Identity Cards Bill

Would it not be more honest of the Government to stop talking about the scheme being voluntary at the moment? People are saying to me, ““I do not worry about identity cards; it is voluntary for the time being. It may never become compulsory””. Would it not be more honest to say, ““It is compulsory if you want to have a passport””? That would be much more honest. It is not voluntary at all if you want to have a passport. I think that that double-speak is doing a lot of damage and, in the long run, will make people less trusting of the whole scheme.