Results 1-9 of 9 for id cards speaker:Paul Rowen

Public Bill Committee: Concessionary Bus Travel Bill [Lords]: Clause 1 (5 Jun 2007)

Paul Rowen: ..., the scheme as it operates in London at the moment is an excellent example of a scheme that is convenient to use but has a database that enables fraud to be reduced. The fact that the photo ID can be obtained at a post office is convenient for many people. The scheme that the Government propose would not enable that to happen, as the application would have to be sent away and people would...

Amendment of the Law: Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (22 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: I have acknowledged that the pension protection plan is welcome, but I am talking about people who, for reasons of mis-selling or poor advice, took out occupational pensions that up to now have paid them no money. I welcome the Government's belated recognition that those pensioners have a fair case, although the amount is not enough. I welcome both the consultation on looked after children...

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: I support what the hon. Gentleman has said about the clauses and amendment No. 79, which is a variant to be used if the Government are not prepared to consider withdrawing the use of biometrics for young people. Like the hon. Gentleman, I was disappointed that we were not able to hear from the Refugee Children’s Consortium. We have serious questions about how these clauses and the later...

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: ...that I want to make. The key point about the amendments is seeking information from the Government as to what sort of specified information will be required. Again, that information is not provided in the Bill. We want to limit, as far as possible, such information as is made available to that which is absolutely necessary. As was said previously, the Opposition parties support stronger...

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: Yes, of course. I believe that the amendment would enable that to happen. We want to know in what specific circumstances the Home Office would require the surrender of the card. The problem with much of the legislation before us is not what it attempts in broad terms, but the loose wording that allows feature creep. We have talked about that before; it is a process whereby a measure is...

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: ...resolution on the information that will be required, he has been very helpful. Our purpose all along has been to ensure that the Bill achieves its purpose, and that there is no feature creep. The evidence given by Professor Ross Anderson illustrates some of the concerns that UK universities have, in his case, about the effect of some of this legislation in discouraging people from coming...

Public Bill Committee: UK Borders Bill: Clause 5 (8 Mar 2007)

Paul Rowen: I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman recalls the evidence given by Professor Ross Anderson, who talked about the Baader-Meinhof gang and the German experience of requiring the use of ID cards. He said that it had had no success whatever in tackling that gang.

Orders of the Day: UK Borders Bill (5 Feb 2007)

Paul Rowen: ...the Government's third immigration Bill in as many years and their fifth since they were first elected. It is their fifth attempt to get a handle on the system by making extra laws, but by also providing limited enactment and enforcement of existing legislation and rules. The real problems with immigration are administrative, not legislative, and can be blamed on the Government's use of...

Public Bill Committee: Road Safety Bill [Lords]: New Clause 5 (18 Apr 2006)

Paul Rowen: ...to impose. Cost is an issue, and so is the fact that the cost can be increased over time. Another thing that causes me concern is the provision to increase the amount of information stored on the card. We have had the debate on ID cards. It will not be that difficult, when the measure is enacted, for all sorts of information to be stored on a microchip on the card. Either people have one...