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Cameron of Chipping Norton, Lord (5)
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May I start be welcoming the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) to his post? [Interruption.] He is moving away from me already. He is the fourth Liberal Democrat leader that I have faced, and I wish him well—[Interruption.]—although not that well. I am simply relieved that it is no longer my party that has this habit of replacing its leader on quite such a regular basis.
A few months ago—[Interruption.]
I am on my second Labour Prime Minister as well.
A few months ago, a Home Office Minister said:"““It is the Government's policy that ID cards should eventually be compulsory for everyone resident in the United Kingdom who is aged 16 or over.””—[Official Report, 20 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 784W.]"
Is that still the Government's policy?
May I start be welcoming the hon. Member for Sheffield, Hallam (Mr. Clegg) to his post? [Interruption.] He is moving away from me already. He is the fourth Liberal Democrat leader that I have faced, and I wish him well—[Interruption.]—although not that well. I am simply relieved that it is no longer my party that has this habit of replacing its leader on quite such a regular basis.
A few months ago—[Interruption.]
I am on my second Labour Prime Minister as well.
A few months ago, a Home Office Minister said:"““It is the Government's policy that ID cards should eventually be compulsory for everyone resident in the United Kingdom who is aged 16 or over.””—[Official Report, 20 March 2007; Vol. 458, c. 784W.]"
Is that still the Government's policy?
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Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
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Answered
Answered on
9 January 2008
That is the policy, but it is a matter for Parliament to decide after we have looked at the voluntary system in place. All the evidence we have had over the past few months is that where information—[Interruption.]
The whole purpose of identity cards is to protect people's identity and the way to do that is to use, in addition to the passport information that will be part of the identity card, biometrics so that use of the information cannot be triggered other than by the facial or fingerprint data that are part of the biometrics. That is the purpose of identity cards.
The right hon. Gentleman's police adviser, Sir John Stevens, and Lady Neville-Jones, his security spokesman in the House of Lords, both support identity cards.
Subjects
Biometrics; Identity cards
Date
9 January 2008
Reference
470 c295
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House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Everybody in the House wants proper biometric visas for people visiting this country. The question for the Prime Minister is why he cannot give a straight answer on identity cards. Let me try it another way. What is his personal view? My personal view is that I am against compulsory identity cards. What is his view? Is he in favour—yes or no?
Everybody in the House wants proper biometric visas for people visiting this country. The question for the Prime Minister is why he cannot give a straight answer on identity cards. Let me try it another way. What is his personal view? My personal view is that I am against compulsory identity cards. What is his view? Is he in favour—yes or no?
Asked by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
9 January 2008
It is the Government's policy to move ahead with this, but subject to a vote of Parliament, and depending on how the voluntary scheme works. I ask the right hon. Gentleman again: does he support ID cards for foreign nationals—yes or no? He says that he is against them; is he in favour of them for foreign nationals?
Subjects
Biometrics; Identity cards; Foreign nationals; Entry clearances
Date
9 January 2008
Reference
470 c296
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
When it comes to who is working with the Prime Minister, perhaps he could answer the following question. It has been widely reported that the Chancellor does not back ID cards and would scrap them, so will the Prime Minister give a guarantee that, when the Chancellor takes over his job, the scheme will be continued?
When it comes to who is working with the Prime Minister, perhaps he could answer the following question. It has been widely reported that the Chancellor does not back ID cards and would scrap them, so will the Prime Minister give a guarantee that, when the Chancellor takes over his job, the scheme will be continued?
Asked by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 January 2006
I certainly can give a guarantee that the Government as a whole are absolutely behind ID cards—the Chancellor himself has provided the start-up costs. Why are ID cards so important now? Because we know, from all the available evidence, that identity fraud is on the increase—that is bound to happen in the modern world. Many people, including the former leader of the Conservative party, reached the conclusion that we need identity cards, and it is right to do that now because the biometric technology is coming in. Other countries are moving towards biometric passports and we will have to do that. The largest part of the cost of an identity card will be the biometric passport, which we must have. I assume that the right hon. Gentleman is in favour of the biometric passport; perhaps he could elucidate that—we know that his policy tends to shift a little quickly nowadays.
We need the identity card to fight crime, illegal migration and identity fraud in the early 21st century and the costs will be largely met by the biometric passport.
Subjects
Biometrics; Identity cards; Public expenditure
Date
18 January 2006
Reference
441 c833
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
With rising deficits in the NHS, huge costs of pension reform and tighter pressures on public spending, how can the Prime Minister claim that spending at least £600 million a year on his ID card scheme is a good use of public money?
With rising deficits in the NHS, huge costs of pension reform and tighter pressures on public spending, how can the Prime Minister claim that spending at least £600 million a year on his ID card scheme is a good use of public money?
Asked by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 January 2006
Because if we introduce an ID card scheme and reduce identity fraud, that makes a major difference to the costs of Government and the costs of doing business. In today's world, if we want to tackle illegal migration, crime and identity fraud, using the new biometric technology to have ID cards is an important part of doing so.
Subjects
Biometrics; Cost benefit analysis; Identity cards; Public expenditure
Date
18 January 2006
Reference
441 c832-3
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
I think that I should remind the Prime Minister that these sessions are about me asking questions on behalf of the public and him answering on behalf of the Government. If he wants to switch that around, he can hold a general election. Does not he have a choice: think again or plough on with what will become a monument to the failure of big government?
I think that I should remind the Prime Minister that these sessions are about me asking questions on behalf of the public and him answering on behalf of the Government. If he wants to switch that around, he can hold a general election. Does not he have a choice: think again or plough on with what will become a monument to the failure of big government?
Asked by
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
(Conservative)
Answering body
Prime Minister
Prime Minister's questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
18 January 2006
I totally disagree with him. I apologise for asking policy questions but the right hon. Gentleman's policies change so quickly—almost on a day-to-day basis—that sometimes it is a good idea to inform myself simply to keep up with where he is at any one time.
With the greatest respect, he should think again about the matter. We will have to introduce biometric passports—I know that he agrees with that—and we will therefore have to make enormous changes in the years to come for the vast bulk of people who have passports. Identity fraud is also a major and growing problem. People throughout the world are moving towards identity card systems because they are necessary to tackle the problems of today's world. Of course there is a cost to identity cards but there is a cost to identity fraud in so many different ways. As the argument progresses, I suspect that he will find himself in the same position as he has been on rather a lot of policies recently, from the patient's passport to selection in schools and from the environment to social justice—I could go on; it is a long list. At the next general election, I suspect that he will be standing on his head on ID cards, as he has done on so many other issues.
Subjects
Biometrics; Accountability; Identity cards; Public expenditure
Date
18 January 2006
Reference
441 c833-4
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons