Introduce a compulsory national ID card fo every citizen of the U.K.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Create a national ID Card to be carried by every citizen of the U.K. as proof of who they are, their right to work, their right to vote and their right to British Citizenship. This would help in identifying individuals and ensuring that their rights as British Citizens are recognised.

Incidents such as the “Windrush Saga” would be avoidable if the victims had National ID cards proving their citizenship.

Fraud could be significantly reduced by the ability to quickly identify individuals, reducing miss representation to police and officials such as returning officers.

Without an ID card it could be made more difficult for illegal immigrants and over stayers to operate in the U.K. by making ID cards mandatory for employment, opening bank accounts, renting or buying houses.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

This petition was briefly opened in error.

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Introduce mandatory Identity Cards

Timeline

29 Sep 2020	Petition opened for signatures
29 Sep 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Department Home Office

Opened 29 Sep 2020

Rejected 29 Sep 2020

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