HC Deb 21 December 1984 vol 70 cc364-5W
Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a consultative document outlining the arguments for and against the introduction of a national identity card scheme to incorporate an assessment of the costs and merits of different types of identity card.

Mr. Giles Shaw

No.

Mr. Henderson

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to the numbers of elderly, young and other groups who regularly carry means of identification; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Giles Shaw

I have no information of this sort.