Debates between Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe and Baroness Fookes during the 2024 Parliament

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Debate between Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe and Baroness Fookes
Monday 25th November 2024

(4 weeks, 1 day ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe Portrait Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe (Lab)
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My Lords, are we not seen as a soft touch by those who want to get into this country and as having little control over the number of people coming in? According to reports, there may be close on a million people who are not registered as British citizens. Should we not be exploring again the use of a modern identity system? The abolition of the ID cards by the coalition Government was a serious error. Is it not the case that we will have to return to it, and the sooner we look at that, the better?