To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.

Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Attorney General's Office: Proof of Identity
Tuesday 20th January 2026

Asked by: David Davis (Conservative - Goole and Pocklington)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, by how much they plan to reduce their Department's budget to help fund the digital ID scheme.

Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

Digital Identity policy is in development, with a dedicated team inside the Cabinet Office working to develop the proposals.

Costs in this Spending Review period will be met within the existing Spending Review settlements.

We are inviting the public to have their say in the upcoming consultation as we develop a safe, secure, and inclusive system for the UK. No final decisions will be made until after the consultation.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"I start by sending my wishes, with everyone else’s, to the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire). The House would perhaps like to know that I spoke to him this afternoon and he is making very good progress. We are …..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"That is fine. I will say one last thing with respect to that. If the Government do not make it clear and that still hangs as an ambiguity around the Bill, then the Bill, along with the Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Bill, could well end up with this …..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"My right hon. Friend does great service to this House and the Committee. Given what he has just said, does he believe that these terrorists are unable to read the Human Rights Act?..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"As I was listening to the right hon. Gentleman’s very thoughtful speech, it occurred to me that it might be a mistake to have the same Bill cover the security services and everything up to and including the Food Safety Agency...."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"May I, too, start by paying proper credit to the Minister for Security, my right hon. Friend the Member for Old Bexley and Sidcup (James Brokenshire)? James is a very old friend, a very long-standing colleague and an old protégé of mine. I spoke to him only a few days …..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"I do not think that my right hon. Friend was in the Chamber for the beginning of my speech, because I was going to refer to him and tell him that I did not agree with him that the Blairite approach to terrorism worked at all. Indeed, I think it …..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"rose—..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"I knew my right hon. Friend would liven up the debate. The test is not the test of authority. It is an empirical test. America, Australia and the other Five Eyes all have these limitations, and their intelligence agencies seem to work perfectly well...."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill
Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 27 Jan 2021
Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill

"No. That is why we have the law..."
David Davis - View Speech

View all David Davis (Con - Goole and Pocklington) contributions to the debate on: Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Bill