The ID and Passport Biometric cards are based on a RFID chip.
They are not secure which means anyone with a card reader can read your chip and get ALL your personal information !! Shocking.
www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/02/low_cost_rfid_cloner/
This shows that having an ID card with your information on it would be a disaster because you would literally be opening up all your info to criminals. Unlike PCs which have sophisticated firewalls etc a RFID chip seems to have no security protection at all.
If Jacqui Smith ever offer anyone a card please take this video and show it - or lose your personal information. Spread the word.