Identity Cards Bill

Of course, I notice these things. I am always looking for intrusions into the sovereignty of this nation—our United Kingdom. I raise this matter because on 24 February this year in a speech to the Justice and Home Affairs Council in Brussels, the Home Secretary envisaged that we might have a European Union identity card. On those grounds, we have to be careful that we are talking about a national identity card and not a semi or regional international identity card. For that reason, I would prefer either that a reference to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is included or that the word ““National”” is allowed to remain in the Bill. Therefore, I do not think that I can support the amendment.