The point is that most of the long-term cost would have been met by people paying the cost of the card. It is rather inaccurate to give a globalised figure and to say that that is the total cost.
Identity Documents Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 18 October 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Identity Documents Bill.
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2010-12
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