Identity Cards Bill

I have not spoken to the Information Commissioner recently but, as I have said, there has been considerable debate on the substance of the Bill. The hon. Gentleman speaks of the relationship between the individual and the state. A general election is a pretty important part of the relationship between the individual and the state. That is why I think that the hon. Gentleman’s noble Friend Lord Strathclyde was right to say yesterday that in his view—not mine—the House of Lords should proceed only on an issue on which there was a good deal of public support for what that House was doing. My point is that there is not.