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Olympics: Policing and Crime Bill (19 Jan 2009) has video

David Blunkett: May I follow the hon. Gentleman's logic on the abolition of the ID card scheme to spend money on the police? Can he explain briefly how reducing the amount raised from the passport charge—to take account of the fact that there would no longer be a clean database and the additional charge associated with the passport would thus no longer be needed—would allow the service to raise...

Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: No, no. If people are asked to produce their driving licence and they do not have it, they are asked to attend a police station with it. If they attend a bank and the bank wants to check their identity, it will accept an ID card. If they do not produce an ID card, it will expect to see a passport or some other immediate form of identification. The question has been put, "If you want to get a...

Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: ...have the largest take-up of passports in the world—we believe that 93 per cent. of the population will have a passport in the next three years. We will require the same information for identification on the clean database. We will debate the clear database and the ID card system on Second Reading, in Committee and on Report. I hope that we will improve the Bill, and if hon. Members...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Identity Cards (27 Oct 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: I am today publishing the Government's response to the Home Affairs Committee's report on identity cards and a summary of the findings of consultation and research based on the draft Identity Cards Bill which was published on 26 April 2004 (CM 6178). The Home Affairs Committee has carried out an inquiry into identity cards. This was announced in November 2003 with the following terms of...

EU Immigration and Asylum Policy (26 Oct 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: ...over the control of our borders and, of course, the necessary security and immigration screening, which will now be enhanced by electronic border controls and surveillance, and the introduction of ID cards. That complements the new controls established in northern France and Belgium. At the Justice and Home Affairs Council yesterday—the final text will be agreed and issued...

Crime (18 Oct 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: I was very pleased that we did not override local people in terms of police authorities and reduce this year's budget. The Liberal Democrat figures, with which I am of course familiar—they include 10,000 extra officers—are complete mythology. The Liberal Democrats say that they will fund the changes by not using the money for ID cards. However, ID cards will be paid for on the...

Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Anti-terrorism Measures (21 Jul 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: ...from France, Germany, Italy and Spain. We discussed a range of issues that relate to co-operation on counter-terrorism. It was a very useful meeting covering a number of areas of joint interest. ID cards can allow travel throughout the EU, so we need to ensure that security standards are on a par with those relating to EU visas, residence permits and passports. We felt that it would be...

Home Office Strategic Plan (19 Jul 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: I thank the hon. Gentleman for that vote of confidence. I think that we all agree that we need to get police out of the station. We are spending £800 million on information technology in the criminal justice system and £500 million on the Airwave system. It is crucial that we develop the most extensive system for using DNA in the world and ensure that people are trained to use such...

Bichard Inquiry Report (22 Jun 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: ...Bichard inquiry. However, I accept the tone in which he delivered his questions. The hon. Gentleman asked why the initial proposal for the national intelligence system was abandoned. Plans were considered by the board, which was part of the tripartite approach that I described, in 2000. The decision was taken in relation to implementation of the national intelligence model, to be followed...

Bichard Inquiry Report (22 Jun 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: ...accept, and Sir Michael makes the point, that we need to be more thorough in carrying out checks. That challenge has been accepted more generally and it will be possible to meet it by means of the ID card database, where we will have to do a check back as part of the process of checking an individual's true identity. We will therefore be more easily able to check with the police forces and...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Draft Identity Cards Bill (26 Apr 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: I am today publishing a draft Identity Cards Bill for consultation as part of a document explaining the need for legislation entitled "Legislation on Identity Cards: A Consultation" (CM 6178). The draft Bill establishes the legislative framework that would be necessary for the incremental introduction of the national identity cards scheme as set out in "Identity Cards: The Next Steps" (CM...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Internal Security (22 Mar 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: I am familiar with my hon. Friend's views on the subject. A question on identity cards has been tabled and, with your permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall answer further questions then. Suffice it to say that the system that we have in process is nothing like the Spanish ID card. I have spelt out to the House that I would not recommend a system on the European model. It is not based on biometrics...

EU Enlargement (Free Movement of Workers) (23 Feb 2004)

Mr David Blunkett: We are moving towards an ID scheme for us all, as I said at the end of last year. We will introduce a draft Bill in the spring for prior consideration and scrutiny and present it for the House to decide whether it wants to go ahead with the scheme that is being recommended and is now agreed by the Cabinet. Yes, we need to toughen up on gangmasters and ensure that any ID card scheme that...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: With permission, Mr. Speaker, I shall make a statement on identity cards and the publication of an explanatory paper, a copy of which is available in the Vote Office. The Government have decided to begin the process of building a base for a national compulsory identity card scheme. We intend to proceed incrementally, starting by establishing a database and introducing new technology in...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: Yes, like BBC licences, for instance. I emphasise that it will not be compulsory for anyone to have to carry the card with them, any more than it is with the driving licence today. Although use of the card would be very helpful to public services, it would not be necessary to present a card to access those services until the scheme became compulsory. Clearly, however, as the card will be the...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: I should genuinely like to welcome the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (David Davis)—and, of course, his colleagues—to his place on the Front Bench. I do so genuinely in the spirit of knowing that there will be a different style of opposition. I also wish his predecessor good fortune in his new role: he always did his homework, he was always thoughtful and he always...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: I welcome the hon. Gentleman to his post. As applies to all Liberal Democrats, the freedom to change one's mind comes frequently and often—and that applies to ID cards. The hon. Gentleman, now representing the Liberal Democrats, was in favour of ID cards when he voted in favour of a ten-minute Bill less than a year ago. He is certainly, in his own words, "fundamentally opposed": he is...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: ...If that happened, how on earth would we be able to deal with the American situation that I outlined, and the development—just beginning in the Schengen countries—of biometric visas and ID cards? I thought that the Liberal Democrats were in favour of Schengen and Europe-wide developments—or is that another fundamental principle that they have abandoned this afternoon? No,...

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: On his first question, the hon. and learned Gentleman is entirely right: biometrics are going to be with us, with or without ID cards. On his second question, the Government have accepted the principle that he outlined, and we are clear that to achieve the full effect—on illegal working and the illegal use of free public services—we would have to move to compulsion. I accept that.

Identity Cards (11 Nov 2003)

Mr David Blunkett: I do not accept my hon. Friend's final point—not least because it will be possible to reference the identifiers against the ID base, without using the card. That will be a technological change for the future. My hon. Friend spoke about the problems involved in introducing the card, but every Department—not least my own—faces a challenge when introducing and developing...