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Identity Documents Bill

Proceeding contribution from Julie Hilling (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 15 September 2010. It occurred during Debate on bills on Identity Documents Bill.
Hon. Members on both sides have been extremely rude to constituents of mine who have written to me about how they bought an ID card in good faith. I assume that a lot of Members in the Chamber today were not part of the pilot programme in which constituents were able to buy ID cards. Had they been, perhaps they would also be speaking up on behalf of those constituents who bought ID cards but will not now get a refund. Those who have written to me are mainly pensioners and on a low income. They decided that they were only going to be travelling as far as Europe and that therefore an ID card was a good value alternative to paying the full amount for a full passport. These people are taxpayers.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
515 c932-3 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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