Jeremy is urging local residents across South West Surrey to add their name to a cross-party petition against Identity Cards on the Downing Street website. This comes as Conservatives have launched a new campaign against Labour’s plans for ID Cards; David Cameron has pledged to scrap the scheme.Under the Labour Government’s plans for ID cards:· Every citizen will fingerprinted and interviewed, and forced to travel at their own expense to a regional centre. The nearest centre to the South West Surrey area is in Crawley, West Sussex, which would take up to an hour to reach.· Each person will have to pay at least £93 for a combined ID card and passport package.· If the card is lost or stolen, the replacement fee will be at least £30. If you get married and change your name, you will have to pay for a new card as well.Jeremy said: “ID cards are a bad idea. They will do nothing to improve the safety of our citizens. They are not the answer to the threat of terrorism, to benefit fraud, illegal immigration, human trafficking or to identity theft. They are a waste of money, and a Conservative Government will abolish them.“The Labour Government’s plans are to make ID Cards compulsory for everyone, and force people to pay to be fingerprinted by the State. Instead of these intrusive, expensive and ineffective ID Cards, the money should be spent on more worthwhile projects to cut crime - such as a dedicated UK Border Police, more prison spaces and increasing the number of residential drug rehabilitation places.”NEW CAMPAIGN AGAINST ID CARDSConservatives have launched a new campaign against ID cards.http://www.conservatives.com/laboursbadideaConservatives are also encouraging people to tell the Government directly to scrap the ID card scheme by signing a Downing Street e-petition at: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/IDcards/