Key information
Date: Thursday 04 December 2025
Time: 10:00am
Motion detail
Alex Wilson AM moved and Keith Prince AM seconded the following motion:
“This Assembly notes that the Government has announced its intention to introduce a compulsory national digital identity card system (Digital ID), wherein personal data will be linked via an IT system for access to public and private services. The Tony Blair Institute has suggested that Digital ID could be used as part of routine tasks where citizens interact with government at all levels.
This Assembly believes that the introduction of Digital ID poses a threat to individual privacy and paves the way for intrusive state monitoring. This assembly also believes that Digital ID is exclusionary to certain groups in society, namely the elderly, who are likely to find Digital ID to be a barrier to essential services.
This Assembly resolves to:
- Oppose attempts to mandate the use of Digital ID as a condition of access to services in London.
- Ensure access to GLA Group and constituent organisation services remain voluntary, inclusive, and transparent, with full accountability to the public.
- Ask the Mayor to write to the Prime Minister, urging him to abandon his plans to introduce compulsory Digital ID.”
Following debate, and upon being put to a vote, the amended motion was agreed with 12 votes being cast in favour and 10 votes being cast against.