Re-posted from archive of infinite ideas machine 2004:
For your delight and delectation, one freshly published Home Office consultation document: Legislation on Identity Cards | A Consultation [553 KB PDF file] and its official Press Release, DAVID BLUNKETT: NATIONAL ID CARD SCHEME IS THE KEY TO THE UK’S FUTURE.
The Government’s current statements about Identity Cards seem to live in the ‘Community and Race’ section of the Home Office site, as do the Publications and Consultations Archives – well worth reading (although I recommend pre-emptive Anadin) for the background to and progress of UK Entitlement Identity Cards ‘from the horse’s mouth’.