The pros and cons of ID cards

ID cards will provide an easy and secure way for legal UK residents to prove who they are when they apply for services at private businesses or for government benefits or in order to purchase alcohol or cigarettes,etc. The cards are linked to their owners by unique biometic identifiers(fingerprints. This is reliable way to ensure the cards are legitimate and helps protect everyone from identity theft.
These new and improved ID cards are available for any UK resident over the age of 16. These ID cards, which are certainly more safe than the previous ones, were praised by the queen in her May 2005 speech and The identitity cards act became law in March 2006. They are expecting to be rolling out the first ID cards for British Citzens in 2009. Starting from 2010, ID cards will be offered to young people on a voluntary basis.
This is all to clamp down on Identity theft and fake ID cards, I think it will definitely have an impact on Britain. But whether they will make a difference for the best i dont know. I think it is important that the government have put careful consideration into this and i hope that will be successful. I think the majority of people would like something in place in order to stop their identitys being stolen and i think the new and upcoming system may work, however, the people who still identitys are very clever and will soon work out a way to carry on committing the crime, however, we can still try and prevent and i personally certainly see the need for ID cards, not only for this reason but also as a form of age prove and other such things. I definietly think they are a must of the current society and even if the latest system doesnt stop identity theft we will eventually find a way and they are useful for other things meanwhile.