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  Identity Cards Bill -  Access to the National Identity Register
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against inserting the phrase "who reasonably require proof"[1] to the end of a sentence taken approximately from the proposed law, which says:
  
  :The statutory purposes of the National Identity Register are to facilitate a convenient method for such individuals to prove registrable facts about themselves to others ().[2]
  
  By leaving this out, they make it clear that there will be no limitation whatsoever on the uses the National Identity Register will be put to.
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2005-10-18d.724.0 Patrick Mercer MP], House of Commons, 18 October 2005
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/049/06049.1-7.html#j001 Clause 1(3)] of the ID Cards Bill
  
  
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