According to the report, this will also apply to renewals. Is 10 years - or in my case it will be 30 - not long enough for any "problems" to have shown up? Generally, the whole approach strikes me as similar to that adopted at present towards visitors from outside the EU who have the nerve to request a visa for even a short stay here - you're deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Barry, Wallington, UK

The primary goal of terrorists is to cause disruption to the daily lives of the rest of the population.

Yet again, they have succeeded!

Clearly, the Government must introduce such measures as might be necessary for our protection.

If these measures become excessive, however, the burden of compliance will become too great and the support of the population will be lost.

Nick Hill, London,

Living in the Caribbean, will we have to go thru this same process when renewing our passports?

F. ANSAH, Nassau, Bahamas

This will only apply to new applicants and take no account of any with a false passport who seek a renewal.

The cost of opening and staffing 65 offices and providing interviewers in existing offices would make a significant contribution to ID's - that will have many more benefits than passport fraud.

Anyone who thinks that there are not already significant dossiers on us all does not live in the real world. ID information will have the same data protection as all bank, social security, insurance, etc, as well as passport files.

Kenneth S Parry, Buckland Ripers, Weymouth, Dorset

I am very pleased with the choice thats been made to check eveyone that is applying for a uk passport.I would have know problems to have a half hour interview to be checked.The only people that need cause for concern are the people that cannot produce the required paperwork.I think this is a good move and should be backed up with the talked about "ID CARDS".

T WHEELER, CHESHAM BUCKS, ENGLAND

What do you have to hide? Nothing! Then why worry. If this stops people who have NO right to abode in the country and abuse our services or murder innocent people or aid drugs, people or weapons trafficking, then i think the inconvenience is well worth it. After all this is a one off interview, so 1 hour out of your life to save others theirs is not really an inconvenience. It is the fault of other individuals that this has had to happen, so why is the governments fault. I just hope it works.

Sarah , Bristol , Somerset

It will be very interesting to see how they are going to get an answer to where and when were your parents born especially as hundreds if not thousdand don't know who their fathers are. What are they going to ask next??
Name and account number for your bank account, Oh and sorry forgot to ask for your pin number.
Credit card details and pin number
who did you vote for at the last election.
They are saying that the will not ask question to which they don't know the answers, I just hope that the ask me questions to which I know the answers.
I return to the UK later this year but i didn't realise that in the 3 years i have been away that my country is turning into a repressive dictatorship that even Stalin would be proud of and what do we hear from the opposition parties practically nothing. Therefore I can only believe that they also believe that Human Rights and civil liberties are at the sole discretion of the state any only apply to other countries.

jeff cox, Conifer Grove, New Zealand