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  Identity Documents Bill - New Clause 4 - Transfer of information from National Identity Register to Identity and Passport Service
  
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  @ MP voted no not to allow ID cards to continue to be used as passports after the ID card system is scrapped. 
  @ MP voted aye to allow ID cards to continue to be used as passports after the ID card system is scrapped. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to transfer data from the National Identity Register to the passport database so that existing ID cards could continue to be used as passports. 
  
  The text of the proposed new clause which MPs rejected was:
  
  :'The Secretary of State must ensure that any information recorded in the National Identity Register which-
  
  :(a) relates to a person ("P") who has indicated that P wishes to retain P's identity card until its expiry date, and
  
  :(b) is relevant to an application by P for a passport is transferred to the Identity and Passport Service.'.
  
  The intended purpose of the proposed new clause was explained during the debate in a speech by Labour MP Meg Hillier.[1]
  
  * [1] [http://www.theyworkforyou.com/debate/?id=2010-09-15a.922.0 Meg Hillier, House of Commons, 15th September 2010]
  
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