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RSS MPUK government to enter Web caching storm
News The UK government is poised to enter the debate over European proposals to outlaw Web caching, after a question was tabled this week by Michael Fabricant MP, at Silicon.com's request. Silicon.com asked Fabricant,... [25 Feb 1999]
ISPA dishes out Net awards
News The panel of judges included Labour MP and head of the Parliamentary All-Party Internet Group, Derek Wyatt, e centre director, Roger Till, and Reuters' head of telecommunications, Phil Sayer. Planet Online was one of the... [25 Feb 1999]
MP calls for UK Net minister
News Labour MP, Derek Wyatt is calling on the UK government to create a minister for the Internet. At the ISPcon 99 conference in London, Wyatt, who also heads up the parliamentary all-party Internet group, spoke about the... [24 Feb 1999]
Encryption campaigners issue rallying call
News Campaigners against the UK government's planned ecommerce bill have urged supporters to complete its 'Adopt an MP' programme. The group, which can be contacted at http://www.stand.org.uk, has been asking Web citizens to... [08 Feb 1999]
Stand urges MPs to fight encryption proposals
News UK Web pressure group, Stand, has claimed a victory in its 'Adopt an MP' campaign, with over two-thirds of MPs being lobbied by email. The campaign recruits users to "adopt" their MP electronically, then... [15 Dec 1998]
UK to probe parallel pricing
News The chairman of the UK Trade and Industry Select Committee, Martin O'Neill MP, has promised further investigations into parallel pricing among European countries before the end of the parliamentary term. [14 Dec 1998]
Labour MP slams UK government over Y2K
News Labour MP, Derek Wyatt has criticised the UK government's method of assessing departmental Y2K preparedness through self-assessment. I suspect I'm the only MP who's read it, and it's rubbish. Wyatt told... [06 Dec 1998]
Oftel comes under fire for lack of skill
News Conservative MP David Davis, chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, commented: "Regulation can only be effective where the skills of the regulator match those of the regulated. Telecoms watchdog Oftel is... [12 Aug 1998]
