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HANSARDDigital IDI think that providing better value for taxpayer money by getting services to work more quickly, effectively and efficiently and by cracking down on fraud and reducing error and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDThese are not hypotheticals; we are looking at how other countries have used these systems to deliver more effective Government and other services to their citizens. We have…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI have already said that the scheme will not be used for that. In many other countries these systems have made accessing Government and public services much easier, quicker and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDWe absolutely will not. If the hon. Gentleman would like to write to me with more detail about areas and groups of people in his constituency who are digitality excluded, I will…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI absolutely do. The countries that have introduced digital ID have found that it helps to tackle fraud. People can lose forms of identity and they can be used by other people.…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI think that when the British people—so many of whom now have online banking on their phones and store so much in their digital wallets—look at their friends, neighbours and…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI do not know why the right hon. Gentleman thinks that people should not be required to prove that they have the right to work in this country. It seems a very reasonable thing to…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. We will be learning lessons from those countries. People will be able to see who accesses their data, so this proposal will give them more…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDThe Prime Minister has been very clear that it will be mandatory for right to work checks, but I can confirm to my hon. Friend that we do not want one big, centralised data set…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his question. He has a lot of experience in this area. We want not only to learn from other countries but to work closely with the National…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDThe hon. Member is always rightly concerned to see the evidence, and when we publish our consultation on this proposal she will see it all there. It is important to understand…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDIt is not a Britcard. I must say that I am tiny bit confused, because in March 2021 the Scottish Government published “A changing nation: how Scotland will thrive in a digital…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDIn the 15 years that I have been an MP, many people have said that it can be a nightmare trying to talk to different bits of the public sector: repeatedly having to give the same…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDWe have a £9.5 million digital inclusion fund that will support local organisations with grants of between £25,000 and £500,000 to help specific groups of people who are currently…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDMy hon. Friend has a huge amount of experience on this issue; I look forward to discussing it with her. The only area where we are proposing the digital ID to be mandatory is for…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDTackling child poverty is also a priority, as the hon. Lady will see when we produce our strategy.13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDAt the risk of repeating myself, costs will depend on exactly the design, build and delivery of the programme. We will set out further details. I think people would expect that…13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI agree with my hon. Friend that this could give people more power and control over their data—who sees it and who uses it—as well as all the other benefits he rightly set out.13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDNo.13 Oct 2025HANSARDDigital IDI can.13 Oct 2025