Wouldn't it make more sense for the government/ISPs to take care of the AgeID product themselves? They are the gatekeepers to the internet basically isn't it?
"Your Royal Majesty, according to the recent Mindgeek hack, it appears you.."
NO ONE in their right mind wants that.
Well it's the same country that let business lobby the ICO (the regulatory office that deals with the Data Protection Act etc) to permit social landlords to pass on rent-payment data to credit agencies on an OPT OUT basis, because it would "help them build up a credit score". (Presumably to take on more debt and to also report payment failures for landlords to filter our undesirables in the future?)
The same country that has a government that is creating a blockchain implementation with the aim to track benefit recipients’ spending. (Google "DWP" "blockchain")
The same country putting immense pressure on tech companies to install backdoors because terrorism.
It goes on and on and and on and on...(notice the paternalism?)
The third-party point: we've had a Conservative-majority government since 2010 who enjoy outsourcing and privatisation. (Nobody need waste keystrokes mentioning PFI/academies/tuition fees nor to accuse me of being pro-Labour ;))