[Caz]

We need passes or ID for all sorts of things. EG If you go to the sports centre and you are entitled to a reduced rate, you get the pass to to prove it and save your self money. who wants to not get a pass to get a reduction they are entitled to and thus save money, even if it is less of a saving than previously?

Then there is the ID you need to prove you are old enough to do certain things. My sons who were too tall to pass for school age, now need ID to prove they are old enough to buy alcohol at 19, ID which has to be paid for, and costs more than 2 quid. Or do you suggest we do away with those as well and allow shop keepers to sell it to them because he "thought" they were 18? Would you like your daughter to get a tattoo without your permission coz she didn't need ID? these things cut both ways, and lets face it, they are a fact of life!