Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for introducing identity cards for the legal population of the United Kingdom, in particular to deal with illegal immigration.

My Lords, the Home Office has made no recent assessment on identity cards. In 2010 the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition decided to end the ID card scheme and the associated National Identity Register. The Home Office has held no further discussions on the reintroduction of identity cards.