Common Travel Area: Identity Cards

(asked on 28th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure the Common Travel Area is maintained for people travelling for work when digital identification cards are introduced.


Answered by
Lord Collins of Highbury Portrait
Lord Collins of Highbury
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 5th November 2025

We will ensure our commitments in the Good Friday Agreement, the Windsor Framework and the Common Travel Area are respected and maintained.

We will design this system to help ensure everyone who has a right to live and work in any part of the UK can do so easily and securely.

We are working with our counterparts in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and will continue to engage to ensure the system works for people on both sides of the border.

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