Clause 31 - Tampering with the Register etc.
Identity Cards Bill
9:15 am
Edward Garnier (Shadow Minister, (Assisted By Shadow Law Officers); Harborough, Conservative)
I may be able to help the Minister. I will not press new clause 1, either now or at a later stage, but will he tell me why clause 31(4), which my hon. Friend the Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer) reasonably tabled an amendment to delete, cannot simply state that an offence under the provision may be committed by a British citizen anywhere in the world and by anyone within the United Kingdom? That says the same thing in fewer words.