[Margaret Pilkington]

No...I would not be in favour of an ID card.
We have national insurance numbers.....NHS numbers, these should be enough to prove that you are entitled to benefits(if you are) and NHS treatment(if you are).
If you have neither of these things then you are entitled to neither of the benefits.

When it was first mooted that we would be legally obliged to carry an ID card(and that we would be required to pay for it) I said that I would never have one......the tax man has never had a problem in finding me to pay my dues - they do not require me to prove my identity...they know who I am.
If an ID card were to be used - then there are crooks out there who would set up,a fine business in faking them for those who do not have them, but need them.