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- Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (13 Feb 2006)
Frank Dobson: ...I tabled in lieu of Lords amendments Nos. 1, 68, 69 and 70. My amendment would impose a requirement on the Government to report every six months to the House on the latest estimated cost of the ID scheme, if it goes ahead. I do not support the Lords amendments because they deal exclusively with the initial estimate. History suggests that it is not the initial estimates that are the problem...
- Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (13 Feb 2006)
Frank Dobson: I should like to try to make progress. The Government estimate that the scheme will cost £6 billion. If someone came up to a Member in the Chamber and said that they would give them £6 billion to make the country safer only to be told that ID cards would be introduced, that Member would be taken to the funny farm before they had time to draw breath. I am therefore not very keen on...
- Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (13 Feb 2006)
Frank Dobson: ...had been let. That covers the hon. and learned Gentleman's point. All that I am doing is giving the House an opportunity for us to do our job. I can commend my amendment both to those who are for identity cards and to those who are against identity cards. For those who are present who are in favour of identity cards, voting for my amendment is a vote of confidence in the accuracy of the...
- Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)
Frank Dobson: I congratulate the hon. Member for Gravesham (Mr. Holloway) on his maiden speech, which was delivered with the confidence that we associate with people who make television programmes. I am glad that he paid tribute to my former hon. Friend, Chris Pond. I only hope that it was not my visit to Gravesham during the election campaign that resulted in the hon. Gentleman being elected. My first...
- Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)
Frank Dobson: ...on which the system would run. Perhaps it is my Yorkshire background, but my principle concern is about costs. We must aim to get value for money and we must remember that whatever is spent on the ID card system cannot be spent on anything else. The cards will be paid for either by the taxpayer from general taxation or by what amounts to a special tax levied on those who want to be card...
- Football Spectators Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time): Interpretation (17 Jul 1989)
Mr Frank Dobson: ...hooligans. I was talking about hooligans who, in the fantasies of the Government Front Bench and apparently the hon. Gentleman, might dress up as women. We should not pay any attention to what he said. The Government also insist on pensioners having identity cards. The consequence of that will be rotten. What about the grandad who has not been to many matches in recent years, but who...
- Football Spectators Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time): Interpretation (17 Jul 1989)
Mr Frank Dobson: ...answer to the weight of the arguments—[Interruption.] The hon. Member for Bury, North (Mr. Burt) says, "Oh." On one occasion when I listened to the Committee he was talking about compulsory ID cards for pensioners. He said that pensioners would be encouraged to get involved with Bury football club by being forced to have an ID card. That is a peculiar form of encouragement.
- Football Spectators Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time): Interpretation (17 Jul 1989)
Mr Frank Dobson: Why is the answer to make it compulsory for pensioners to have ID cards? If the scheme, in dealing with people below pensionable age, results in the grounds being safe, pensioners will be safe wherever they go in those grounds. The hon. Gentleman's arguments are just preposterous. We have this guillotine because the Government have lost the argument and are using the crude weight of their...
- Football Spectators Bill [Lords] (Allocation of Time): Interpretation (17 Jul 1989)
Mr Frank Dobson: My hon. Friend, who so rightly and heartily speaks for Mansfield Town, has exposed the threadbare nature of the argument that pensioners should be forced to carry ID cards. The Bill is like the Government: it ignores the things that it ought to do and fails to do the things that it claims to do. It is out of touch. It owes everything to the Prime Minister and nothing to common sense. Its...