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Leaked memos reveal 'confusing'
ID card plans
Rosa Prince
London
Telegraph
Monday January 28, 2008
The future of the Government's identity card scheme
is in confusion as it emerged that plans for a national fingerprint
database may be quietly dropped.
At the same time, it appears that ministers are considering introducing
a compulsory ID scheme by stealth, with plans that would require
young people to obtain a card before being granted a driving licence.
The proposals were disclosed in two leaked Home Office documents
and expose the lack of agreement within the Government over the
extent to which ministers should continue with the commitment
to ID cards.
A confidential document produced by the Home Office Identity
and Passport Service and revealed in The Observer said: "We
should test for each group we enrol whether the cost of fingerprints
is justified by the use to which they will be put."
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A separate memo obtained by The People appears to contradict
Gordon Brown's insistence that ID cards will remain voluntary
for everyone but foreigners living in the UK.
Headed "Options Analysis", it says: "Various forms
of coercion, such as designation of the application process for
identity documents issued by UK ministers (eg passports) are an
option to stimulate applications in a manageable way.
"There are advantages to designation of documents associated
with particular target groups, eg young people who may be applying
for their first driving licence."
The document adds that "universal compulsion should not
be used unless absolutely necessary".
David Davis, the shadow home secretary, said: "The Government
has seen their ID card proposals stagger from shambles to shambles.
Now they plan to use coercion in a desperate attempt to bolster
a failed policy."
Full
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