| Heading: |
Proof of Identity: Digital Technology |
| Question ID: |
1816131 |
| UIN: |
62509 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-24 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5362 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Mr Angus MacDonald
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Mr Angus MacDonald
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment he has made of the potential impacts of introducing mandatory digital identity systems in the UK on (a) privacy and (b) civil liberties. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-02 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4822 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Feryal Clark
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| Answering Member handle: |
FeryalClark
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@FeryalClark
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| Answer text: |
The Government has no plans to introduce a mandatory digital identity system. |
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| Answering body ID: |
216 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology |
| Tweeted: |
true |