Identity Cards Bill

Before the noble Baroness answers that, surely the noble Lord, Lord Stoddart of Swindon, is wrong when he says that while the scheme remains voluntary failure to put down certain details will not be an offence? If, for example, you apply for a passport, and you are required to register, surely all these penalties will come into operation at that point? As soon as you volunteer to be on the register, you have to give accurate information, subject yourself to the regime and be subject to all these penalties; otherwise the scheme would not work from the beginning.