Speeches by Jones.

“There are a couple of reasons. First, I wanted it to not just be a technical consultation for companies that have an interest in this; I want to make sure that it is something that the public can engage in. If you did a very technical consultation, it probably would not be very user-friendly for the general public. I h…”

“The problem with that is that the One Login system works well, but you are still accessing different parts of Government with One Login. The idea with your digital ID and the gov.uk app is that those services come to you in one place, as opposed to you having to go to multiple places and log in repeatedly, if that make…”

“Good. That is great.”

“I do not have the number of users. This is something that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology runs for the Government, but as you have experienced, an increasing number of services are using the One Login system. It sounds from your experience that it was probably better than it would have been withou…”

“Not currently digitally—”

“That is exactly right.”

“Sorry—yes, we are leading it.”

“That is correct.”

“That is right.”

“Yes, they will be able to use existing documentation, but the employer would have to go through the process digitally.”

“Yes.”

“The only thing that is changing is the digital bit. At the moment, the legal burden is on the employer, when they welcome you to your new job, to check that you have the right to work, and you can use documents to do that. The thing that will change is not that framework; the only thing that will change is that the che…”

“The initial costs, yes, because at the moment we are just spending money on staff support, producing and running the consultation, drafting the legislation and bringing the Bill to the House. We will have to come back to Parliament with legislation in order to get spending authority at the point at which we start build…”

“The £1.8 billion was an Office for Budget Responsibility assessment at the last Budget. I am not clear how it came to that view. We challenged the OBR on that, but it is independent and was able to do that for itself. We are consulting in the coming months, so we do not yet know precisely what we want to build and in w…”

“One Login is doing extremely well. It is owned by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, but many services across Government have started to use the One Login system. HMRC has started to be involved as well, which will be important for people trying to access basic tax information. As I said at the star…”

“In my view, Verify became too complicated. The lesson for me is to try to keep it simple. As I say, we will consult on the technical build, but my early personal view is that we have systems in place in Government, whether in the Passport Office, the One Login system or the gov.uk Wallet, where we have already started …”

“We are working across Whitehall already on a range of issues, yes.”

“The Cabinet Office is involved on policy, legislation and co-ordination across Government. The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, which houses the Government Digital Service, will be responsible for technical build and deployment. As I said in my opening answer, however, we are building a foundational t…”

“The consultation is due to launch very soon, so we are not coming to the Committee today saying that we have figured out all the issues. We will be consulting on that over the coming months. The key issue for Northern Ireland and the common travel area is the right to be British, Irish or both in terms of your identity…”

“As the Committee will know, right to work checks are already a legal requirement. When you get a new job, you have to prove that you have the legal right to work in the UK. Lots of people do that with paperwork. They might take their hard-copy passport, maybe some utility bills or other forms of identity, to their new …”