Identity Cards Bill — Report of Costs and Benefits — 16 Jan 2006 at 17:22
The majority of the House of Lords voted to add a new provision[1] to the Identity Cards Bill which would have said:[2]
- Before the Identity Cards laws can be enforced, the Government must publish a detailed report stating all the costs of the system since 2004 and a cost estimate by year for the next ten years, and a statement of the expected benefits of the system.
The majority of MPs in the House of Commons subsequently voted to remove this requirement from the proposed law.[3]
- [1] Baroness Noakes, House of Lords, 16 January 2006
- [2] Commencement: Report on costs and benefits, Identity Cards Bill, Clause 44
- [3] Report of Costs and Benefits - rejected, House of Commons, 13 February 2006
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