Results 1-4 of 4 for id cards speaker:Tim Loughton

Public Bill Committee: Children Bill [Lords]: Clause 9 - Information databases (21 Oct 2004)

Mr Tim Loughton: ...with Victoria Climbie and all the others, whom we do not hear so much about. In effect, however, the clause gives the Government the powers to institute what can only be described as a surrogate identity card scheme for young people. That sets off an awful lot of alarm bells with people who are already sceptical about more databases and ID cards for the population in general, so it is...

Orders of the Day — Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill [Lords] (14 Jun 2004)

Mr Tim Loughton: .... Lady was referring, and which deals with data sharing. I have some serious concerns about it because it appears to present a blank cheque to the Government to the extent of producing a surrogate ID card for children through the back door. I am in favour of data sharing. That was clearly the message that came out of the Climbié report, and that is the way we must move ahead. But that...

Protection of Vulnerable Children (3 Mar 2004)

Mr Tim Loughton: ...'s recommendations. A key area that is essential in pushing forward the whole child protection agenda is that of information gathering and data sharing, yet it looks as though the Bill will avoid the whole issue and defer to reports from the identification, referral and tracking project trailblazers, which are not due for some time, and for which, as the Minister admits, funding has not...

Police (8 Mar 2002)

Mr Tim Loughton: It is always a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for West Ham (Mr. Banks), and I am pleased to be able to pander to the sartorial apartheid that he advocated earlier. His was an alarming and refreshing speech. According to my list, he wants to arm the police, restore national service and introduce compulsory DNA testing and compulsory ID cards. I am exceedingly grateful to him—I have...