Blair's Britain vies with US in ID snoop wars / The Register, 29 Sep 2004

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/09/29/uk_intros_semaphore_capps_uk/
John Lettice
"The government is taking the 'collar the lot' approach, and intends to extend the scheme to encompass everybody travelling into and out of the UK. And some - this particular pilot, Semaphore, is intended as a component of the projected e-Borders programme, which is envisaged as linking the Foreign Office, the Home Office, the Department for Work and Pensions, Immigration and Nationality, Customs & Excise, the Passport Service and of course, the biometric ID card. From that list the borders in e-Borders would seem to extend quite a distance inland."