NO2ID

The main title of this report being "Immigration Control", pub date 23rd July
Contains plenty of talk about National Identity Register, and how immigration control can't be done without ID cards.

Available from Home Affairs Committee pubs page together with the official government response.

The downloadable report doesn't contain the submitted evidence, which is available separately.

from the recommendations...

"113. There should be a single database which clearly shows a person's immigration status and right to work and claim benefits. We note that the Government's National Identity Register is intended to fulfil this function. Employment and access to services could be made conditional on a satisfactory check against such a database. (Paragraph 470) "

And there's at least a few more like that (as you probably noticed) - I was thinking of digging them out and quoting the relevant bits here - otherwise they tend to get missed...

I might do this tomorrow unless there's too many!
The government response probably ought to get similar treatment...

NB as per another post on this subject the Home Affairs Committee (consisting of 8 Lab, 3 Con, 2 Lib-Dem) is not exactly what I would call neutral. Though that's probably the point...