I AM puzzled by Alf Quinlivan-Barnes suggestion we might have to pay twice for ID cards (Letters, January 19).

Surely either the Home Office or individuals would have to pay for them. I've read nothing of plans to charge both, which would produce a 100 per cent profit and generate even more objections to the initiative than at present.

I carried an ID card for many years and I'm not against them in principle. I'm aware there could be a lot of sensitive information encoded on it but I expect we'll soon get used to it.

John Norman
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