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Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (16 Mar 2006)

Chris Bryant: The hon. Gentleman refers to the anniversary of Dunblane. Last Saturday was the second anniversary of the Atocha bombings in Madrid. He knows perfectly well that possession of an ID card is mandatory in Spain in order to have a mobile phone, which enabled the Spanish authorities to secure prosecutions.

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (16 Mar 2006)

Chris Bryant: I am deeply grateful to the right hon. Gentleman. He said earlier that he thought it was a gross infringement on the ancient liberties of the British people for the state to insist on somebody carrying an ID card. But, as I understand it, he believes that it is entirely appropriate for the state to insist that people should carry a passport when they fly into or out of the country. Why does...

Orders of the Day — Identity Cards Bill (20 Dec 2004)

Mr Chris Bryant: Many people in the emergency services, not only the police, argue for ID cards because they would make it much easier to identify people who had been in road traffic accidents. They also say that it would be useful if the ID card could include, on a voluntary basis, some medical record, of, for example, blood type. Is my right hon. Friend still open to that voluntary option?

Home Affairs (29 Nov 2004)

Mr Chris Bryant: I enjoyed much of what the hon. Member for Worthing, West (Peter Bottomley) said until the last couple of sentences. He seemed to take off in flights of fancy. The debate has been interesting. I particularly enjoyed the contributions of my right hon. Friend the Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson), who made some important points about the need to remove the blasphemy law in...