Digital ID Debate
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Richard Foord
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Liz Kendall
All those details will be set out in the consultation. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman and his constituents will respond to that. I will say once again that many other countries do this. They have learned from experience about security, and they have learned how to keep people’s data secure. We will learn the lessons from what they have done, and I look forward to his response to the consultation.
Richard Foord (Honiton and Sidmouth) (LD)
I have been contacted by a contractor who worked on the last Labour Government’s ID card scheme. He wrote to me that
“it was a massive waste of money”
and suggested that it could be like
“writing Fujitsu a blank cheque”.
What sum are the Government setting aside for that cheque to the contractor to pay for the development of digital ID?
Liz Kendall
The hon. Gentleman may not have heard me earlier, but I said that it will be designed and built in-house.