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Identity Cards Response from Downing Street

Kits

ULTIMATE Member
7 December 2007

We received a petition asking:

"We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Hold a public referendum on the introduction of the National Identity Register and associated Identity Cards."

Details of Petition:

"The proposal to introduce Identity Cards in the United Kingdom has been pushed through Parliament with the minimum regard to realistic benefits, cost or infringements upon civil rights. We hold that a public referendum, with full and frank disclosure of all evidence both for and against the database and card, fully explicated benefits and independently assessed and validated cost assumptions, is a necessary step before any procession toward the introduction of the Register and Identity Cards. This referendum is necessary because of the far-reaching implications of the introduction of the Register and Card on every citizen of the United Kingdom. It is absolutely necessary that the Government is held to account on every aspect of this scheme and supporting legislation, as the implications for the rights and liberties of all of us reach far beyond the term of the current administration, into a future we cannot know."


The Government does not believe that there is a need to hold a public referendum on the introduction of the National Identity Register (NIR) and associated ID cards. The Government was elected in 2005 on a manifesto commitment to introduce ID cards and most of the public opinion polls held over the past few years suggest that a substantial majority of the British public are in favour of the introduction of ID cards.

Furthermore 24 out of the 27 European Union member states already have identity card schemes in place and the Government is obliged to ensure that the National Identity Scheme to be delivered under the Identity Cards Act 2006 and subsequent secondary legislation complies with the United Kingdom's obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights Act.

The Identity Cards Act 2006 which sets out the legislative framework for the introduction of ID cards was approved by Parliament and received Royal Assent on 30 March 2006. This legislation followed a long period of public consultation which started in 2002 with the Consultation paper on entitlement cards and identity fraud. A draft identity cards bill was published in 2004 which was subject both to a full public consultation and to pre-legislative scrutiny by the House of Commons Select Committee on Home Affairs. An Identity Cards Bill was then introduced in 2004 and passed all its stages in the House of Commons but failed to complete its passage because of the dissolution of Parliament prior to the May 2005 election. A further Identity Cards Bill was introduced in May 2005 and completed its passage through both houses of parliament receiving Royal assent in March 2006. The identity cards proposal has therefore already received a very great deal of public consultation and Parliamentary scrutiny.

Prior to the start of the National Identity Scheme a new Commissioner, the National Identity Scheme Commissioner, will be appointed to report on the operation of the National Identity Scheme and to produce an annual report that will be laid before Parliament and published.

Further details on the Government's plans to provide more secure and reliable ways of proving identity, including more secure passports and the introduction of ID cards was set out in the Strategic Action Plan for the National Identity Scheme published in December 2006.

Taken from http://www.pm.gov.uk/output/Page14000.asp


All the schemes etc the government did was before they said it was going to cost us so much money to have one. The cost of the card was more than my weekly wage......

Also with the loss of CD with peopels personal details on can we trust the government with our Identities..

Offshore centres dealing with our details doubt it..

discuss but no flames please
 
indeed l agree.. for some reason this reminds me somewhat of an issue recently faced.., my mum has an insurance policy with Loyds, and well supposedly she forgot to tick a box that would specify that she didnt want to take part in marketing schemes.

well over the last few days we have had numerious calls from an 0800 number, in first search (after the call centre rep was rude as hell to my sister) l found the number being mentioned on 2 or three sites that said someone saying he was from sky was trying to sell them new services and well was adamant that they give them bank details even tho they couldnt bring up his details (like card number on the receiver card) or the guys account details.. they phoned for the 8th time yesterday asking for my mother again and well l must of stepped on a nurve as l told them l did some research after one of the reps was rude to my sister and found some ppl from the centre trying to fleece money out of ppl after yesterdays call and been told l was wrong (because the original reason for the call does coincide with an insurance policy that they have) they havent phoned up since :D

(anywho this is the number in question: 0800 0641081)
 
well kit

It just goes to show the contempt this PM have for the voters of the UK? everything is done under handed by this government & previous one as never like to hold referendums as they are aware what the public would vote a BIG NO/1:nod: we need to let them know at the next General Election but whoever gets in will follow in their foot steps?????:crap:
 
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heh, whoever gets voted in next will only lead us into more turmoil because lets face it, while some interesting things come about 99% of the rest of the things they do only serve to make their wallets fatter and do nothing but weigh on the pockets of the rest of us.

this would by why l will not vote, because whatever l choose will only serve to make my mostly empty wallet emptier.
 
The Conservatives will ditch ID cards if they get in. Every government has a shelf life and the Labour party is now stale. The Conservatives aren't massively different to Labour nowadays but it's time for a change. :hrmph:
 
Tories/Labour whats the difference? all they are interested in is thier party, power and how much they can get.. totally corrupt <expletives> the lot of em :mad:

I really do wish their was a party that had all of the Britain and her people and thier interests at heart, sadly, this is not the case :crap:
 
I guess you have to remember that it's not a perfect world and in this land every country is one big business. I'm no fan of politicians but at the same time I'm glad to be English where we do at least have a proper democracy and choice. Better than being born in Russia or China, in fact I'm happy here, just waiting for global warming to kick in :) (joke). Well I was until it got too expensive to live but..

The whole ID card scheme is expensive and generally useless, much like that silly road taxing GPS scheme they had planned. Don’t even get me started on “green taxes” and how the bulk of revenue doesn’t even go to green projects, a better method would be incentives based but that wouldn’t earn them enough cash.

Still, at least if you can’t afford your house because of rising costs and council tax then you can now get some free accommodation quite easily. Just write a poem about terrorism and you’ll quickly get 28 days in a cheap hotel, which might rise in the future, though the locals all wear jump suits but who cares if your life is ruined ;) .
 
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We only think we live in a Democracy, agreed it is better than some places, in reality we have a system whereby the winning party gets elected by the number of seats, not votes is the reality.

We have 2 electable parties that have no real difference in policies, some wear. blue rosettes, the others red ones.

They both have less than clean credentials.

The petition scheme itself was only set up to give ordinary people a feeling of democracy, in reality it is a sham, as we have witnessed.

" Big Brother " already exists, unfortunately it is run by incompetents, I fear an Identity Card would be a step too far.
 
tax

Just a little bit of a moan makes me feel better,Council tax in my area has gone crackers I pay just short of £1900 a year what for all they do is waste it on signs we dint need,ext.I am paying more in council tax than i ever paid on a mortgage, mind I am an old fart
Arthur:smilet:
 
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