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RSS house of lords idID cards bill in crisis after major defeat in Lords
News The government's controversial ID card plans have suffered a major defeat in the House of Lords with peers refusing to approve the bill until a detailed cost breakdown... [17 Jan 2006]
Leader: ID cards victory for silicon.com campaign
Leader Today represents something of a landmark day in silicon.com's ongoing ID Cards on Trial campaign following the savage defeat inflicted on the flawed legislation by peers in the House... [17 Jan 2006]
Government slams Lords over ID card blocking tactics
News The government has criticised the House of Lords' repeated blocking of ID cards for trying to delay and destroy the controversial bill. The government... [22 Mar 2006]
Lords vote for ID cards opt-out clause
News The parliamentary battle over the ID cards bill remains deadlocked after the House of Lords again defeated government proposals that would force people applying for or... [28 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat government over ID cards watchdog
News The government ID cards bill has suffered two more defeats in the House of Lords after peers voted in favour of further amendments to the proposed... [31 Jan 2006]
Cost row threatens to derail ID cards bill
News Another political row has broken out over the cost of the government's controversial ID card proposals with peers in the House of Lords threatening to... [16 Jan 2006]
Lords leave ID cards bill in tatters
News The House of Lords has dealt another massive blow to the government's ID cards bill by voting against making it compulsory for people to have their biometric details... [24 Jan 2006]
Lords block ID cards again
News Peers in the House of Lords have again defeated government proposals to make it compulsory for people renewing or applying for passports to register for an ID card. In a... [07 Mar 2006]
ID cards battle deadlocked
News The ID cards battle remains deadlocked after MPs again overturned a House of Lords amendment that would have prevented people being forced to register for an... [16 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News Peers in the House of Lords defeated the government's ID cards bill for a fourth time on Monday, after offering a compromise that would make ID card... [20 Mar 2006]
MPs back compulsory ID cards
News The government last night successfully overturned an amendment to the ID card bill made by peers in the House of Lords last week that would make it optional for people... [14 Mar 2006]
Rebel MPs fail to kill ID card bill
News A three-line party whip ensured the government's 66-seat majority was never under serious threat but the bill still only squeezed through by 25 votes and now moves to the House of Lords... [19 Oct 2005]
Lords slam government's ID cards bill
News A separate report out on the same day by the House of Lords and House of Commons joint all-party committee on Human Rights also criticises the... [24 Oct 2005]
Blair to miss crucial ID cards vote
News The government has been trying to broker a compromise deal with rebel Labour MPs in an attempt to overturn amendments made to the Identity Cards Bill by peers in the House of Lords but... [13 Feb 2006]
Leader: Don't be fooled by Blair's "cardboard" ID compromise
Leader This "compromise" centres on the amendments to the ID cards bill by the House of Lords last month in which peers defeated the government plan to make it compulsory for... [10 Feb 2006]
