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Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery): Finance Bill (6 May 2009) has video

Andrew Tyrie: ...with the occupant of the Chair, but we have committed ourselves to all that we can reasonably do at this stage—a year out from the election—in explaining what we will do. We have said that we will get rid of ID cards and abandon big IT projects such as the NHS IT scheme. As the hon. Gentleman has just pointed out, we will also look at quango salaries, the Government advertising...

Public Bill Committee: Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 (18 Nov 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: I found that a deeply concerning intervention. No one else who has looked at this matter has arrived at that conclusion. I am talking about people who devote their professional lives to considering this and no other issue. It also seems to confirm what I fear, which is that the Labour party will cling to any counsel of delay. As everybody knows, ID cards are something for the very indefinite...

Public Bill Committee: Political Parties and Elections Bill: New Clause 1 (18 Nov 2008)

Andrew Tyrie: ...in the world, of which 150 purport to have some sort of democratic system in place. I would not claim to know what their systems are, which is why I referred the point back to the Minister to consider in the fullness of time. I was not demanding that though. The fact that several European countries use ID cards does not seem to take us very far in this debate. We do not have ID cards, but...