ID cards and glorification go back to Lords
Press Review 17 March 2006
The House of Commons has continued to overrule the Lords on plans for identity cards and the outlawing of the "glorification" of terrorism.
ID card law sent back to the Lords
News Article 16 March 2006
MPs have sent the Identity Cards Bill back to the Lords amid continuing parliamentary deadlock.
ID cards stalled in Lords
Press Review 16 March 2006
Peers have voted for the third time to reject the government's ID scheme, leaving the measure in parliamentary limbo.
ID cards remain in parliamentary limbo
News Article 15 March 2006
The House of Lords has dealt Charles Clarke a fresh blow by once again rejecting a key part of the identity cards legislation.
Lords urged to back ID cards
Press Review 14 March 2006
The Lords are being urged to drop their opposition to identity cards after Tony Blair's plans survived another Commons vote on Monday night.
Clarke warns peers on ID cards
News Article 13 March 2006
MPs have sent the Identity Cards Bill back to the House of Lords with a warning from Charles Clarke that peers should not continue to reject a key plank of the government's plans.
Ministers to force ID cards through Lords
Press Review 10 March 2006
The government is preparing to do battle with the Lords next week over its plans to introduce identity cards.
Mapeley wins passport office contract
Press Review 8 March 2006
Property company Mapeley is understood to have won a contract to set up a network of passport offices, reports the FT.
ID card row continues
Press Review 7 March 2006
The government last night lost a House of Lords vote on its Identity Cards Bill.
Peers reject 'compulsory' ID cards
News Article 6 March 2006
The House of Lords has again defeated the government on its plans for the introduction of identity cards.
ID cards set for Lords defeat
Press Review 6 March 2006
Peers are today set to inflict a damaging defeat on the government's identity cards legislation.
ID cards spending hits £32m
Press Review 23 February 2006
The government has so far spent £32m preparing for identity cards even though the plans have yet to passed by parliament, figures released yesterday showed.
ID cards delayed by a year
Press Review 15 February 2006
The Home Office has revealed that the timetable for introducing identity cards has slipped by a year.
ID cards on course after Commons vote
Press Review 14 February 2006
The government is on course to begin introducing identity cards within two years after comfortably surviving a series of key votes last night.
Ministers win ID cards vote
News Article 13 February 2006
As debate on the introduction of ID cards continues in the Commons, MPs have backed government calls for the scheme to be linked to passports.
