That is the point—95 or 98 per cent of the population are exactly the kind of people whom the noble Baroness describes, and a very small proportion may be the people to whom the noble Lord referred.
The other thing that is available to anyone on the website—I accept that you have to pay for some of the information—is every census since 1881. I can tell noble Lords where my grandfather first lived when he went to Glasgow in 1881. That information is available. It is not impossible to find out about people at present, and I really do not understand why people are getting so upset and concerned about this information being available on the register, as opposed to being available in a whole range of other places.
Identity Cards Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Maxton
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 16 November 2005.
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Debate on bills on Identity Cards Bill.
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