ZERO KNOWLEDGE PROTOCOLS

Early day motion 1902, tabled 11 November 2003 by Paul Flynn (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House congratulates the Government on its far-sighted proposal to deal with the growing problems of identity theft and fraud; believes that conscientious objections to identity cards on the basis of liberty and privacy can be overcome by the use of zero knowledge protocol which will allow speedy identification while biometrically protecting confidential information which will not be stored on a central database; and is convinced that this protocol will make identity cards acceptable by also providing new access to services for users.

Signatures by party: Labour 10, Conservative 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.