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

Richard Shepherd: ..., the arguments advanced by the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, Central (Mark Fisher) would see us through this day. As my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Harborough (Mr. Garnier) has said from the Front Bench, this Bill is profoundly important. It challenges the very assumptions that many of us had about what being a British citizen is, namely the freedom to move around one's...

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

Richard Shepherd: The Home Secretary has said that the Bill will enable us to assert our right to be here. It is an extraordinary departure from who we are as a people that all hon. Members must assert their right to be here through the Home Secretary's benighted ID cards scheme.

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

Mr Richard Shepherd: The Home Secretary introduced a new concept in his winding-up speech, during which he would not take an intervention. He said that his card will enable us to "assert the right to be here". I do not know what that means. Is he telling my constituents and the people of Britain that they have no right to be here unless they assert it through his means of an ID card?

Identity Cards Bill (Programme) (No. 2) (10 Feb 2005)

Mr Richard Shepherd: ...lists the clauses that were not debated—clauses 8 to 11 and 23 to 25. Is that a mere technical matter in an enabling Bill that should not fuss us? Clause 8 sets out the procedure for issuing identity cards. Is that a small matter and should we have the right properly to consider it? Clause 8 concerns matters such as issuing identity cards and designating documents. Clause 11 contains...