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Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 16 - Procedure for regulations under s. 15 (25 Jan 2005)

Mr David Curry: Welcome back, as it were, Mr. Conway. I suspect that the matter before us is rather like learning to ride a bike with two wheels; when one can do it, nothing seems more idiotically simple, but before one can do it, nothing seems more utterly impossible. I want to make sure that I understand what the Minister said. He seemed to say that it is up to the devolved Parliament or Assemblies to...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 15 - Power to make public services conditional on identity checks (25 Jan 2005)

Mr David Curry: .... The subsection that my hon. Friend the Member for Woking seeks to delete states: ''Nothing in this section authorises the making of regulations the effect of which would be to require an individual— (a) to carry an ID card with him at all times''. However, in Prime Minister's Question Time on 1 December, the Prime Minister said: ''We think that it is legitimate and right, in this...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 - Issue etc. of ID cards (25 Jan 2005)

Mr David Curry: ...the CSA. For the most part it is mothers who come to our surgeries and say that years have gone by and there has not been a dicky-bird from the father, he cannot be traced and no money has been paid. They are some of the disappearing people. I do not know whether they are counted in the ONS figures and whether they will have ID cards. I am against ID cards, but if they track down miscreant...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 - Issue etc. of ID cards (25 Jan 2005)

Mr David Curry: I am grateful for that, because I clearly did not join up my sentiments in the way that I ought to have done. I was making the point that I will be charged for something. I cannot quite make up my mind whether it is something material or some sort of chimera, which I need or need not carry and which I may or may not be asked for. Apparently, I stand more chance of being asked for it at my...