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  Identity Cards Bill - Compulsory registration when applying for a Passport
  
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  The majority voted against a proposal to change the words in the  Identity Cards Bill where it said
  
  <blockquote>Where an application [for] a designated document is made by an individual, the [applicant]... <b>must</b> [either apply] ... to be entered in the Register, or state that [he]... is already...in the Register and confirm [and update] the contents of his entry.[1]</blockquote>
  
  <p>by replacing <i>"must"</i> with <i>"may, if the applicant so chooses"</i>.</p>
  
  <p>This would have removed the compulsory element of registering for an ID card just to renew a passport or driving license.</p>  
  
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  <li>[1] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/049/06049.1-7.html#j004"> Clause 5(2)</a> of the <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/049/06049.i-ii.html"></li>
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