Identity Cards Bill

moved Amendment No. 210:"Page 18, line 26, leave out paragraphs (g) to (i)." The noble Lord said: Amendment No. 210 is a probing amendment to ascertain what justification there is for allowing the police forces of the three islands—Man, Jersey and Guernsey—to be on the same footing as our own police forces. We are giving enormous powers under these provisions and Clause 19 as great as most. So I look forward to a justification. One has to say of the islands of Jersey, Guernsey and Man that they are notorious as resorts for tax exiles. I wonder whether this arrangement is going to be reciprocal. If there was a reciprocity of information, I might be attracted to their inclusion. I look forward to the Minister’s response. I beg to move.