ID Cards One Step Closer
The government’s ID card bill was accepted in the commons yesterday with a majority of 31. This gives the government the legal right to introduce ID cards in this country. 20 Labour MPs voted against the bill and there was wirespread objected to it from the other parties.
We are still without any clear justification as to why we need ID cards in the first place, and the costs are still spiralling, even by the government’s own estimations. When the bill was initially introduced, a unit cost of £77 was proposed. This is currently up to £93 with third-party estimates even higher.
As a country, we do not need ID cards. They will not prevent terrorism, nor will they prevent identity fraud. Identity fraud falls into two very different categories; credit card and banking fraud, and benefit fraud. We already have methods in place to combat these problems. If anything, a central database accessible to many so organisations will increase the risk of identity fraud.
