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The Weekly Round-Up: 29.06.07
Round-Up In one instance e-ballot papers suffered a glitch whereby the wrong party logos, those of the likeliest competitors for power, Labour and the Conservatives, were mixed up and appeared next to the wrong candidates' names. [29 Jun 2007]
Leader: ID cards fight must go on
Leader Conservatives and Liberal Democrats in the House of Commons and the House of Lords had been united in opposing the introduction of ID cards until the climb-down, presented as a 'compromise', finally let the government... [31 Mar 2006]
ID Cards on Trial: Rebel MPs halve government's majority
News In the end just 20 Labour MPs joined forces with the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats to oppose the ID card scheme, meaning a few abstentions swung the vote in the government's favour. The government's majority was... [29 Jun 2005]
Leader: It's not too late to rethink flawed ID cards plan
Leader Despite this the government looks like it will narrowly win the vote at the second reading of the ID cards bill on Tuesday, thanks to unionist MPs and a number of abstentions from the Conservatives. In the face of... [27 Jun 2005]
ID card plans are back and 'more popular'
News The plans face opposition from the Liberal Democrats, while the Conservatives remain unconvinced. The proposed legislation was dropped in the run up to the election but the controversial bill is set to be reintroduced by... [25 May 2005]
Labour: ID card bill will return before the summer
News Legislation to introduce the controversial biometric ID cards did not make it through parliament before the election was called, and Labour said this was the fault of the Conservatives. Only last week, the... [15 Apr 2005]
UK ID card scheme 'will be back'
News Clarke blamed the Conservatives for preventing the legislation going through parliament before the election and claimed the opposition party had "decided to kill it". The government's identity card bill, which will not... [07 Apr 2005]
Blair forced to ditch ID card bill
News With the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats signalling they will not budge in their opposition to the ID card bill, the government will instead prioritise its limited legislative time before the election on other bills. [04 Apr 2005]
The RIP Act: What the parties say
News Both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats have made manifesto pledges to review the legislation, but stop short of promising to scrap the Act altogether. Charles Clarke and I have made it quite... [31 May 2001]
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