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  Identity Cards Bill - Report of Costs and Benefits
  
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  The majority of the House of Lords voted to add a new provision[1] to the Identity Cards Bill which would have said:[2]
  
  :Before the Identity Cards laws can be enforced, the Government must publish a detailed report stating all the costs of the system since 2004 and a cost estimate by year for the next ten years, and a statement of the expected benefits of the system.
  
  The majority of MPs in the House of Commons subsequently voted to remove this requirement from the proposed law.[3]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/lords/?id=2006-01-16c.427.12#g427.15 Baroness Noakes], House of Lords, 16 January 2006
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200506/ldbills/028/06028.1-7.html#j001  Commencement: Report on costs and benefits], Identity Cards Bill, Clause 44
  * [3] [http://www.publicwhip.org.uk/division.php?date=2006-02-13&number=160
   Report of Costs and Benefits - rejected], House of Commons, 13 February 2006
  
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