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- Public Bill Committee: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Registration Card (16 May 2002)
Ms Angela Eagle: The wider debate about identity cards will be facilitated by the consultation document due to be issued before the start of the summer. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will contribute to it in his usual way. I confirm that it is not our intention to turn the applicant registration card into an identity card for everyone by stealth. The amendment would remove a provision that would allow us...
- Public Bill Committee: Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill: Registration Card (16 May 2002)
Ms Angela Eagle: The hon. Gentleman should be reassured. There is no intention to widen the scope of any measure in the Bill so that it has a general application. This Bill is concerned with immigration, nationality and asylum. When it becomes an Act, it will still involve only those issues. If we were to decide to introduce an ID card in the future, there would have to be legislation for that. No doubt the...
