ID card fingerprint errors fear / BBC, 3 July 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7484853.stm
"The Biometric Assurance Group (BAG) says officials may struggle to cope with the number of false matches, which could run into tens of thousands. Getting clear prints from the over-75s may also prove difficult, it adds. The government says it is carrying out research into the issues raised - but it rejects BAG's call for iris scans to be used as a back-up to fingerprints."