Lizzi Collinge

Lizzi Collinge

Labour — Morecambe and Lunesdale

Speaking in the House of Commons on 13 October 2025

Debate

Digital ID

Contribution

The current proposal is that digital ID will be mandatory for right-to-work checks by the end of this Parliament. Concerns have been raised with me by constituents that that makes it de facto mandatory for working-age people. Has the Secretary of State considered simply sticking with it as a voluntary service so that people who wish to can get the benefits of a streamlined ID, and then, when it is bedded in, perhaps looking at whether it is necessary to make it mandatory for right-to-work checks?

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