Speeches by Jones.

“One Login is doing extremely well. It is owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, but many services across Government have started to use the One Login system. HMRC has started to be involved as well, which will be important for people trying to access basic tax information. As I said at the star…”

“In my view, Verify became too complicated. The lesson for me is to try to keep it simple. As I say, we will consult on the technical build, but my early personal view is that we have systems in place in Government, whether in the Passport Office, the One Login system or the gov.uk Wallet, where we have already started …”

“We are working across Whitehall already on a range of issues, yes.”

“The Cabinet Office is involved on policy, legislation and co-ordination across Government. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which houses the Government Digital Service, will be responsible for technical build and deployment. As I said in my opening answer, however, we are building a foundational t…”

“The consultation is due to launch very soon, so we are not coming to the Committee today saying that we have figured out all the issues. We will be consulting on that over the coming months. The key issue for Northern Ireland and the common travel area is the right to be British, Irish or both in terms of your identity…”

“As the Committee will know, right to work checks are already a legal requirement. When you get a new job, you have to prove that you have the legal right to work in the UK. Lots of people do that with paperwork. They might take their hard-copy passport, maybe some utility bills or other forms of identity, to their new …”

“Darren Jones, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. ”

“Of course. What is digital ID, and why are we pursuing it as a policy? It is essentially the ability to log in to the gov.uk app and prove who you are, in order to access public services. That is different from a standard login, where you can log in to an app with a username and password, because the system is able to …”

“No.”

“Step by step over time.”

“I often go to the passport system because the digital transformation of the passport system, and therefore the much better user experience that we all have, is a great example of its being done well. Those of us who served in the last Parliament know that the reason that happened is because the old system completely bl…”

“We will co-ordinate it in the centre of Government for sure, but we will need to think what is the best use case to get on to the app. What is the state of your current IT system and data? How complicated or not is this? We will have to put that into a business case and get Treasury approval for it, because you will ne…”

“We can probably integrate that very easily. Many local authorities are already using the Government One payment system, so you might be able to integrate payments depending on where they are at. Again, it will take time. In terms of who decides, my expectation is that it will be Government and Parliament, by which I me…”

“On the first part of your question, it would be great to involve local government. We can probably already involve local government where it is useful information sharing like your postcode and bin collection day. Apparently, that is one of the most looked-for web pages on council websites.”

“The digital ID system will be a stand-alone system that we will build. The challenge that you have rightly alluded to is that when you are connecting up services to access through the app, because it is going to be a federated data system your ID on the app needs to be able to find you in the database that you are inte…”

“I think that is right. As I say, we will provide materials for MPs to do things in their constituencies if that is useful. We will also do traditional media and digital marketing campaigns and those types of things while we go through the process. This goes to a slightly different part of my brief, but at the moment th…”

“The mistake we made is that it was announced and then there was a period of silence. We should not have left the period of silence. I think it was a reflection of a number of things. There was a major Government reshuffle and we announced it just a week before the party conference season. There are various reasons, but…”

“I think that is right. If our Government or any future Government want to change that position, they ought to come back to Parliament to get approval, quite frankly, because it is an important thing for the public. It is also our responsibility, as we launch the consultation and talk to people around the country, to ex…”

“The consultation will ask questions on that, and I am also looking forward to working with Parliament on the legislation. My sense at this stage is that I do not particularly want to present a Bill to Parliament that tries to envisage all possible functions in the future and pre-legislate for them. I am interested in t…”

“As in which functions are coming on to the app?”