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Orders of the Day: UK Borders Bill (5 Feb 2007)

Neil Gerrard: ...legislation. However, in far too many Bills such an enormous amount is left to regulations that we end up relying on assurances from Ministers about how a Bill will work, despite what appear to be wide powers in the measure. I am not casting aspersions on the good faith of Ministers, but that does mean that there are no guarantees for the future. In addition, of course, regulations cannot...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 6 — Power of the Secretary of State to require registration (13 Feb 2006)

Neil Gerrard: I wish that the hon. Lady had listened to my starting point on the issue. I am not defending the ID card scheme. I have never said that it was a great idea. I am making the simple point that this narrow amendment is an improvement. I do not want to be churlish and say that it does not matter; it is a step in the right direction. Given a choice, I would scrap the whole thing, but the amendment...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 5 — Applications Relating to Entries in the Register (18 Oct 2005)

Neil Gerrard: Some people might be prepared to be involved in trying out an ID card but let them make that choice rather than compelling them to do it. Let me be clear about what has been said previously. Some people have said to me that our manifesto contained a commitment to ID cards. Let me therefore quote the relevant passage. It states: "We will introduce ID cards, including biometric data like...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 5 — Applications Relating to Entries in the Register (18 Oct 2005)

Neil Gerrard: The hon. Gentleman is right. The Bill clearly provides that, to get a designated document, a person "must" include an application to be entered on the register. One could claim that the person did not necessarily have to be presented with an ID card, but being on the register is what matters. The implication is clear. Not registering would mean no renewal of a passport or new passport....

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (28 Jun 2005)

Neil Gerrard: The more I consider the Bill, the more I am convinced that the problem is not the identity card but the database that lies behind it. It is inevitable that registration on the database will become compulsory. There is no prospect of that not happening. Once that has happened, it is again inevitable that it will become compulsory to produce the card, at least for specific processes, such as...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Neil Gerrard: ...made about some of the claims that have been made, such as those on terrorism or crime. However, I have never found that the police say that one of their major problems in dealing with crime is identifying people. The problem is producing evidence to connect the person whom they have identified with the crime. Furthermore, illegal working takes two: the employer and the employee. Employers...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Neil Gerrard: ...absolutely true. Millions of entries will go on to the database each year as it is created, so the potential for error will be enormous. Let me turn to privacy and the relationship between the individual and the state that the database will give rise to. Once a database of this nature has been created—the Bill contains powers for the Secretary of State to add more information to the...

Identity Cards (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Neil Gerrard: As I said in Home Office questions, I think that I am one of the few people who still has an ID card. I was issued with one 10 days after I was born in 1942, and I still have it. It has little rubber stamps on it, from when it was inspected.

Identity Cards (5 Nov 2003)

Mr Neil Gerrard: Right. One of the difficulties in debating an ID card system is that we need to know what we are actually discussing, because the consultation paper opened up a range of options. In his response to that consultation paper, the Information Commissioner stated: "I face a real difficulty in knowing what the scheme that is being proposed really amounts to" because of the diverse range of options...

Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (27 Oct 2003)

Mr Neil Gerrard: I still have an identity card, which I was issued with in 1942. In looking at the costs of developing an ID card system, is my right hon. Friend examining developing a new database from scratch? Does he accept that if we try to build on existing databases, such as the DVLA's, which were not designed for the purpose of proving identity and are known to be insecure, we will be spending a great...