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

Mark Todd: ...to follow the hon. Member for Newark (Patrick Mercer). He gave me some information that I have never heard before, and some useful context to the debate. My track record is that I supported the Identity Cards Bill on Second Reading, partly in deference to my party's manifesto and partly because I do not have a deep-seated civil libertarian objection to the idea in principle. However, I...

Identity Cards (11 Mar 2009)

Mark Todd: I intend to address the definition of the identity cards project and its procurement. I shall not discuss the principles behind the project, nor shall I attempt to persuade the Minister that it might harm civil liberties. I have never bought that argument and I did not make it during the passage of the Identity Cards Act 2006. The concerns that prevented me from supporting the Government on...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill: Clause 1 — The National Identity Register (13 Feb 2006)

Mark Todd: ...of State ought to set out properly the reasons for such a proposal. We have seen a number of documents so far that, frankly, make limited reading indeed in explaining why the proposal is a good idea, why it will produce the sort of benefits that have been vaguely referred to and why we should endorse it. I do not share some colleagues' views that the Bill is a terrible threat to civil...

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

Mark Todd: I do not intend to debate the principles of this proposal. ID cards are commonly used in democratic countries, and the Bill will give the Government no more access to personal data than they already hold through items such as passports and driving licences, and significantly less than most of us freely give to banks, supermarkets and insurance companies.

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

Mark Todd: ..., IT-enabled change in the way in which we relate to our Government and the services that are sold to us. In a project of this scale, I would certainly expect to see a business case published that identified the gains to be achieved—quantified and valued where possible—and showed how they would be committed to and delivered. I have yet to see such a document. We have seen that...