Results 1-10 of 10 for id cards speaker:Alistair Darling

Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families: HMRC Data Loss (17 Dec 2007) has video

Alistair Darling: ...just for the United Kingdom Government but for the devolved Administrations, and Sir Gus O'Donnell's report makes specific mention of that. I do not agree with the hon. Gentleman, however, about ID cards. As I said to the acting leader of the Liberal Democrats, the hon. Member for Twickenham, an increasing amount of information is held by Government Departments. In addition to that, those...

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: HM Revenue and Customs (28 Nov 2007) has video

Alistair Darling: ...request was based on perfectly good operational requirements. Nobody is blaming the banks; they simply wanted the time to put in place the necessary protections. It was clear to me that, as I said last week, a balance had to be struck between my need to tell the House and the public and the need to ensure that the banks were properly prepared. The hon. Gentleman made a suggestion about...

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: HM Revenue and Customs (20 Nov 2007)

Alistair Darling: As I said, one of the problems is that the information we have at the moment can, in certain circumstances, be used for fraudulent purposes by people who have no right to use it. The point about ID cards is that because they will introduce biometric information they will mean that one can be more certain that the person asking for or dealing with that information has a legal right to do so.

Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office: HM Revenue and Customs (20 Nov 2007)

Alistair Darling: For the reason that ID cards match up biometric information with the information that is held, so that the person holding the information knows that the person asking for it is legally entitled to it. That is the difference between many other systems, which do not have that biometric lock, and the ID card system, which would have that biometric lock. It seems to me that that would give me and...

Orders of the Day — Road Safety Bill [Lords] (8 Mar 2006)

Alistair Darling: That is not a debate that we need to have because I can give the hon. Gentleman that assurance. I refer him to what the Home Secretary said when we last debated identity cards. We are not planning to designate ID cards in that way, and they will be separate. The photographic licence would be a separate requirement for different reasons. At some stage, biometric information will be required...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Identity Cards (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alistair Darling: It just about gave me sufficient time to find out the answer. I am glad to say that, as the House may be aware, the Home Office is piloting what will be necessary to implement the ID card scheme in Glasgow. One of the things that it is considering is a mobile facility to enable people to record their details without having to travel, in this case to Glasgow. In any event, when biometric...

Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland: Identity Cards (11 Jan 2005)

Mr Alistair Darling: ...that has been built up over the past seven years there are more policemen in Scotland. There are also more teachers, nurses and doctors. So as far as public services are concerned, we can provide that. In relation to identity cards, the fact that the hon. Gentleman disagrees with me comes as no surprise. It is hardly news that it may be necessary to have an ID card to access benefits, for...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (18 Jun 1992)

Mr Alistair Darling: Does the Home Secretary accept that a compulsory requirement to carry identity cards would be the subject of deep resentment for many people? Has he had any discussions with his European counterparts about the possibility of compulsory ID cards being introduced in the European Community after the removal of frontiers in continental Europe? I appreciate that we shall maintain our...

Intra-community Frontiers (Control) (4 May 1989)

Mr Alistair Darling: ...were building up. The union for the immigration service put pressure on the Government to introduce visas. When I asked what criteria applied, I was given an example by one senior officer. He said that he and his wife had gone out for dinner at a Thai restaurant the week before. He had noticed that there were more and more Thai restaurants and he had come to the conclusion that because...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (15 Dec 1988)

Mr Alistair Darling: The Secretary of State seems to be hazy and vague about the Government's proposals. Does he accept that many people would regard the introduction of compulsory ID cards—or even pressure to carry them on a voluntary basis—as an intrusion into civil liberties and that they would deeply resent it? Will he take this opportunity to state categorically that there will be no...