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PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News Gordon Brown presented the government's National Security Strategy to the House of Commons yesterday, outlining plans designed to improve the UK's response to terrorist and criminal threats, among others. [20 Mar 2008]
Minister calls for ID cards review
News Speaking at a joint House of Commons and House of Lords select committee on human rights, the data protection minister Michael Wills admitted he was not informed about the HMRC data breach before Alistair Darling's public statement last week. [27 Nov 2007]
Gordon Brown orders data security spot checks
News During Prime Minister's questions in the House of Commons yesterday, he said: "We will give the Information Commissioner the power to spot check departments, to do everything in his power and our power to secure the protection of data. [22 Nov 2007]
e-Borders to cost £1bn over next decade
News Speaking to the House of Commons on 25 July, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said electronic screening of travellers is an essential counter-terrorism measure as the first line of defence against terrorism is overseas, where people begin journeys to... [02 Aug 2007]
Tech to suffer in Brown's new look Whitehall?
News Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East and a member of the House of Commons science and technology select committee, said proper oversight of scientific and technological issues could be threatened by the abolition of both the Department of Trade... [13 Jul 2007]
Blair defends under-fire NHS IT
News Blair admitted to MPs in the House of Commons this week that he was not personally aware of the problems with NHS IT supplier iSoft, whose shares have crashed as a result of delays implementing some of the new systems, but said the programme is on... [30 Jun 2006]
Leader: No to any NHS IT whitewash
Leader Indeed, at a packed and at times extremely heated Public Accounts Committee meeting at the House of Commons yesterday evening, MPs accused the NAO of giving in to bullying by Department of Health officials and producing a "gushing" and... [27 Jun 2006]
Lords vote for ID cards opt-out clause
News The ID cards bill will now return to the House of Commons yet again where MPs will vote whether to accept the opt-out compromise or to reject the changes made by peers. But Baroness Scotland warned peers against blocking the bill again and said the... [28 Mar 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.03.06
Round-Up Grant Shapps says there are few strong voices to push for modernisation in the House of Commons. And he added that the lack of interest among the majority of most MPs, including the Prime Minister, means there are very few strong voices for change. [24 Mar 2006]
Lords defeat ID cards bill for fourth time
News But Home Office minister Baroness Scotland of Asthal said peers should drop their opposition to the ID cards bill, respect the superiority of the House of Commons and "bow to their mandate". The ID cards bill will now go back again to MPs in the... [20 Mar 2006]
Houses of Parliament IT "really sucks"
News A UK MP has hit out at the House of Commons IT infrastructure, saying there are schools in his constituency with far more advanced IT than the nation's seat of government. In January this year, a report by the House of Commons Administration... [20 Mar 2006]
MPs probe £900m overspend on late submarines
News This is the second time the MoD has had to answer for overspending on this submarine project, after facing MPs on the House of Commons public accounts committee last year. Adam Ingram, a minister for the Ministry of Defence (MoD), said on Monday... [15 Mar 2006]
Leader: Why public support for ID cards is falling
Leader The government, unsurprisingly, claims it has successfully made the case for ID cards after MPs voted by a narrow margin in the House of Commons to overturn amendments made by the House of Lords that would have derailed the ID cards bill. [13 Mar 2006]
Lords block ID cards again
News The government argued that the House of Lords should not oppose the bill again and instead abide by the Salisbury Convention not to block an election manifesto pledge that has been approved by MPs in the House of Commons. [07 Mar 2006]
Compulsory ID cards for UK citizens within five years
News A late round of lobbying by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in Blair's absence ensured the government won the crucial votes in the House of Commons and overturned amendments made to the ID cards bill last month by peers in the House of... [14 Feb 2006]
