Results 1-6 of 6 for id cards speaker:Denis MacShane
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: National Identity Scheme (6 Jul 2009)
Denis MacShane: Can I have one, please? I should like the same rights as the majority of other European citizens. I should like to travel around Europe on an ID card. I am ready to be photographed now, before I get much older. I am ready to give my details; I have to give them to everyone in the House of Commons and in the newspapers. So can we have a privilege for MPs: an accelerated path for those who...
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Turkey (14 Dec 2004)
Mr Denis MacShane: EU citizens can travel from south to north Cyprus on presentation of their ID cards. EU citizens without ID cards, and Third Country nationals, must present a passport. Since the partial lifting of restrictions on crossing the Green Line by the Turkish Cypriot authorities in 2003, thousands of Greek and Turkish Cypriots have been crossing the line every day. The Green Line Regulation, adopted...
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Cyprus (8 Jul 2003)
Mr Denis MacShane: ...travelling north are required to show their passports to the Turkish Cypriot authorities. Their details are logged and checked on return. They are permitted to bring their cars with them, provided they take out Turkish Cypriot third party insurance, and they are allowed to stay for up to three nights in hotels, but not in private accommodation. Turkish Cypriots travelling south are...
- Written Answers — Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs: Cyprus (8 Jul 2003)
Mr Denis MacShane: ..., the same rights as those enjoyed by the Greek Cypriots. These proposed measures include the establishment of an Office of Turkish Cypriot Affairs; the facilitation of the issuing of travel documents, ID cards and birth certificates by the Republic of Cyprus to Turkish Cypriots; the facilitation of the employment of Turkish Cypriots; measures to enable goods for personal consumption to be...
- Opposition Day: Passport Delays (29 Jun 1999)
Mr Denis MacShane: The hon. Gentleman is making a meal of that. Whatever we call it, the purpose of such a card would be to provide proof of identity. People can travel from the United States into Canada or Mexico using a driver's licence, which has a photograph on it and is a slightly more secure document than our driver's licence. In much of the rest of Europe, people whizz backwards and forwards across...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department: Identity Cards (14 Jun 1999)
Mr Denis MacShane: Is my right hon. Friend aware that to focus on compulsion might be the wrong approach? Many people would like to have an identity card issued by the Government that authenticates one's age and identity—first, for the purposes of age identification and, secondly, to facilitate travel. People in the rest of Europe travel on ID cards without having to wait for a passport—something...