ID a bad idea, says Tory (From Malvern Gazette)

ID a bad idea, says Tory

3:31pm Monday 12th February 2007 in News

TORY parliamentary candidate Harriett Baldwin this week spoke out against government plans to introduce ID cards.

She said local people will be forced to travel at their own expense to regional centres at Birmingham, Oxford or Swindon to get the cards.

She said: "ID cards are a bad idea. They will do nothing to improve the safety of people in Worcestershire. They are not the answer to the threat of terrorism, to benefit fraud, illegal immigration, human trafficking or to identity theft. They are a waste of money, and a Conservative government will abolish them.

"Instead of these intrusive, expensive and ineffective ID cards, the money should be spent on more worthwhile projects to cut crime."