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Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (13 Feb 2006)

David Drew: ...the past. It is a great shame that we have not reached the Liberal Democrat amendment on accessibility. There is an issue that is not financial in terms of costs and benefits, but concerns how individuals can be persuaded to take up biometric passports, and ID cards in due course, and that relates to the need for people to be able to get easily to places where they can give their biometric...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 — Issue etc. of ID Cards (18 Oct 2005)

David Drew: I do not know whether my hon. Friend read the answer that I received last week to a parliamentary question. It said there are currently 300,000 cases of passport theft a year. We did not touch on this matter in Committee, so will the Minister tell us who will pay if people lose their ID cards, or their ID cards and their passports?

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 15 - Power to make public services conditional on identity checks (14 Jul 2005)

David Drew: ...it—in respect of people who come to this country specifically to use the NHS. We all know that that has been an untold story, even though the Government have begun to address it, as I said. In a sense, that is an argument for the ID card, but the problem with clause 15 is that the individual must produce either an ID card or something else. It is unclear what the Government are...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 15 - Power to make public services conditional on identity checks (14 Jul 2005)

David Drew: I too see the clause as quite important, albeit for different reasons from those that have been outlined. As I said before, I have no problem with the concept of an ID card, but I have a problem with who is likely to have it and who is not likely to have it. The sort of people who would be unlikely to have an ID card are recent entrants to the country, Travellers, or those who for some reason...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 15 - Power to make public services conditional on identity checks (14 Jul 2005)

David Drew: ...about that. It is a difficult question. If someone has toothache, it is an emergency for them, although to a dentist it may be something that can be treated in due course, but if someone has no ID card, they may not get treatment at all. Notwithstanding the fact that these days it is difficult to get a NHS dentist anyway, most dentists are pretty altruistic when it comes to someone who is...

Persecution of Christians (South-East Asia and China) (13 Jul 2005)

David Drew: ...Christian or follower of another religion or none, we should never lose sight of what is happening to Christians in other parts of the world. I thank my good friend Dr. Alan Hobson of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, with whom I have worked closely in raising a number of questions and in previous debates. I also pay due regard to John Prince of the Library, who has produced an excellent...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 - Issue etc. of ID cards (12 Jul 2005)

David Drew: ...the point that I was making, does the hon. and learned Gentleman accept that we need some knowledge of the additional cost of biometric passports before we can get some clarity about the costs of ID cards? It is potentially a lose-lose situation if we consider how they are going to be funded. Of course, biometric passports could cost the same as existing passports, but I suspect that they...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 8 - Issue etc. of ID cards (12 Jul 2005)

David Drew: As has been said, this is the kernel of the debate. I have no problem with the concept of ID cards. In fact, I should like the Government to have the courage of their convictions and say that they will be compulsory. That is the best and most honest way to proceed. There seems to be a discrepancy between public consent when the idea is put forward, and public consent when the idea is put...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 5 - Applications relating to entries in Register (12 Jul 2005)

David Drew: ...of how we use the new technology. To my mind, we are talking about fingerprints and facial and iris recognition. If we are serious about the Bill and how we are to cost the implications of ID cards, we should either spell that out in the Bill or accept that we cannot legislate on it as yet and not spell it out. I look to my hon. Friend the Minister to give me clarification on whether that...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 4 - Designation of documents for purposes of registration etc. (12 Jul 2005)

David Drew: I seek further clarification from the Minister on the relationship between clauses 3 and 4, and therefore on schedule 1. As I said in the previous debate, schedule 1 is far too widely drawn. What documents that could form a constituent part of the register are we expecting the ordinary person to bring forward? Without trying to rerun the previous debate, I should say that there is one issue...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 4 - Designation of documents for purposes of registration etc. (12 Jul 2005)

David Drew: Why do we not make the biometric passport the basis of the ID card?