[tonycavanagh]

re :This is a bad idea, expensive, intrusive and poorly conceived.

I heartily concur. And may I add a waste of time and resources.

[kingsurfer]

It might make sense if it were to be your passport as well like in other European countries but it is inclusive of the wrong things ie. healthcare.

And the fact they want us to pay for it, they really do not understand their electorate. If they used tax money to fund it all then no one would bat an eyelid but if they ask us to go directly into our pocket then people will get pissed off.