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Identity Cards Bill

Debate on bills on Monday, 20 March 2006, in the House of Lords.
Identity Cards Bill. Commons amendments considered. Motion that the Lords do not insist on amendments 16 and 22 in respect of which Commons have insisted on their disagreement and do agree with Commons in their amendments in lieu. Amended motion agreed to on division (211 to 175). Bill returned to Commons with amendments.

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Reference

680 c21-45 

Session

2005-06

Department

Home Office

Legislative stage

Lords amendments and Commons amendments

Chamber / Committee

House of Lords chamber

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Identity Cards bill. Commons insistence on disagreement to Lords amendments and amendments in lieu.
Thursday, 16 March 2006
Bills
House of Lords

Proceeding contributions

Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c21-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the House do not insist on its Amendments Nos. 16 and 22, in respect of...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 680 c23-5 (Link to this contribution) rose to move, as an amendment to Motion A, leave out from ““disagreement”” to end and insert ““and d...

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Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c21 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I beg to move that the Commons amendments be now considered. Moved accordingly, and, on Q...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 680 c25-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Richard, for giving way. It is very rare that I...
Lord Saatchi | 680 c31-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the last time the Minister spoke at the Dispatch Box on this subject, she put down a chall...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 680 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Saatchi, has just put forward the most magnificent arguments in favou...
Viscount Bledisloe | 680 c30-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, when this matter was last before the House, the noble Baroness, Lady Scotland, said to us ...
Lord Saatchi | 680 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the Home Secretary said in terms in another place that the holding of a passport was a vol...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am sure the noble Lord, Lord Saatchi, would not want to mislead the House. Of course pas...
Lord Crickhowell | 680 c29 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I had not intended to intervene in this debate until I heard the speech that we have just ...
Lord Richard | 680 c29 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am afraid that the noble Lord is wrong in his chronology. The noble Lord, Lord Peston, m...
Lord Richard | 680 c27-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, there is very little new to be said about the issue of compulsion or voluntarism and passp...
Lord Richard | 680 c28-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is true. With the two main parties approximately equal, the Liberal Democrats hold the ...
Lord Carter | 680 c34-5 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if the noble Lord had waited, I was going to say that this House certainly has the power t...
Lord Waddington | 680 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord leaves the matter of the Parliament Act, I would like to deal with t...
Lord Waddington | 680 c34 (Link to this contribution) Oh yes he did, my Lords. He quoted example after example where the Parliament Act had been used only...
Lord Eatwell | 680 c32-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that everyone in this House will agree that the question of whether to send this m...
Baroness Anelay of St Johns | 680 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the noble Lord, who has not taken part in previous proceedings on this Bill—apart from one...
Lord Eatwell | 680 c33 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I hear it remarked that there is nothing wrong with party politics. I entirely agree. I ma...
Baroness Carnegy of Lour | 680 c33-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, as far as I am concerned this has nothing whatever to do with party politics at this stage...
Lord Saatchi | 680 c32 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think we can settle on the fact that it is not possible for a British citizen to carry o...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I think that we have clarity on one issue, which is that nothing much has changed. It has ...
Viscount Bledisloe | 680 c39 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, will the Minister explain why it is not a compromise between ””may”” and ””must”” to say t...
Lord Strathclyde | 680 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I cannot understand why the noble Baroness feels the need to know at all. She knows of our...
Lord Armstrong of Ilminster | 680 c38-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am very much torn. I do not think that the issue should involve the Parliament Act—it do...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c40-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in the years that I have had the privilege to stand at this Dispatch Box, I have learnt ma...
Lord Stoddart of Swindon | 680 c40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is not the role of this House to give way. The role of this House is to consider legisl...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c39-40 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it is because this Bill, in this Parliament, asks both Houses to allow the ““must”” to hap...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 680 c41-2 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, it was indeed mentioned in the manifesto, and how was it mentioned? It was mentioned as vo...
Lord Carter | 680 c41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, all I meant is that it is a Bill that was mentioned in the manifesto.
Lord Strathclyde | 680 c37-8 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, perhaps I may be permitted to say a few words. I was tempted to my feet last time by the n...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 680 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I certainly will not. I represented Alloway for a long time and was hoping to include it i...
Lord Dixon-Smith | 680 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is my second time round this circuit and I had not expected to intervene in this deba...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, this is a very important question. I took the import of what the noble Lord said to be tha...
Baroness Scotland of Asthal | 680 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, can he confirm for me that the import of what both he and...
Lord Strathclyde | 680 c38 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I should be very surprised if the Bill had been put into effect by the next general electi...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 680 c37 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, before the noble Lord sits down, will he withdraw his remark about people on these Back Be...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock | 680 c36-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I do not know where the noble Baroness, Lady Carnegy of Lour, has been canvassing opinion ...
Lord Campbell of Alloway | 680 c35-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the situation now has changed. We are now offered a reasonable compromise that has not as ...
Lord Carter | 680 c34 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I want to speak to this amending Motion and, first, to confirm something that I said in th...
Lord Crickhowell | 680 c29-30 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, the fact is that this whole diversion was started by the noble Lord, Lord Peston. I think ...
Lord Phillips of Sudbury | 680 c41 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am most grateful to all noble Lords who have taken part in this fascinating debate. It h...

Subjects

Biometrics
Applications
Identity cards
Documents
National identity register
Passports
Timetables

Legislation

Identity Cards Bill 2005-06

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