Speeches by Moore.

“That is exactly what a constituent of mine emailed me about—a constituent who voted Labour in 2024. They said, “If they can’t even control the leakage from the Government, how on earth can they control our data?””

“I could not agree more, but I suspect that the Minister will come out and reiterate the lines from the Prime Minister that he was given before the debate. Just look at the social credit system in China. Facial recognition linked to ID penalises people. Blacklisted citizens cannot buy train or plane tickets, book hotels…”

“I completely agree. In the case of One Login, cyber-security specialists were able to infiltrate and potentially alter the underlying code without being noticed by the team working on the project. In fact, the existing system could be compromised as we speak. We are assured by advocates of digital ID that clever techno…”

“I absolutely agree. Who else but the Prime Minister really wants to drive this through? If the Government expand the scope of digital ID after its initial implementation, I doubt that they will be kind enough to offer an opt-out clause to anyone who has signed up. People up and down the country, 3 million of whom have …”

“I could not agree more. It shows the strength of feeling on this issue. Thousands of people are deeply offended by the intrusion on their civil liberties; thousands are sceptical about whether Whitehall will be able to pull off such a complex scheme; and thousands are digitally excluded, terrified of a “computer says n…”

“There we have it. This is how the Government of the day is going to be engaging with people—stating from the Dispatch Box that they are willing to listen, yet not taking one intervention. May I remind the Minister that Members of Parliament in this House have been elected to represent their constituents? Three million …”

“That is exactly why this Conservative party is saying no to digital ID once again. The latest guesstimate of how much this is going to cost us all is a whopping £1.8 billion.”

“I agree. The attitude of control strikes at the very heart of our political traditions. We are a representative democracy, not a command-and-control state. A Government exist by the will of the people, not the other way round. Put simply, we are not a “papers, please” society. One of the most terrifying elements of the…”

“Lord Mann, sticking with the impact on community relations, has the decision to exclude Maccabi Tel Aviv fans and the subsequent fallout that has happened, in your view, increased the risk of antisemitism in the Jewish community of Birmingham?”

“Whether it is perception or reality, in terms of the fallout, how would you expect the Government to respond to that?”

“Just to answer the question about the Home Office, did they respond with a view on the ban? You commented that they did not.”

“What intelligence did you seek from football policing security bodies in Israel?”

“Did you seek intelligence from Europol?”

“So you did seek intelligence from them.”

“So you did seek intelligence from UKFPU, but received no response.”

“So you are reserving judgment—is that the conclusion?”

“I will ask the same question of the Policing Minister that I asked of the police and crime commissioner: do you have full faith in the chief constable, in terms of the operational decisions that he was making and ultimately the conclusion that was reached?”

“But in relation to this.”

“It all seems a bit of a mess. We have a scenario where a decision is being made by West Midlands police; the Home Office is notified about the decision, or the direction of the decision, yet it has a feeling that it cannot step in; but ultimately the Prime Minister comes out to say that that the decision to ban Israeli…”

“At what point were any concerns raised by the Home Office? Were any concerns raised by the Home Office when there was an understanding that the ban would follow through?”