{"longTitle":"To make provision for and in connection with the repeal of the Identity Cards Act 2006.","summary":"<p>The main purpose of this Bill is to abolish identity cards and the National Identity Register; it repeals the Identity Cards Act 2006. There are no provisions for refunding existing cardholders. </p><p>A small number of provisions in the 2006 Act &ndash; unrelated to ID cards &ndash; reappear in the Bill. These cover offences relating to the possession and manufacture of false identity documents such as passports and driving licences. The Bill also re-enacts data-sharing provisions in the 2006 Act designed to verify information provided in connection with passport applications. Identification cards for non-EEA nationals are not affected by the provisions.  </p>","sponsors":[{"member":{"memberId":8,"name":"Mrs Theresa May","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Commons","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/8/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/8/contact","memberFrom":"Maidenhead"},"organisation":{"name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"},"sortOrder":1},{"member":{"memberId":3840,"name":"Baroness Neville-Jones","party":"Conservative","partyColour":"0063ba","house":"Lords","memberPhoto":"https://members-api.parliament.uk/api/Members/3840/Thumbnail","memberPage":"https://members.parliament.uk/member/3840/contact","memberFrom":"Life peer"},"organisation":{"name":"Home Office","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office"},"sortOrder":2}],"promoters":[],"petitioningPeriod":null,"petitionInformation":null,"agent":null,"billId":660,"shortTitle":"Identity Documents Act 2010","formerShortTitle":null,"currentHouse":"Unassigned","originatingHouse":"Commons","lastUpdate":"2011-10-20T17:26:32","billWithdrawn":null,"isDefeated":false,"billTypeId":1,"introducedSessionId":24,"includedSessionIds":[24],"isAct":true,"currentStage":{"id":3987,"stageId":11,"sessionId":24,"description":"Royal Assent","abbreviation":"RA","house":"Unassigned","stageSittings":[{"id":3689,"stageId":11,"billStageId":3987,"billId":660,"date":"2010-12-21T00:00:00"}],"sortOrder":15}}