The ARCH Blog (Free subscription) | 24/09/2008
At a Labour conference fringe event, Home Office minister Meg Hillier told the audience that the age for ID Cards could possibly be lowered to 14. This is now being denied. Who are we to believe? Meg Hillier? on Monday, Ms Hillier said a ministerial working group was thinking about extending the scheme to younger children [...]
The Northern Light (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Oh, how Labour can make my heart sink sometimes. Just as the party seemed to be getting itself back together along come Meg Hillier and her utterly ridiculous “idea” that children as young as six handing over their biometric data to the government and that ID cards could be givent to teenagers as young as [...]
ConservativesNI.com (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Like a phoenix from the flames, the Government have suddenly remembered about one of their flagship policies and where they are to take it next. Speaking at a fringe event at the Labour Conference, the previously unknown Home Office Minister, Meg Hillier MP, has stated that ID cards could be introduced for people as young as [...]
ID in the News (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
The BBC web site reports: Identity cards could be handed out to children as young as 14, a home office minister has suggested. The first ID cards are due to be offered to 16 and 17-year-olds from 2010 as part of a plan to introduce the controversial scheme in stages. But Meg Hillier said the age range was [...]
Coventry Green Voice (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
Labour is pushing ahead with its plans for national ID cards. Suppliers for the design and production of ID cards could be shortlisted in the next few months. You can read about some of the problems behind the entire idea of ID cards here. And Meg Hillier, a Home Office minister, said today that children as young as 14 could be required to carry one. Referring to the entire scheme, Hillier said: "It...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
It is bemusing that Meg Hillier considers me "ill-informed" for highlighting the Home Office's recklessness in facilitating the loss of records from the police na
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 01/09/2008
Home Office minister Meg Hillier has a touching faith in the efficacy of fingerprinting to confirm personal identity (Letters, 28 August).
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 25/08/2008
Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee in May, Meg Hillier, the minister for ID cards, likened the security precautions intended for the National Identity Regist
Union Futures (Free subscription) | 23/07/2008
Quick post to give solidarity greetings to PCS members in the passport service who have started their strike action today PCS are asking people to email Meg Hillier and show your support for PCS members in the Identity and Passport Service. http://www.pcs.org.uk/en/identity-and-passport-service/save-the-ips--email-meg-hillier.cfm Suggested text Ms Hillier, I am writing to you in support of the PCS...
Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
If, like us, you are shocked and incensed about the disgraceful arrest and charging of nine NO2ID Campaign supporters (see previous article Nine NO2ID arrests at Home Office Minister Meg Hillier's secretive ID Cards centralised State database propaganda meeting...
An Englishman's Castle (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
BBC NEWS | Scotland | Arrests made at ID cards meeting Nine people have been charged with breach of the peace following an incident at a meeting about ID cards in Edinburgh. There were protests as a Home Office minister...
Spy Blog - SpyBlog.org.uk (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
The poisoned chalice of trying to pretend to be seen to be "consulting" the public, about the wretched Identity cards and centralised biometric database then National Identity Register has currently been palmed off onto the most junior Minister at the Home Office. the hapless Meg Hillier MP , the Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Identity).. She is currently touring the country, at a series of not exactly...
Tim Worstall (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Meg Hillier, a Home Office minister, wrote a letter to this newspaper that began: "The Government makes no apology…" and went downhill from there. It added: "There is no evidence that employment checks are either a barrier to volunteering or damage relationships between children and adults." Not much connection between the two really, is there?
The Herald (Free subscription) | 30/06/2008
Home Office Minister Meg Hillier will visit Scotland today to discuss the government’s plans for identity cards with organisations which may want to use them as proof of identity. Here she explains – and defends – the proposals.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 28/06/2008
CAMPAIGNERS from the Edinburgh branch of the NO2ID group will be targeting a visit from Meg Hillier, minister for ID cards, to the Capital on Monday.
