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  Identity Cards Bill - Compulsory registration when applying for a Passport
  
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  The majority of MPs voted against altering a section of the Identity Cards Bill which says:
  
  :When someone applies for a designated document, they ''must'' either apply to be entered into the National Identity Register, or prove they are already listed and update its contents.[1]
  
  so that the word ''must'' was replaced with the phrase ''may, if the applicant so chooses''.[2]
  
  Had this been passed, it could not be made compulsory to register for an ID card when renewing a passport, driving license, or other potentially ''designated document''.
  
  * [1] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/049/06049.1-7.html#j004 Clause 5(2)] of the [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmbills/049/06049.i-ii.html">Identity Cards Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debates/?id=2005-10-18d.747.0 Niel Gerrard MP], House of Commons, 18 October 2005
  
  
  
  
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