As I understand it, the organisations that seek verification from the register will be able to do so only with the consent of the individual, and they will get verification only of the details that they give. Only the police and the security services, when investigating a crime, will be able to get the audit trail. I am happy to be corrected by my hon. Friend the Minister if that is wrong. The audit trail is available for the investigation of crime.
We should concentrate on the massive cost of identity fraud, which has increased, as we know from last week—
Identity Cards Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Martin Linton
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 February 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Identity Cards Bill.
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