My Lords, it is not clear to me how much more help I can be to the House. I have tried very hard to be of help. Perhaps I can take up the points that have been made. I was asked in the House—I am looking at Hansard—whether the advice was from the law officers. I said that I was not sure but would seek to confirm it. That is indeed what I undertook to do. I am advised that I am not in a position to disclose either the fact of seeking that legal advice or its contents. That is why I am not able to take what I have said to the House this afternoon any further. The only way that I could do that would be—
Identity Documents Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Neville-Jones
(Conservative)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 21 December 2010.
It occurred during Legislative debate on Identity Documents Bill.
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2010-12
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