity, standards and all the other elements relating to the European Union, so I shall simply dwell on the lead amendment and amendment No. 14.
As I read them, paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of clause 2(3) are not meant to be joined. The point made by the hon. and learned Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) in amendment No. 14 is that paragraph (a) should be linked to paragraph (b). He queried the “or” at the end of paragraph (b). As I understand it, it is (a) or (b) or (c), so there is no need for an “and”.