Identity Cards Bill

May I clarify something in response to the question asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South (Ms Butler)? I can confirm that the Bill does not extend police powers, as my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Martin Linton) rightly said. It would only provide power of identification in the case of arrest, but obviously the police already have such a power. The Bill does not create the situation feared by my hon. Friend the Member for Brent, South, but it would ease police bureaucracy in the case of ascertaining identity.