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- Identity Cards Bill (6 Feb 2006)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...affirmative: the Government have not yet signed up to the scheme in Brussels. I find it odd that he was not more specific in agreeing to answer the second question in the affirmative. However, he said that this Government have no intention of signing up to such a measure. He mentioned that he would not want to bind future governments by agreeing to the second question in full. I was not...
- Identity Cards Bill (6 Feb 2006)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: moved Amendment No. 21: Before Clause 39, insert the following new clause— "PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OVER UNITED KINGDOM ID CARDS (1) No international body may impose on any United Kingdom citizen the duty to attend or to have attended at any place for the purposes of the issue, or in connection with preparations for the issue, of an ID card; and a United Kingdom citizen shall have free...
- Identity Cards Bill (6 Feb 2006)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, under guidance from the Public Bill Office I have retabled part of the amendment I moved on Report on 30 January, which was the same as that moved by my noble friend Lady Anelay on 12 December last year. I do so in order to clarify some remaining uncertainties over how far the United Kingdom may have moved towards joining an EU identity card system behind the back of the House of...
- Identity Cards Bill (30 Jan 2006)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: moved Amendment No. 111A: Before Clause 41, insert the following new clause— "PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL OVER STANDARDS AND ADMINISTRATION OF ID CARDS (1) Parliament shall have the sole power to decide— (a) whether a voluntary or compulsory ID card scheme shall be introduced in the United Kingdom; (b) who shall be required to possess an ID card, or shall be issued with an ID card, or...
- Identity Cards Bill (30 Jan 2006)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: My Lords, this is the same amendment that my noble friend Lady Anelay moved in Committee on 12 December 2005, reported at cols 1098 to 1099 of Hansard. The debate did not finish until eighteen minutes past midnight, when we were all in a state of some confusion but had been promised a clarifying letter from the Minister. I shall return to that. The amendment would give Parliament—the...
- Identity Cards Bill (12 Dec 2005)
Lord Pearson of Rannoch: ...I fear that I will have to cast doubt on its usefulness even if it were to pass into law. The amendment assumes that Her Majesty's Government still have the power to refuse to sign up to an EU identity card system unless Parliament—this Parliament—has first given its consent. In other words, the amendment assumes that the United Kingdom still has the veto in this area. To...