Identity Cards Bill

Does my hon. and learned Friend agree with the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak (Lynne Jones), who made some excellent points? Even if we go with the Government’s assumption of £540 million, the key point is that KPMG did not stand behind that figure, but—to use its words and those of the hon. Lady—it did stand behind the costing methodology and the key assumptions. KPMG recommended improvements, such as a "““sensitivity analysis, revisiting the process for estimating contingency and revisiting some cost assumptions.””" The point about a sensitivity analysis is that there is some doubt about the cost figure of £540 million that the Government have come up with and that KPMG has decided that further analysis is needed.