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Identity Cards Bill

Proceeding contribution from John Bercow (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 February 2006. It occurred during Debate on bills on Identity Cards Bill.
One of the most significant indicators of the Government’s continuing commitment to compulsion is that the UK Passport Service, at the behest or with the connivance of the Government, is planning no fewer than 70 new prime high street sites, from which Crown post offices will be excluded from competing on an equal basis for first-time passport applicants. How does the right hon. Gentleman reconcile his claim that computer projects are improving with the fact that the proposal will add greatly to the Government’s costs?
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
442 c1159 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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