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Session 2005 - 06
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341

House of Commons

Monday 13 February 2006

Proceedings

on Consideration of Lords Amendments

Identity Cards Bill

On Consideration of Lords Amendments to the Identity Cards Bill

Lords Amendments 19 and 20 agreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 21

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Mr Secretary Clarke

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment No 21:—

Agreed to  (a)

Page  37,  line  34,  leave out from ‘required’ to end of line 35 and insert ‘to be entered in

the Register in accordance with an obligation imposed by an Act of Parliament passed

after the passing of this Act.’.

Lords Amendment 23 agreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 16

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to on division

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 22

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to on division

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 1

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to on division

Mr Frank Dobson

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 68

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

Mr Frank Dobson

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 69

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

Mr Frank Dobson

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 70

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

Mr Frank Dobson

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Mr Frank Dobson

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendments Nos. 1, 68, 69,

and 70:—

Agreed to  (a)

Page  33,  line  19,  at end insert the following new Clause:—


‘Report to Parliament about likely costs of ID cards scheme

(1)
Before the end of the six months beginning with the day on which this Act is

passed, the Secretary of State must prepare and lay before Parliament a report

setting out his estimate of the public expenditure likely to be incurred on the ID

cards scheme during the ten years beginning with the laying of the report.

(2)
Before the end of every six months beginning with the laying of a report under

this section, the Secretary of State must prepare and lay before Parliament a

further report setting out his estimate of the public expenditure likely to be

incurred on the ID cards scheme during the ten years beginning with the end of

those six months.

(3)
References in this section, in relation to any period of ten years, to the public

expenditure likely to be incurred on the ID cards scheme are references to the

expenditure likely to be incurred over that period by the Secretary of State and

designated documents authorities on—

(a)
the establishment and maintenance of the Register;

(b)
the issue, modification, renewal, replacement, re-issue and surrender of

ID cards;

(c)
the provision to persons by the Secretary of State of information recorded

in individuals’ entries in the Register.

(4)
If it appears to the Secretary of State that it would be prejudicial to securing the

best value from the use of public money to publish any matter by including it in

his next report under this section, he may exclude that matter from that report.’.

Lords Amendment No. 4

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 47

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to on division

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 48

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 50

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 51

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

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Identity Cards Bill, continued

Lords Amendment No. 3

Mr Secretary Clarke
Agreed to on division

To move, That this House disagrees with the Lords in their Amendment.

Lords Amendment accordingly disagreed to.

Mr Secretary Clarke

To move the following Amendment to the Bill in lieu of the Lords Amendment No 3:—

Agreed to  (a)

Page  1,  line  7,  after ‘a’ insert ‘secure and reliable’.

Lords Amendments 2 and 5 to 15 agreed to.

Lords Amendment No. 17

As an Amendment to the Lords Amendment:—

Mr Alan Reid

Mr Alistair Carmichael

Sir Robert Smith

Mr Alan Beith

Mr Paul Keetch

Tim Farron

Not called  (a)

Line  2,  after ‘agreement’, insert ‘, and provided that the Secretary of State has

proposed a place not more than 20 miles on the public road network from the

individual’s place of residence’.

Lords Amendment agreed to.

Lords Amendments 18, 24 to 46, 49, 52 to 67, 71 and 72 agreed to.