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Nothing to fear over ID cards privacy, says passport chief
News Former Home Secretary Charles Clarke also came out fighting for ID cards in a Channel 4 documentary - Fighting Identity Fraud - at the weekend, claiming they will improve the quality of people's lives and enhance security. [06 Mar 2007]
Tech must not invade privacy, says EU data protection head
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke in particular championed the need for more invasive data retention laws, saying the directive was necessary in order to prevent terrorism. Hustinx also has his reservations about biometrics, currently being built into... [07 Apr 2006]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Home Secretary Charles Clarke, frustrated by the delays in passing the bill, has wasted no time and the new Identity and Passport Service begins work in earnest from this Saturday - April Fool's day, no less. [31 Mar 2006]
New ID cards agency set up after Queen approves bill
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke has already announced that the Labour government will make the scheme compulsory if it wins the next general election and a new agency to issue passports and ID cards has already been set up. [31 Mar 2006]
ID cards to be mandatory by 2010
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke said pricing for the ID cards will be determined once the bill becomes law. Law makers have agreed to a compromise proposal that will see ID cards become mandatory for passport holders by 2010. [30 Mar 2006]
Government slams Lords over ID card blocking tactics
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the Lords' continued opposition to the ID cards bill is "unacceptable". The government has criticised the House of Lords' repeated blocking of ID cards for trying to delay and destroy the controversial bill. [22 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke has threatened to use the Parliament Act to force the bill through in the next session if the Lords continues its opposition to the bill. Peers in the House of Lords defeated the government's ID cards bill for a fourth... [20 Mar 2006]
ID cards battle deadlocked
News During the debate on Thursday Home Secretary Charles Clarke accused peers of "breaking the conventions of parliament" and ignoring "the will of the people". But Conservative shadow home secretary, David Davis, said the government's election... [16 Mar 2006]
MPs back compulsory ID cards
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke insisted - to much laughter and jeers from opposition MPs in the Commons on Monday evening - that "passports are voluntary documents". MPs have again voted in favour of compulsory ID cards by forcing passport... [14 Mar 2006]
Lords block ID cards again
News In a vote earlier in the day the Lords gave in to the government on the issue of the cost of the scheme after Home Secretary Charles Clarke agreed at the last vote in the House of Commons to report to parliament every six months on the ID card costs. [07 Mar 2006]
Compulsory ID cards for UK citizens within five years
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke has indicated the government would move to do this by 2011. MPs also voted, by a majority of 51, in favour of making it compulsory for citizens to register their personal and biometric details on the National Identity... [14 Feb 2006]
The Yearly Round-Up: 22.12.05
Round-Up While Home Secretary Charles Clarke - and his predecessor the scandal-prone David Blunkett - would have us believe these cards will cure all manner of society's ills, the House of Lords isn't quite so convinced. [22 Dec 2005]
ID cards will save businesses "millions"
News ID cards will save businesses millions of pounds, Home Secretary Charles Clarke has insisted. The government has been rocked by criticism of its controversial ID cards scheme. Earlier this week former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington said that... [18 Nov 2005]
Rebel MPs fail to kill ID card bill
News But Home Secretary Charles Clarke said: "It will provide an effective mechanism to tackle crime, to reduce identity fraud and to improve legitimate access to services. Rebel Labour MPs failed to block the passage of the controversial ID Cards bill... [19 Oct 2005]
£30 cap on standalone ID card for the poor
News Home Secretary Charles Clarke said the subsidised standalone 10-year ID card fits in with Home Office spending plans and current financial estimates of the ID cards scheme. In a written answer to a parliamentary question, Clarke also revealed the... [14 Oct 2005]
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