[IP] LSE Report on UK Identity Card Proposal

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell@newcastle.ac.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:01:56 +0000
To: <dave@farber.net>
Subject: LSE Report on UK Identity Card Proposal

Dave:

There are lots of reports in the media here in the UK about a new
report from the London School of Economics criticising Government
proposals for a national identity card scheme.

Typical was the coverage in the BBC yesterday:

>ID card plans too risky - report
>
>Plans for ID cards are too risky and lack the trust of the public, a
>London School of Economics report claims.
>
>The government's proposed system is so complex it could itself
>become a target of terrorists, the academics warned.
>
>ID cards must truly benefit citizens rather than be a costly
>imposition, Professor Patrick Dunleavy said.
>
>The government insists they are needed to fight terrorism and
>organised crime and peers are due to give the ID Cards Bill its
>second reading on Monday.
>. . .
>The ID cards bill was backed by the Commons last month, despite Tory
>abstentions and Lib Dem opposition.
>
>But it may have difficulty clearing the Lords, where the government
>does not have a majority.
>. . .


The report itself is:

The Identity Project: an assessment of the UK Identity Cards Bill and
its implications

at:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/pressAndInformationOffice/PDF/IDreport.pdf

Cheers

Brian

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