Despite defeat in Lords, ministers 'press on' with ID cards
So your ID card might not be secure, but the decisions behind it are. Still, if you've done nothing wrong, you've nothing to worry about.
Ministers say they will press ahead with plans to introduce ID cards, despite three defeats in the House of Lords on Monday evening.
Peers voted to block the scheme until its full costs were known. They also voted for more security provisions, and for more controls on who can access the data.
Conservative Baroness Noakes said the government had given "absolutely no information" about the scheme's start-up costs. "It was unprecedented that legislation with such major consequences should go forward without Parliament being able to scrutinise the financial impact."
However...
Simon Davies, one of the academics involved in the ID card scheme, said it was impossible to update the costs because the government was "changing the goal posts", including making it less secure.
He also complained there was a "culture of secrecy".
Peers voted to block the scheme until its full costs were known. They also voted for more security provisions, and for more controls on who can access the data.
Conservative Baroness Noakes said the government had given "absolutely no information" about the scheme's start-up costs. "It was unprecedented that legislation with such major consequences should go forward without Parliament being able to scrutinise the financial impact."
However...
Simon Davies, one of the academics involved in the ID card scheme, said it was impossible to update the costs because the government was "changing the goal posts", including making it less secure.
He also complained there was a "culture of secrecy".
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