The Minister is apparently going off the question of costs. I well understand the point she makes about the difficulty of an annual review when the scheme has not yet been properly implemented. However, as I understand it, she said that costs would be evolving before the scheme comes into operation and the Prime Minister would not want to go ahead if the costs were excessively high. So surely the Government must have made—and must be continually making—estimates of what the cost will be, both now and on an annual basis hereafter. Can the Minister give us those figures now? I will perfectly understand if she cannot, but will she make sure that we have that information?
Identity Cards Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Barnett
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 15 November 2005.
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Debate on bills on Identity Cards Bill.
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