[zoombini]

Yes, and will then every estalishment that you go into, employer etc be able to get access to personal information that will be stored about you?

And how would we go about getting one?
Show a few pieces of info oh say Birth Certificate etc.
All things that can be forged, allowing false cards to be obtained because the gov issuing dept concerned is overrun & understaffed.

Sort of ruins the point of them.