http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/03/id_scheme_echr_concern/
"The Committee's report draws Parliament's attention to "a number of serious questions of human rights compatibility". Asked this morning if the report meant that it was now time to put ID cards on hold, a spokesman for the Prime Minister said that international requirements for biometric passports meant there was a need to go down this route, and that the Prime Minister believed the legislation satisfied the UK's commitment to international human rights conventions."
