Identity Cards Bill

It is nice to be able to return to the subject of the cost and benefit of ID cards. I was fortunate enough to have question 1 this afternoon, as you might remember, Mr. Speaker. It was on the cost of ID cards per person. The answer from my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State was that the cost of a stand-alone ID card would be £30 for 10 years—£3 per person per year. It is important that we subject the issue to a simple analysis of cost and benefit. We know that the cost is £3 per person per year—