http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/03/06/5420 Every day the Prime Minister's Spokesman meets a small coterie of political journalists known as 'the lobby' for a topical chat, or 'briefing'. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:04:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/03/06/5420#comment-7594 my2p Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:05:40 +0000 http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2008/03/06/5420#comment-7594 "Put that it was not really a voluntary scheme if you wanted to leave the country, the PMS replied that nobody had to have an ID card or go on to the national identification database. We were introducing a greater element of choice - we were saying today that you could either have a passport or an ID card, you did not necessarily have to carry an ID card if you also had a biometric passport." The way the PMS answers suggests that you have the choice to have a biometric passport WITHOUT being on the NIR, which is rubbish. Enrolment into the NIR will be compulsory if you want a passport, having a passport is compulsory if you want to leave the country, therefore Enrolment into the NIR will be compulsory if you want to leave the country. Simple logic. “Put that it was not really a voluntary scheme if you wanted to leave the country, the PMS replied that nobody had to have an ID card or go on to the national identification database. We were introducing a greater element of choice - we were saying today that you could either have a passport or an ID card, you did not necessarily have to carry an ID card if you also had a biometric passport.”
The way the PMS answers suggests that you have the choice to have a biometric passport WITHOUT being on the NIR, which is rubbish.
Enrolment into the NIR will be compulsory if you want a passport, having a passport is compulsory if you want to leave the country, therefore Enrolment into the NIR will be compulsory if you want to leave the country. Simple logic.

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