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Opposition Day — [15th Allotted Day]: Identity Cards (6 Jul 2009)

Nick Palmer: The hon. Gentleman says that he has consistently voted against these proposals. Will he cast his mind back to 23 January 2002, when he voted in favour of my proposal to introduce ID cards?

Opposition Day — [2nd Allotted Day]: HM Revenue and Customs (28 Nov 2007) has video

Nick Palmer: ...), who gave a serious speech, in contrast to the one we have just heard and the one from the shadow Chancellor. This is a serious matter that affects half the country, as we have all repeatedly said, and as other Members have pointed out, it raises issues that affect the public handling of confidential data in general. As my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-West (Rob...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (11 Oct 2006)

Nick Palmer: Dame Pauline Neville-Jones, the former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, said this month: "There is a growing issue that it is too easy to steal someone's identity, and ID cards are one of the ways of addressing the issue". Does my right hon. Friend agree with her, or does he feel that we should not try to identify criminals but understand them better, and perhaps give them a hug?

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (29 Mar 2006)

Nick Palmer: ...five minutes left, so I will be brief. Members who are interested in this debate will acknowledge that I have a long-standing involvement in it. I put forward the proposal before the Government did, and I believe that it is a good one. I accept that we need to try to reach a compromise with the Lords, because it is an important issue and it is much better if we can take it forward in some...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (29 Mar 2006)

Nick Palmer: We should say that we accept that if people register for a passport, their entry goes on to the national identity register, but that we also accept that people can refuse to take an ID card for as long as it is voluntary. If the electorate later agree that the scheme should become compulsory, at that stage their entries will be on the register and all that we need do is to let them know that...

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (22 Mar 2006)

Nick Palmer: Does my right hon. Friend agree that we were elected on a clear commitment to introduce ID cards, and that the attempt by some Members of the unelected House to allow criminals and others to opt out of carrying the card is not only anti-democratic but ridiculous?

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

Nick Palmer: ...have only 11 hours and 45 minutes until the end of the debate. Very briefly, we have established that although the register might be compulsory in due course, people will not be required to use the ID card that will be issued under subsection (4). Amendment No. 193, which is intended to be probing, raises the question whether there is any point in insisting on issuing the card if the...

Public Bill Committee: Identity Cards Bill: Clause 3 - Information recorded in Register (12 Jul 2005)

Nick Palmer: Clause 18(1)(b) states that it is unlawful for any person ''to make it a condition of doing anything in relation to an individual that the individual establishes his identity by the production of an ID card''. It would therefore be unlawful for an officer to say, ''I will look on your behaviour more favourably if you can show me an ID card.''

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

Nick Palmer: ...remarks about his predecessor, whom we all remember with affection. My hon. Friend the Member for Great Grimsby (Mr. Mitchell), who is temporarily out of the Chamber, suggested that the concept of ID cards came from No. 10 Downing street and he compared it with the millennium dome. I did two things soon after my election in 1997, when I was as new a Member as the hon. Member for Harwich:...

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

Nick Palmer: ...immediately whether that is the case or whether I am fibbing. Making that possible is in my interest, and it is also in the interests of the police and society. The hon. Member for Winchester said that people who were authorised to verify identity could see whether the person whose identity was being verified had had an abortion. The right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden even...

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

Nick Palmer: ...we shall see. The Criminal Records Bureau checks are a good example of what we are trying to achieve. At present, if I wish to teach in a school in Nottinghamshire, I have to apply to the CRB for evidence that I do not have a criminal record relating to offences with children and that I really am who I claim to be. That check generally takes about a month at present, although in the past...

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

Nick Palmer: I am awfully sorry. I am running short of time. I apologise, as my hon. Friend offered to give way to me. I want to be careful not to make exaggerated claims. Hon. Members have argued that ID cards would fail because they did not prevent the Madrid bombing. I do not claim that they are some sort of magical device that detects evil impulses in people's brains and alerts the police. ID cards...

Identity Cards Bill: Clause 31 — Tampering with the Register etc. (10 Feb 2005)

Dr Nick Palmer: The right hon. Gentleman says that his position is consistent: the Conservative party supports ID cards, but on condition that these questions are answered. He says that it would be possible to answer them, but he feels that the Government have not done so. Does that mean that a Conservative Government would answer their own questions and introduce ID cards?

Identity Cards Bill: Clause 31 — Tampering with the Register etc. (10 Feb 2005)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...help my right hon. Friend. My Conservative opponent in my constituency was until recently the press spokesperson for the Leader of the Opposition. He says that his position is that he is opposed to ID cards in principle but that if they are required for international travel he might be persuaded otherwise. Does my right hon. Friend hope that we can yet persuade the Opposition to do a...

Antisocial Behaviour (15 Jul 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...whether any pressure had been put on me to change the subject. I confirm today what I confirmed to the Speaker, that no pressure was put on me. I was simply told that there would be a statement on ID cards soon, and it seemed appropriate to me to change the debate.

Antisocial Behaviour (15 Jul 2003)

Dr Nick Palmer: ...some members of the audience; I know that it disappointed one right hon. Member, who had come prepared to speak on another subject. The change was made because a statement on entitlement cards is due in the foreseeable future, and it seemed a little pointless to have an Adjournment debate on the subject before then. I chose community support officers as the substitute subject because...

Identity Card (23 Jan 2002)

Dr Nick Palmer: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to provide for an identity card for British residents; and for connected purposes. We are all aware of the gruesome fate that awaits most ten-minute rule Bills. This Bill is intended as a pilot for any potential future Government legislation. I am seeking to promote a serious debate that goes beyond the relatively superficial matters...