WE'LL GET USED TO IT: I am puzzled by Alf Quinlivan-Barnes' suggestion we might have to pay twice for ID cards (News Shopper, January 19). If the cost of producing and distributing each one is, for example, £20, then surely either the Home Office or individuals would have to pay £20. I've read nothing of plans to charge both, which would produce a 100% profit and generate even more objections to the initiative than at present. Maybe the cost would be split, say £10 each, but anyway the public in general will pay the full amount eventually. I carried an ID card for years and I'm not against them in principle. I'm aware there could be a lot of sensitive information on it but I expect we'll get used to it.

John Norman Bexleyheath

TOO MANY QUESTIONS: Will having ID cards help solve any problems in the world today? And what happens if you lose it? How will you prove you are who your say you are? With all information now stored on computers, who will be able to access this information? It will not take long before they will be easily forged. When we are born we already have a medical card with our name, address and a number, why not add a photo and use that? There are more questions on this point but no answers.

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